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[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...

[ 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...