Nagari Varanashi

An account of my Banarasha (Varanashi) visit as I saw it in my brief visit. A lot is there to see the city that looks enchanting as well as mysterious. Jai Banarasha !!!
Published on 16th Nov. 2016

Naribad NariDharmi

Feminism in India ... must get steered following 'NariDharma' that is true to our soil. How this got obliterated God knows but it wasn't so since Vaidic age. We have glorious ladies who have laid foundation of Indian Nari-Dharma, are inspiring to generations. Kids in school curriculum must read about such inspiring ladies so that later in their lives a positive perception on feminism takes a shape. 
Today "Naribad NariDharmi" takes up the issue on Nirvay newspaper in its Wednesday Page-8 my weekly MoKatha column.  Published on 26th october 16

||| Girls Glory for All |||

JhiaKulaKu Jita the Odia Column today on MoKatha Series at Nirvay newspaper .. Watch my column every Wednesday Page 8 : Comment and Add more to it ! Click on image for better view.
----------- This column explores the changing perception of Indian society on girl child for the call "Save Girl Child" - girls saved by earning medals in the last Olympics :

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Defining Feminism ....

Could be true with the liberty ladies had in Vaidic age, still ladies in our land have assumed a secluded living with social disadvantages with utter silent disgust. The liberation as feminism today reveals is radical, and so brings in conflict in Indian society considering every society has a basic norm that is honoured though a dynamic society adopts self-correction that is gradual. Radical feminism that primarily visible with affluent group in India damps the movement instead of energising it. It's time to define feminism in our context and invigorate the movement in positive direction. Today MoKatha column on "Naribada ra Paribhasha Khoja" on Nirvaya news paper takes up the issue ... More to say , Please say it here !

My Last Words

ଶେଷକଥା
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କାହାର ଆଜ୍ଞା ରେ ଆସିିଲା  କହ୍ନେଇ
କାହାର ଆଜ୍ଞା ରେ ରାଧା ହେଲା ବାଇ
କାହାର ଆଜ୍ଞା ରେ ଧରା ଋତୁବତୀ ହୁଏ
କାହାର ଆଜ୍ଞା ରେ କଳା କୋଇଲି ଟି ଗାଏ ?

ଅମୀମାଂସିତ ପ୍ରଶ୍ନମାଳା
                   ଝୁଲାଇ ଦିଅଗୋ ବେକରେ
ଆମନ୍ତ୍ରଣ ମୃୃତ୍ୟୁ କୁ ମୋର
                   ଉତ୍ତର ପାଇବା ଆଶାରେ
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Who makes Adam to play his flute
Who makes to Eve to dance to beat
Who tells Earth to bring Apples here
Who tells cuckoo to sing on foyer

Garland me of these unanswered questions
I Invite oh! death with  hopes  for answers  !

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Burnt-Face Gen

||| MoKatha: Burnt-Face Gen |||

... Wednesday MoKatha column on www.nirbayanews.com today takes on the first generation town migrants and their malady in identity crisis and sense of loosing the nativity. The column takes two props, the first gen urbanites who compete to be seen at their birthplace with honour. In the process they bring politics and destabilize the rural society with unwanted political rivalry. Thus, the gen turns to burnt-face gen !

Odia readers are invited for comments ...............

||| MoKatha - God Mine and Your |||

This column provides a narration on petty politics now runs in rural Odisha. The politics has gone so deep down that even village temple is getting divided on party line. Shocking, the deserters who still hang on horizon of village but settled in town, try to detect terms on village affairs possibly due to identity crisis they feel in urban life. The column basically provides a picture that I visualised in my the recent past visit to my village in Odisha. More or less, the story is the same all around India - an eventful transition India is facing now during its metamorphosis of rural India to urban India.

The column appeared on Nirvaya News paper on 21st Sept. '16. Every Wednesday MoKatha appears on Page-8 at www.nirvayanews.com - Read and Opine : A standing Welcome with thanks.