Bhubaneswar, Odisha: The prestigious Pratima Award in the fields of Art and Education returns with its fourth edition in 2026, celebrating individuals and institutions that have made exceptional contributions to …
4th Pratima Award for Art and Education Announced for 2026 Read More
Sarnath is one of the eight important places associated with the life of Gautama Buddha. After attaining enlightenment at Bodh Gaya, he came to Rishipattana near Varanasi. In the Mriga …
Walking Through Silence: A Winter Morning in Sarnath Read More
Whenever I look around this small house, embraced on three sides by a modest garden, it often feels like a fragment of paradise. The flowers, the quiet, and the gentle …
We Are the Aravalli Read More
I was born and brought up in coastal rural Odisha. Nearly fifty years ago, when I was a child, one scene was inseparable from every village wedding. As the bride …
When Tears Became Songs: Remembering Bahuna Gita through “Kanda Mastre” Read More
Some news we read, some we watch online, but a few we encounter in real life—and they haunt us the most. A 19-year-old who scored 99.99 percentile in NEET ending …
Sense of Oneness Read More
David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh, and the announcement felt like one of those moments where the literary world suddenly goes quiet — as …
David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh Read More
It is said that without ‘Shakti’ the divine energy, ‘Shiva’ becomes ‘Shava’, a lifeless corpse. This eternal truth reveals that in the dance of the cosmos, both principles are …
In the Footsteps of Shakti: A Journey Through Ganjam Read More
“Sarukalā”—a deceptively simple, plain-sounding word—carries a deep, philosophical meaning within the world of Patachitra art. Though absent from the three Odia dictionaries and lexicons I possess, it is a compound …
The Sarukalā: Fine Black Line Work in Patachitra Read More
I have been sitting here for long,on this fire—the fire of raised eyebrows andshaken minds. I have been sitting herefor long—long enough forcivilizations to vanish,your bones to be pounded,and memory …
Flame of Charred Soul Read More
Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai, acclaimed for his dense, visionary prose and haunting portrayals of human despair, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. Krasznahorkai, born in 1954 in …
László Krasznahorkai Wins the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature Read More