Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Who runs the State? You, the Chief Minister? Or the bureaucrats or the police or mafias? This was the question today from the Press to Navin Patnaik, in a protest congregation before the Raj Bhawan. The Chief … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Orissa is a land of farmers. Proud farmers that are self-employed communities of autonomous social forces for whom, in Ashoka’s confession in the 2nd Kalinga Rock Edict, Orissa had remained “Abijita” (Unbeatable) and as observed by the … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak BIJU Patnaik was the tallest man of Orissa during his days and he was a charismatic man whose foes were also his admirers on various grounds. Many people say, he had noticeable respect for his critics. Yet, … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Even as the incumbent Chief Minister is in his third consecutive term in Orissa, his Health Minister Prasanna Acharya has admitted that the department allotted to him is in disastrous disarray. Addressing the Orissa chapter of Cardiology … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak There was no snake in the Hall of the Assembly. Security personnel, sniffing police dog, professional snake catchers and even members of the House failed to find any snake. But on hearsay that there was a cobra … Read more →