DISSOLVE THE ASSEMBLY IF YOU LOVE DEMOCRACY

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Guillotine is a parliamentary practice. But a government escaping accountability in financial matters entirely by the means of guillotine itself is indicative of deficiency in management of democracy. It is a matter of shame that the Orissa government under Naveen Patnaik has failed to overcome its deficiency and has failed to respect the [...]

ORISSA ASSEMBLY HAS COLLAPSED; LET IT BE DISSOLVED

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Ever since commencement, the current session of Orissa legislative Assembly has not transacted any tangible business. Both the sides have made it collapse.
Demanding a motion adopted on votes by the Assembly, prohibiting supply of water from Hirakud Reservoir to industries as that adversely affects irrigation, the Opposition is not allowing transaction of any [...]

ANARCHY IN ASSEMBLY: THE SPEAKER SHOULD RISE ABOVE PARTY LINE

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Speaker Maheswar Mohanty has declared that he will not claim his participation allowances for the days of this session when the Assembly remains so stonewalled that no tangible business is transacted. But, it is he to whom annalists may hold responsible for the continuing impasse that has kept the House stonewalled for the [...]

SAHITYA AKADEMI HOLDS JUBILEE DIST. MEET AT PHULBANI

The Kandhamal District administration and literary organizations of the district collaborated in celebrating the golden jubilee of Orissa sahitya Akademi on 18 November 2007.
Inaugurated by the District Collector Bhabagrahi Mohapatra, the event commenced with a stress on recognition of Kui as a language in order to help the Kandh tribes entering into the mainstream of [...]

SRI JAYA DEV HAD NEVER AUTHORED GITA-GOVINDA, Says Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

Eminent journalist and socio-cultural analyst of Orissa Sri Subhas Chandra Pattanayak has shown in his book Sri Jaya Devanka Baisi Pahacha that the finest bard of love had never authored Gita-Govinda.
According to Sri Pattanayak, Sri Jaya Dev of the 12th Century Orissa, erroneously depicted as Sri Jayadev or Jayadeva, was not a Baishnav as [...]

T-shirts on the Demand With Funny Quotations

By Kautuk Mitra
Gone are the days when people used to wear formal dress. Fashion change in every alternative day. During this year Dasahara and Dewali the funny quotation T-Shirts are in demands. The present generation which is known as the Generation-Next or Gen-X is more interested in these quotations T-shirts. The generations of yester years [...]

A CONFUSED GOVT. CARTS ORISSA TO SATHYA SAI

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
It is profusely reported in print media that a pack of Orissa Ministers have received gifts from Sathya Sai baba at his headquarters at Puttaparthi while canvassing the charmer for establishing a hospital on behalf of his organization at Bhubaneswar.
The pack comprising 9 ministers of Navin Patnaiks cabinet was membered also by their [...]

BERHAMPUR HOSTS SAHITYA AKADEMI GOLDEN JUBILEE

Laxman Nayak Community Hall at Berhampur hosted the district celebration of the golden jubilee of Orissa Sahitya Akademi on 11 November 2007, which was inaugurated by Prof. Sudarshan Acharya, recipient of Atibadi Jagannath Das award, Orissas highest honor for excellent contribution to literature.
Vice-President of the Akademi H.R.Gandhi in chair, the event was welcomed by Dr. [...]

FELONY UNVEILED; BUT THE R.C.S. IS RELUCTANT TO TAKE ACTION!

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

When chronic loss kills a cooperative commercial concern, the reason behind it must be subterfuge and corruption.
Yes, this is the reason of the present precariousness of The Utkal Rastrabhasha Prachar Co-operative Press & Publishing Society Ltd, Cuttack, which was once the most prestigious and fruitful organization in print and publication sector in Orissa.
The [...]

DR. ASOKA MISRA: THE UNACKNOWLEDGED FATHER OF THE ERA OF CONTROLLED APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Sciencedom is agog with arrival of a new era. This is the era of controlled application of electricity. But that an Orissa-born scientist, Dr. Asoka Misra is the father of this era is yet to be acknowledged.

Low-intensity electric fields can disrupt the division of cancer cells and slow the growth of brain tumors, [...]