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  1. Orissa’s David vs Goliath battle

    Posted by
    / June 24, 2011 / 1 Comment
    Images from Dhinkia in Orissa, where villagers are battling the might of the state. The pictures tell you the story. For details, please read Sampad Mahapatra’s blogs on the Posco stand-off. (Photographs courtesy : www.countercurrents.org)

  2. The making of the Lord’s cars

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    / June 21, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout Every year, three new chariots (Ratha) are constructed for the car festival in Puri. The collection of wood for three chariots begins on Basant Panchami (Feb-March), considered the most auspicious day for starting construction activity in the Hindu calendar. The forest department donates the wood. The...

  3. The Patachitra tales

    Posted by Sujata Singh
    / June 20, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Sujata Singh   After a lavish holy bath with the water from 108 pitchers, the divine siblings of Puri temple — Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra are down with fever. So the trinity takes rest in ‘Anasara Ghara’ where the Lord receives the secret seva of raj...
    Posted in Art, Odisha
    Tagged culture, patachitra

  4. When deities run a fever

    Posted by Sujata Singh
    / June 18, 2011 / Leave a comment
    After the Snana Purnima there is no public darshan of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Suvadra at the Puri Jagannath Temple for fifteen days. Devotees throng to Alarnath Temple at Brahmagiri in Puri district, as it is believed that during this time Lord Jagannath manifests here as Alarnath Dev...

  5. The Port of Pain

    Posted by sampad mahapatra
    / June 16, 2011 / 3 Comments
    After a five-day lull, the war over Posco land is all set to enter its final phase. The onset of the monsoon and heavy rains following a depression over the Bay of Bengal may delay it by a day or two but with both the state government and the local...

  6. The Puri experience

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    / June 15, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   Every year around this time, a small town of less than two lakh population opens its doors to a million devotees. Puri, a small town located on the eastern coast of India, is where every Krishna devotee heads to. And once inside Puri, every street...

  7. Orissa’s corporate `Meria’

    Posted by sampad mahapatra
    / June 14, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Sampad Mahapatra Can a minority of 4000-odd people hold Orissa and India to ransom? Do they have any right to stand in the way of the biggest Foreign Direct Investment in India, the Rs 52,000 crore South Korean project that would generate huge amounts of revenue and employment and...

  8. All work and no play

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    / June 11, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   Every Friday, friends and colleagues wish me a `Happy weekend’. It is almost like a ritual. Last Saturday, when the weekend began, I wondered if I am really enjoying my weekend. In India, the weekend isn’t valued the way it is in the West.   ...

  9. POSCO is a blot

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    / June 10, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By E A S Sarma The story of Posco is a story of collusion of not only the State / Central institutions with the private company but also a story of how government-sponsored academic institutions like NCAER went out of the way to compromise their own professional credibility to submit...
    Posted in Odisha
    Tagged posco

  10. Nilamadhab, the Blue God

    Posted by Sujata Singh
    / June 4, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Sujata Singh   Nilachala moulimandana mahanilayamana maha’ Nilamadhaba The colour of Lord Jagannath is black and that is surely one reason why He is believed to have had a tribal/non-Aryan origin. But why is He constantly referred as `Nilamadhab’ or `the Blue God’? Legends say Jagannath was originally worhipped...