Evening, trip to a movie
Bhuabaneswar has been the center of Orissa administration and culture for several thousand years. King Ashoka from the north invaded...
Visit to the house at Cuttack
My father was born when my grandfather worked as a Minister to a King in the western Orissa (Odisha). These principalities were old...
Meeting College friends and Professor at Bhubaneswar
We are back on the road. The remarkable machine called the auto-rickshaw is an ideal tool for transport in India. It is very efficient...
On road to Puri
Among the massive architectural extravaganza in Orissa, there is the majestic temple of Sri Jagannatha at Puri built about a thousand...
Sri Jagannatha Conference, meeting an old friend
Independent of the Sri Jagannatha culture, Puri has been a center of creative arts and music for a long time. Oriya as a spoken language...
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...
Riding train to Allahabad
I returned back to my sister's house. There was time in the evening for more discussion on her doctoral thesis. She had questions on...
Train Journey
To undertake a long distance train journey is a novel experience. Unlike a bus or an airplane, the train gives a lot more space to...
