Swargadwara Must First Be Freed From Biju Patnaik’s Posthumous Encroachment

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Posthumously Biju Patnaik has emerged a greater danger to Orissa than when he was alive. Not only almost all the welfare programs and mass concerned institutes are being named/renamed after him, but also public places are being … Read more →

Orissa Became Odisha: What Else Could Have Happened When Stupids Rule the Roost?

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak The Government of Orissa celebrated the assent of the President of India to the erroneous Orissa (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2010 that tampers with classicism of Oriya language by enforcing change of the State’s English spelling from … Read more →

Use of National Flag as Drapery over Sai Coffin Was an Offense against India: Required is Immediate Codification of State Funeral and Ban on Funeral Use of Flag

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak It is sad that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not understand that use of Indian National Flag as a drapery over the coffin of Sathya Sai baba in his presence was perhaps the ugliest offense not only … Read more →