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Managing Cyclone Fani: The Rare Equatorial Outlier That Redefined Preparedness

On 3rd of May 2019, Cyclone Fani carved a dramatic chapter in India’s meteorological history. What began as another low-pressure system over the Bay...

World Press Freedom in a Fragmented Information Age

Observed every year on 3 May, World Press Freedom Day is often casually associated with newspapers and traditional journalism, yet its philosophical foundation is...

Motu Cattle of Odisha: A Rare Indigenous Breed Worth Preserving

India’s indigenous cattle breeds are living repositories of genetic resilience, shaped by centuries of adaptation to local conditions. Among them, the Motu cattle of...

The Coringa Cyclone of 1839: When The Sea Swallowed A City

In ancient and medieval times, cyclones were poorly understood and often interpreted as manifestations of divine wrath. Historical records drawn from literary sources, travel...

Odisha’s Primitive Tribal Groups: A Demographic Profile of Inequality, Volatility and Uneven Development

The demographic profile of Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) also known as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Odisha between 1961 and 2011 reflects a...

No Castes in Mauryan Era Before Caste Hardened From Fluid Identities to Fixed Hierarchies

Ashoka's edicts (c. 250 BCE) make no mention of Brahmins as we know them today. When he uses terms like "Brahmana-Shramana," he refers to...

Madhusudan Das: The Architect of Modern Odisha’s Awakening

In the long and difficult journey of Odisha from colonial neglect to modern identity, few figures loom as large as Madhusudan Das. Revered as...

Odisha’s Tribal Demography: Dominance, Disparity and Changing Trends

Odisha is home to one of India’s richest and most diverse tribal landscapes, with 62 Scheduled Tribes forming a complex social and demographic mosaic....

Religious Demography in Odisha & India: A Five Decade Statistical Perspective (1961-2011)

India’s demographic landscape is distinguished by its religious diversity, systematically documented through decennial censuses. Religion, as a core socio-cultural attribute, has been consistently recorded...

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