Bhubaneswar: Odisha and Indonesia share age-old historical and civilsational links. People of Kalinga were the pioneers in Indian colonization in farther India, particularly in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, the then Burma. Indian traders, adventurers, teachers and priests were the dominating influence in South-East Asia. Hinduism and Buddhism both spread to these regions from India and for many centuries existed there with ...

Sundargarh: Hundreds of tribals marched in a rally on 12th Nov from Stadium and gheraoed the district collectorate demanding implementation of the 5th scheduled constitutional provision in the district. The protest rally was organised under the umbrella banner of Sundargarh Zilla Adiwasi Mulwasi Bachao Manch(SZAMBM) under which a number of community based tribal sangathans from all the blocks across the ...

Puri: Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture on demonetisation move, at puri beach of  Odisha . The sculpture, which lauds PM Modi’s historic move to curb black money, bears the message,  “Beginning of a Clean India and RIP black money”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise announcement to demonetise higher denominations of currency notes has been applauded as ...

Author: Srikanta Mohapatra Gopinath Mohanty is the most important Odia Novelist after Fakir Mohan Senapati. His novels Paraja, Amrutara Santana, Danapani, Laya Bilaya and MatiMatala are major odia novels and make him an outstanding novelist in post-independence Indian literature. Paraja, Danapani and Laya Bilaya have already been published in English translation. The first major novel Paraja was published in 1945, ...