INTACH seeks revival of Manpur’s Wooden Taa’Poi dolls

Bhubaneswar August 26: The legend of Taa’Poi is a primordial Odia folk narrative which is sung during ‘Khudurukuni Osha’ also known as “Bhalukuni Osha”. This festival and the rituals are reflective of Odisha’s glorious maritime history and trading culture and portrays the medieval Kalingans’ great expertise in sea voyage and trade links across the South-East […]

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Anil Dhir gets 9th Jagabandhu Singh Smruti Samman

Bhubaneswar February 16: On the 147th Birth Anniversary of eminent freedom fighter Jagabandhu Singh, the Odisha Sahitya Akademi and the Jagabandhu Singh Memorial Trust conferred two awards at a function held in the Department of Odia Studies at Utkal University here. The 9th Jagabandhu Singh Smruti Samman was conferred on eminent historian Anil Dhir while […]

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Special cover on Jain Acharya released by India Post

Bhubaneswar, November 23: A special cover on Sant Shiromani Acharya Shri 108 Vidyasagarji Maharaj was released by India Post at the Khandagiri Post Office on Monday in the presence of the proponents of the cover, Khandagiri Udayagiri Digambara Jain Sidhi Khetra. The cover commemorated the 50th Accession Day of the Sant and was released in […]

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India Peace Memorial at Lokpaching and the unacknowledged Odisha connection

  By Anil Dhir The Battle of Red Hill was fought from May 20-29 in 1944. The small hillock was on the Tiddim Road, 16 kms away from Imphal. The surroundings, with its reddish soil, represented the farthest the invading Japanese Army and the INA could approach into India. It was the last major battle […]

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IITTM felicitates six on World Tourism Day

Bhubaneswar September 27: The Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management Bhubaneswar celebrated the World Tourism Day 2020 in its campus Sunday by launching the first edition of the World Tourism Day Awards 2020. Six persons from different fields were also felicitated on this occasion. The annual World Tourism Day Awards launched by IITTM Bhubaneswar […]

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Biju Patnaik, the self acclaimed Naxalite

  Anil Dhir Biju Patnaik’s second term as Chief Minister came nearly 30 years after his first short-lived spell. He was disappointed to find that the bureaucrats, administrators and elected representatives were very different from what he had seen his during his previous stint. There was a palpable disconnect between the government and the people, […]

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