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  1. When a Red sees red

    Posted by sampad mahapatra
    / July 26, 2012 /
    Top Odisha Maoist Sabyasachi Panda who was responsible for the abduction of two Italian tourists in March this year may have snapped ties with the CPI-Maoist. In an audio message released last week, Sabyasachi has introduced himself as the secretary of Odisha Maovadi (Maoist) Party and not as the secretary...

  2. Do journalists sleep with the `enemy’?

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    / March 26, 2012 / 5 Comments
    Sampad Mahapatra was heading back from the jungle when we spoke. The `long’ phone conversation, however had to be split into four parts, thanks to the cellphone signals that kept dropping. My former colleague in NDTV, Odisha, Sampad was returning to Bhubaneswar after one of the most adventurous and dramatic...

  3. Little Tribal Village in Bhubaneswar

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    / January 31, 2012 /
    Adivasi Mela, the ethnically vibrant annual cultural festival of tribals is one of its kind in the country, being held since January 1951. The Adivasi exhibition is one of the earliest steps taken to bring into the mainstream through interaction with the non-tribals. The annual event began in 1951 in Cuttack, the old Capital...

  4. Is your city colour green?

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    / November 20, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout Everyone talks about green coverage but most people do not voluntarily give up a portion of their land for plantation, choosing to give it instead to some developer to indulge in construction activity. Similarly our city councils do the same while constructing wider roads and flyovers...

  5. Naveen’s ‘Mamata’, an eyewash

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    / October 23, 2011 /
    By Basudev Mahapatra   For the pregnant and lactating women in the state, Odisha government has come up with a new scheme named ‘Mamata’. Announced just before the Panchayat polls, the scheme is designed to support the mothers and their newborn babies with an amount of Rs. 5000 in four...

  6. Quality walls !

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    / July 23, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   It is a common sight in all our cities. Dirty public walls and office premises, used by all and sundry to put up whatever they want or worse, to use it as an urinal. Look at the two photographs from Bhubaneswar below for example. And...

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