Opinion: Fire Safety Requires Constant Monitoring
By Sandeep Sahu It’s a real shocker! After what happened at the SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar on October 18, 2016, it is preposterous that a major hospital in a premiere city like Cuttack…
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Opinion: The Best Teacher I Ever Had !!
By Sandeep Sahu What separates an average teacher from a ‘good’ teacher? And what special attribute elevates a ‘good’ teacher to a ‘great’ teacher? A teacher who teaches well is obviously…
Opinion: Curbs Gone: But Will Life Be the Same Ever Again?
By Sandeep Sahu No lockdown. No shutdown. No night curfew either. The markets, parks and other public places are choc-a-bloc with people again. With all restrictions on movement of…
Opinion- “The More, The Merrier”: Why Govt Is Keen To See Covid +ve…
By Sandeep Sahu The 9.36 minute long audio clip that has gone viral on social media, especially on WhatsApp, over the last five days has let the cat out of the bag. Of course, the…
Column: Personal Liberties Can’t Be Sacrificed At The Altar Of COVID-19
By Sandeep Sahu R Ramesh Kumar must be wondering at the sheer injustice of it all! The contrast could not have been starker. A doctor at the AIIMS hospital in Bhubaneshwar gets feted…
Column: Why Are We Odias So Thin-Skinned?
By Sandeep Sahu It is not clear if Ram Gopal Varma aka RGV planned it that way. But there is little doubt that he got what he wanted in the first place: plenty of free pre-release…
Column: Does An ‘Aerial Survey’ Serve Any Purpose In This Age?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come and gone after the customary ‘aerial survey’ of the areas in West Bengal and Odisha devastated by Cyclone Amphan. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who had…
Life during lockdown: The New World Order is living with coronavirus
By Sandeep Sahu Life during lockdown is debatably the new living order. Officially, the nationwide lockdown is still on and will remain in force for 10 days more. But if you are out on…
Be Indian, Trust Indian: Three Cheers for IMD!!
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has done it again! The ‘desi’ weather forecast agency has proved once again, if any proof was needed at all, that no ‘phoren’ agency comes anywhere…
Column: Why Bringing Back Migrant Workers Was The Right Decision
By Sandeep Sahu The exponential growth of Corona positive cases in the state over the last few days has expectedly raised an outcry against the government decision to bring back lakhs of…