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…
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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…
Column: The Real Challenge Will Begin After May 3
By Sandeep Sahu
So far, so good. We have got a great measure of success in arresting the spread of the deadly virus, ‘flattening the curve’, doubling the ‘doubling rate’, holding back the…
Column: ‘Highly Educated’ And Yet ‘Illiterate’!
By Sandeep Sahu
I am amused, dismayed and shocked – in equal measure - at the number of supposedly 'educated' people who believe IAS officers should run the country - and the state – and…
Column: ‘Access’ vs. ‘Independence’: A Scribe’s Perennial Dilemma
By Sandeep Sahu
Access to the ‘powers that be’ is the staple that no journalist can do without. In fact, the pecking order of a hack is often determined by the number of ‘contacts’ and…
Column: A ‘Virus’ Deadlier Than COVID-19 !!
By Sandeep Sahu
At a time when India – and indeed the whole world – is fighting an all-conquering enemy variously called Corona, nCorona and COVID-19, one would have thought the ‘nation’…
Column: Dear Health Dept, Who’s Creating Confusion?
By Sandeep Sahu
“During the time of an extraordinary situation like this, all are requested (to) play a positive role and not create any confusion. We can’t afford to be distracted at…