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#Nabakalebara of #Rangabati

[This was first published on Bhubaneswar Buzz site ] If you’re an Odia or stay in Odisha or that rare Indian species who care to keep an eye on updates about Odisha and you haven’t heard either of these terms (Nabakalebara/Rangabati) in last 2-3 months, go ahead & call yourself a minority community and claim all the benefits one’s entitled to. Coke Studio : A music studio where artists of varied genres experiment with fusion music. They play around the soul of an original song to recreate it as a confluence of musical diversities. Brahma Paribartana : A crucial ritual as part of rare Nabakalebara festival, when the soul substance of old images of Chaturdha Murti is transferred to the new ones.This happens in darkness & except the chosen few Servitors, everyone is at dark about this process. Call it a coincidence or a weird interpretation, this year there seemed to be a role reversal between the Servitors performing Brahma Paribartana and the producers of...
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Reading/Writing Odia on Android device without Rooting

[ This was first published on Bhubaneswar Buzz site ] If you’re unable read Odia from your Android phone ( Test: Try reading https://or.wikipedia.org/s/cx ), then this article is for you. If  the OS of your Android device is lower than Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, then chances are that the device doesn't have native Odia font support. Usually an Android phone is rooted and Odia fonts are installed to be able to read Odia characters, but rooting can be a complex and cumbersome process . Apart from turning your phone’s warranty void, any goof up in the rooting process may turn your mobile to as useful as a brick ( not really :p ). So if you’re apprehensive about rooting your phone, just don’t  look further but below. Install Firefox Browser for Android on your phone from Google Play. Launch Firefox and go to the Oriya fonts package Add-Ons page and select “Add to Firefox”. " Tutorial to learn enabling Odia in Android (light) " by Subhashish Panigrahi Attr...
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A Maharaja's Plea

It took more than 50 years of consistent and arduous efforts by an array of eminent Odia personalities from every walk of life to have a separate province for Odia-speaking people. It was a quest for identity, for unification of that identity. It's only natural to have hundreds of stories, incidents and trivia about this 50-years of struggle. While browsing through different archives, I stumbled upon such an event which actually set the stage for the fruition of the movement. LONDON, 16th January, 1931 General Discussion, Sub-Committee No:IX, 1st Round Table Conference Chairman: Now in putting the Report as a whole, a promise was given to the Raja of Paralakhemundi that he should say something on this general Report, but as a matter of fact it is on the subject of Orissa. Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati :   Sir, on behalf of 10 millions of Oriyas, the subjects of his Majesty, I rise to represent their long-standing grievances on this occasion. The memor...
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RathaJatra and Memories

"Hey Nihar, did we forget something to purchase ?", cautioned my friend Bithal midway while returning back from the market to home. So the contents inside the bags were matched against the list and it was found out that 250gms of maida  was missed.                     This used to be one of those days before RathaJatra (Rathyatra) some 15-16 years back. Together 10-15 of my school friends every year celebrate Ratha Jatra by decorating a wooden makeshift resembling a tiny chariot. This was thankfully a noble idea by my grandfather and the tiny chariot makeshift was made under his personal supervision. Maida as we know is an adhesive and was used for sticking the color papers to the chariot and each of us turns designer for a couple of hours. And here comes a colorful tiny chariot to be pulled in the afternoon. But before that we never forget to assess the look of the chariot and if needed some last moment final touches are acc...
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An open letter to Dhoni

Dear Dhoni, First thing first, like thousands of other crazy Indians ,I'm also a great fan and admirer of you and everything that defines The Mahendra Singh Dhoni . And perhaps that made me write my first blog post on you for reasons no longer a secret to anyone. All of us know what cricket is to we Indians and better lets not delve in to that. You, my friend might be thinking yourself as a cricketer and your popularity is all about cricket. That's a part-truth. It's more about your calmness, leadership trait, a peculiar decision - making style and so many other aspects especially around cricket that makes the phenomenon called Dhoni. And that explains your ever-propelling popularity even among cricket-unfollowers. In India we consider all politicians as thugs, corrupted. Perhaps that is why it's sportsmen like you who still instills faith and honesty in society and brings relieving cheers to millions of people otherwise surrounded by their own troubles. ...
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