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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. Will Sachin Tendulkar, MP take guard please?

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    / June 4, 2012 / 1 Comment
    This news did not feature on any TV news channel, certainly not in Delhi. Television reporters did not ask aam janta to react to this new Rajya Sabha MP. And no, it did not trend on Twitter either. Obviously, I am not talking of Sachin Tendulkar, whose oath-taking today was...

  3. Maoist maneater on the prowl

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    / May 4, 2012 /
    “Yes, absolutely,” said a senior police officer when I asked him if he would use the phrase to describe the situation in Chhattisgarh and Odisha. “What Chhattisgarh government does not realise is that the Maoists are breathing down Raipur’s neck. So many of the districts around the state capital are...

  4. Is India hostage to Maoists?

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    / April 22, 2012 / 1 Comment
    The first collector of the newly-formed district of Sukma, Alex Paul Menon, clearly hadn’t read how his senior in the IAS, Vineel Krishna in Malkangiri district of Odisha was kidnapped last year. Following pretty much the same pattern of sending Maoists dressed as villagers, Alex, a 2006 batch IAS officer,...

  6. 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...

  7. Surfing time in India

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    / February 5, 2012 /
    India Surf Festival 2012. Puri. First of all. Yes! There are surfers in India. Then, there are places where you can surf. Puri in Odisha is one such place. Sanjay, is an  online friend of mine I’ve known for a very long time. And he has been forever telling me...

  8. 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...

  9. Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink

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    / January 15, 2012 /
    India was once a country of waters aplenty. For hundreds of years, rivers, lakes and tanks watered the land for farming and supplied water for domestic needs. But mismanagement of our water sources has made scarcity of safe drinking water a major issue now. Our 14 major, 55 minor and...

  10. Reclaiming heritage

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    / January 9, 2012 /
    This is the story about the revival of Lingaraj Haat in Bhubaneswar. The city is no different from any other heritage city in India, with monuments amidst squalor and unplanned development. What helped in Bhubaneswar’s case was that administration at the national, provincial and local levels realized the effects of negligence in management...

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