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  • July 6, 2017
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Congress must discipline its legislative wing in Orissa

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak The Congress Party must discipline its legislative wing in Orissa, if its central leadership has an iota of political acumen and courage of convictions. Registered as a political party, it has no carte blanche to promote political … Read more →

  • Posted in: Animadversion, Editorials, orissa, politics, Uncategorized
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  • January 8, 2016
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Sam Pitroda’s new Avatar generates questions which the Chief Minister should Answer

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak If BJD members are just not slaves, they must oppose Sam Pitroda’s entry into Orissa administration in the rank of a cabinet minister. Slaves do not bother about constitution of their land. To them the paramount power … Read more →

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  • November 21, 2015
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Governance of Orissa in Oriya // Gateway to open today after heroic battle of the people

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Only a few hour left. The heroic battle of the people of Orissa for governance of Orissa in Oriya shall step into the 2nd phase of success at 10.30 AM today in Orissa Secretariat, as the Government’s … Read more →

  • Posted in: administration, Animadversion, art & culture, news, orissa, Uncategorized
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  • October 22, 2015
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IT IS TIME TO KNOW HOW FAR DURGA IS FROM DURGA

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Come Dasahara, the profiteers are diverting people from the essence of this unique reminder of agro-matriarchal-militancy to their network of exploitation under festivities of no relevance to the real concept of Durga. Two decades ago I had … Read more →

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  • June 20, 2015
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A Poem from Dr. Sudhansu Dash

  Dr. Sudhansu Dash, a higher education teacher in English, belongs to my place Athgarh, with his ancestral home in Tarading. The Athgarh Sub-Division has given tremendous contributions to the world of letters. I find a fine incarnation of the … Read more →

  • Posted in: art & culture, Uncategorized, World of Letters
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WHY ORISSA, NOT ODISHA?

In these pages, the English spelling of the name of our motherland and mother tongue will remain Orissa and Oriya as before, instead of changing into Odisha and Odia.

Law has changed Orissa and its language Oriya to Odisha and Odia in English respectively. This is a very irresponsible law created by politicians having no knowledge on and devotion to classical uniqueness of Oriya language. When this bad law was on the anvil, we had opposed the proposal through several articles in these pages on grounds shown therein. And, when finally the law was created, we took it as an act of stupids. We stick to our observation and vow not to honor the bad law, come what may. For us, the classical uniqueness of our mother tongue Oriya is more important than the law enacted to change it. So, here we shall continue to use the words Orissa and Oriya notwithstanding enforcement of the law that has wrongfully changed them to Odisha and Odia. This is why this site will continue as orissamatters.com instead of converting into odishamatters.com on the strength of our devotion to the mother tongue which no law can change. -Editor

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