Visit to Kali Temple
Howrah and Kolkata not as orderly as Mumbai and Chennai. Though cosmopolitan, they have strong regional flavor of locally induced culture....
Bus Journey to Bhubaneswar
Kolkata to Bhubaneswar is about two hundred and fifty miles, about eight hours journey by train. In our scheduling process, we had a...
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...
Seminar at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Professor Girish Nath Jha at Jawaharlal Nehru University had been in touch while I was in Orissa, He is a member of the Special Center...
