Bhubaneswar, May 13 -- Come election time - and the 'stars' will descend from the sky to terra firma !! In nearly four decades of being in the profession, I haven't been able to figure out one thing:... Read More
Bhubaneswar, May 12 -- The gloves are off, finally!! Any lingering suspicion that this election will see another round of shadow-boxing between the BJD and BJP was firmly laid to rest by the two pugi... Read More
Bhubaneswar, May 8 -- Predicting election outcomes is a hazardous business at the best of times. Even seasoned election watchers and 'trained' psephologists have ended up with egg on their faces with ... Read More
Bhubaneswar, May 7 -- The stage is set. For two swearing ceremonies in the space of 24 hours!! As campaign rhetorics go, this one is perhaps more bizarre than anything we have heard so far. Barely an... Read More
Bhubaneswar, May 5 -- Nitpicking is a quintessential Indian trait. No matter how good or flawless something is, there will always be some who would find fault with something or the other. It may well ... Read More
Bhubaneswar, April 25 -- Who could have imagined that the humble lungi would take centrestage in the political discourse of Odisha one day? But that is precisely what the preferred home wear of millio... Read More
Bhubaneswar, April 9 -- On the day the Supreme Court rejected the State Bank of India (SBI) plea seeking an extension of the deadline to submit the details of the electoral bond scheme to the Election... Read More
Bhubaneswar, April 6 -- The security threat to Mr. VK Pandian, Chairman of 5T and Nabeen Odisha, is bigger than that of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik!! Hard to believe it certainly is. But that is pr... Read More
Bhubaneswar, March 31 -- Discerning readers would have noticed a change in the content of BJD posters and banners in the last few days. Biju Patnaik, the man after whom the party is named, has made a ... Read More
Bhubaneswar, March 29 -- There are two broad takeaways from the BJD's first list of candidates for 15 Lok Sabha and 72 Assembly seats released on Wednesday. One: the selection of candidates in five to... Read More