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Odisha’s Rural Roots & Urban Surge: A State in Transition

Odisha’s demographic journey over the last century reflects the story of a society gradually moving from an overwhelmingly agrarian structure toward a more urban...

Savitri and Satyavan: Beyond Death Toward the Evolution of Human Consciousness

The story of Savitri and Satyavan, originally narrated in the Mahabharata and later transformed into a spiritual epic by Sri Aurobindo, is far more...

Odisha’s Buddhist Monks who illuminated Asia

While many developed nations struggle to trace a significant civilizational past stretching back few centuries, Odisha possesses an unbroken cultural tradition and easily observable...

International Day of Yoga (IDY): 100 Days, 100 Cities, 100 Organisations

Ministry of Ayush, Government of India has taken the lead in organising 10 editions of International Day of Yoga (IDY), which gathered great enthusiasm...

Somnath and Bharat’s Unconquerable Spirit!

At the start of 2026, I had gone to Somnath for the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, marking a thousand years since the first attack on...

Child Marriage in Odisha: A Data Driven Reality

Marriage, as a key demographic institution, plays a decisive role in shaping population dynamics. The Census 2011 data on age at marriage and duration...

Pushpagiri University: Ancient Kalinga’s Beacon of Learning

In the intellectual landscape of ancient India, Pushpagiri University occupied a distinguished place as a major centre of Buddhist scholarship and higher learning. Located...

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...

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