Visit to Cuttack, Father's ashes, uncle's home
Death exercisess a ritualistic procedure in culture. In the Christian and Islamic religions, the dead are buried, sometimes with extra...
Return to Bhubaneswar, My sister's doctoral thesis
We returned to Bhubaneswar early evening. The Car Festival in Puri had some incidents. Among the temples in India, the priests in Sri...
Odia Language meeting at Bhubaneswar
The current view of Odisha would look depressing to anyone who admires her history. Many of the African countries are still struggling...
Dr. D. P. Pattanayak, Meeting at Utkal University
Scholars living in India three thousand years ago were brighter than us in many ways. Possibly they were not conditioned by various...
Family Reunion
Every time I had been to Orissa during the last ten years, I had tried to keep one evening for a family reunion. Bhubaneswar is a good...
Organizing Meeting on Poet Sarala Das
After Panini put together the discoveries of the grammar of Sanskrit language, India's contributions to literature reached lofty heights....
High School Reunion
Among all friends in the world, the High school friends are special. High school period is a time the boys and girls get into their...
Visit to my Mother's family
My mother came from the "Kar" family of Cuttack. It is said that the Kar's came to Orissa from the north, either Bengal or Assam. From...
Sister's thesis, Delhi, Ayurveda
I had scheduled a final sitting with my sister on her thesis the next morning. We were up by 5 AM and sat down at their dining table. ...
Morning at Delhi, Interview with Doordarsan
Morning at my uncle's house in Delhi is special. I admire his approach to life. The day must start with a cup of good tea. The tea is...
