Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Here I prefer to present an insightful obituary on Atal Bihari Vajpayee whose sad demise has brought to memory a period of Indian politics that shall continue to generate interest in how Indian democracy metamorphosed into plutocracy. … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak On Gndhiji’s seventieth birthday in 1939, Albert Einstein had said: A leader of his people, unsupported by any outward authority; a politician whose success rests not upon craft nor the mastery of technical devices, but simply on … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak When late lamented Janaki Ballav Patnaik was the Chief Minister of Orissa, I was his arch political rival in his constituency: Athgarh. Yet, it was he, on whose insistence, the Congress Party had made me its candidate … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Twenty years ago, on March 23, 1995, when a student, Saswat Pattanayak had published his poem “Bhagat Singh” an excerpt of which I prefer to share with you. It reads: Why, Bhagat Singh, did you die? At … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak My beloved Bhauja (wife of journalist Barendrakrushna Dhal) just passed away in a private clinic at Bhubameswar. I fail to describe the grief that has instantly engulfed me and my wife. Do not know how to console Barendrakrushna, … Read more →