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Leading Odissi dancer Roma Dasmohaptra needs no introduction. She has been enthralling the audience across the globe with her tremendous dance performance skills since a long time. She is an icon in Mahari Devadasi Dance and her rigorous…

By Srikant Mohanty: “Tell me I am clever, Tell me I am talented, Tell me I am cute, Tell me I am sensitive, graceful and wise, Tell me I am perfect- But tell me the truth”. This wonderful quote by Shel Silverstein- the American poet, singer…

The CNN-IBN and The Hindu opinion poll conducted by the CSDS, has come up with interesting revelations about the Chief Ministers in India. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan leads the pack with 82% satisfaction among the…

By Srikant Mohanty: A dream for a rape free India has finally come to be just a pipedream. Challenging the fear of draconian anti-rape laws, the rapists stage one heartless and inhuman act after another. The incidents of rape bring…

By Srikant Mohanty: First television and subsequently a change in life-style leading to hectic schedules gradually did away with the passion for reading the favorite authors in detective novels. Few in the present generation even know that…

CBI is an organisation to indict those in power and riches; its record shows that through unconventional methods of inquiries, it commands respect from the common people in India. Notwithstanding its supremacy, the organisation is still…

As problems abound in numerous forms in the society, the netas fight elections delivering false promises on the dais only to get the maximum from the vote banks in the electorate. Sadly, disillusioned masses, helplessly watching the rot…

By Srikant Mohanty: The sacred Sri Aurobindo ashram at Pondicherry is one of the historical places in India. Its imposing presence alongside the sea commands respect because it has immensely contributed to the heritage of the nation.…

The Indian Railways is going through a tough phase after the exit of Mamata Banerjee following her coronation as the Chief Minister of West Bengal in May 2011. There is no reason to suggest that Mamata took the Railways to the highest…

At 24, she may look like a delicate girl. But, you are mistaken if you dare to mess with her. The same fate was met by a young man of 17, who was thrashed black and blue when he took on her. Purva Bhogle, the braveheart from Mumbai, had…