English Odisha’s Gopalpur, famous for its GI tag tussar silk, to be developed into a craft cluster The Tussar Pilot Project Centre in Odisha’s Jajpur district is half-a-century old and in these five decades, it has helped...
English Cyclone Asani Impact: Thousands of nests of the endangered Olive Ridley washed away Due to the impact of Asani, tidal waves inundated nesting sites at Rushikulya in Odisha and damaged around 25% eggs...
English Odisha: After record nesting, millions of endangered Olive ridley sea turtles begin to hatch out of eggshells Following successful incubation after record nesting of the endangered Olive ridley sea turtles at the islands of Gahirmatha marine sanctuary,...
English A Midsummer Pipe Dream: Pipelines laid down and taps installed, but where is the water? Every summer, Bundelkhand reels in the heat and the region’s women walk long distances in search of water. Under the...
English Birds of Uttarakhand and their ‘paan-beeri-cigarette’ or ‘teen-tola-teetaras’ The book, Birds of Uttarakhand, has nearly 500 bird illustrations, their qualities vary from artists to artists but most are...
English Odisha’s Summer Ramleela returns after 2 years of COVID exile The summer ramleela celebrations in Odisha are back after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. This month-long revelry is...
English Beat the summer heat with Auriya – a traditional dish from Jammu’s Dogra community There is a heatwave alert in large tracts of India. In Dogra households of Jammu, fermented curd-potatoes and brown mustard...
English Odisha: Mayurbhanj’s tribal families toil in the mahua season while the middlemen flourish The labour-intensive mahua picking is vital for the Adivasi villagers in Odisha. But because of no direct access to the...
English Rural women ditch traditional farming methods to tackle wild animal menace and water logging in flood prone areas Upset with water logging in flood prone areas and regular wild animal attacks by porcupine and Nilgai, women in Basti...
English Submerged to protect from a plundering army in 1569, Odisha’s historic idol worshipped after 2 yrs of COVID pause The curious case of a submerged idol of Narayan Goswami deity in Odisha’s Jajpur is ridden with intriguing events from...
