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Inflation at its Highest making way to food crisis: The pinch of spiking price rise is not only affecting the common man of India, but also threatens the governments and impacts the total political system in the country. Starting from the leaders to the experts and the common man, everybody looks for a short way out of the crisis. T Prasad >>> Read More

Wrong use of Biju Patnaik's name by BJD Leaders initiates debate on Web: BJD leaders including those who hold responsible positions in the party are engaged in dropping the name of Biju Patnaik unreasonably and unnecessarily too much. They link Biju Babu’s name with all projects that, they believe, are the icons of industrialization and development. They never go by the realities in most of the industrial townships - be it Rourkela or Sunabeda or Damanjodi - but tell lots of hypothetical stories. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More

Celebrating Cubs' birthday - Nandankanan's new way of creating awareness: White tiger is the icon of the zoo as it first started breeding the species in a zoo ambience. We all know that the cat population is going low due to several reasons. So such innovative way of celebrating birthday of the cubs will surely help creating awareness among school children, parents and visitors who participated in the birthday’, said Director of Nandankanan Zoo Ajit Kumar Pattnaik. Md Suffian >> Read More

Does National Flag need celebrity links in controversies to establish its dignity?: Does the national flag lose its dignity only when it is used, misused or abused by a celebrity of this country? Or, does it need some controversy with dignified link to make people realize the dignity of tricolour National Flag of India? Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More

Jai Hind - A feature on patriotic songs in Hindi films: Talk of patriotic numbers and many more film songs of such caliber come to mind. Songs like Aye Watan, Aye Watan, Watan Ki Raha Main, Mera Rang De Basanti Chola(Saheed) , Apni Azadi Ko Hum (Leader), title track of 'Hindusthan Ki Kasam' and 'Kar Chale Hum Fida' (Haqeekat)  not only make one nostalgic but fill the heart with nationalistic fervor as well. Tulsidas Mishra >>> Read More

Taking Indo US relationship a step further Maryland celebrated Rathyatra with Odisha Governor: The efforts to popularise Odiya culture outside is definitely praiseworthy. But for all-round development of the state and its people, Orissa needs active participation of the visionaries and experts living outside the state in the process of development. They should act as development initiators, investors and guides to take Odisha on the roads of progress. HNF Bureau >>> Read More

Trauma, Tears and Teligiri - Life just before displacement: Nobody other than the displaced can feel how painful and sorrowful is displacement. Tragedy of the post-displacement life is visible, but the pain and suffering prior to displacement is heart breaking although invisible. It’s as good as experiencing a death before it really comes as life passes with tensions and lots of fearful apprehensions. Bibhuti Bhusan Pati >>> Read More

Probing Orissa Health System Development Project Scam - an attempt to fool the public: Threatened by the World Bank, Orissa Government ordered for a vigilance enquiry of the matter. It also didn’t question the World Bank about the consultants who were placed to monitor and guide the project team. The way enquiry was made and charge sheet was submitted against a few specific officials, it became clear that government investigating agency worked with a preset objective of finding some scapegoats to safeguard the key people involved in it. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More

Oriyas unite: Fight the abject poverty, not each other: For the last few months a certain coastal locality of the Mahanadi delta of Orissa is noticing some horrific infighting. Proposed establishment of a certain large scale industry has polarised the inhabitants to such an extent that they have resorted to fighting pitched battles... Intensity of their hatred gives me the feeling that if these penniless factions had the money, they would buy fighter-planes and battle-tanks to settle the score! Dr Nachiketa Das >>> Read More

Boar poaching and trading rampant in Kandhamal - Wildlife Protection Act just for Namesake: Although there is an Act for the protection of wildlife, most people in the villages in and around the forests of Kandhamal are into the practice of domesticating and selling wild Boars. Basudev Mahapatra with inputs from Simanchal Pattnaik in Phulbani >>> Read More

Industrialisation of Orissa – Politics of Disinvestments, De-industrialisation and Re-Industrialisation: In his first term as CM, Naveen initiated the drive to close the state owned industries and made Orissa virtually an industry starved... second term started with high sounding MOU drama. By now, over 50 MOUs have been signed with big corporate houses. Orissa soon became the investment hub attracting corporate groups for an anticipated investment of 400000 crores of rupees. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More

Gee Pee emerges as a player in Indian Cellular Market: Looking at the boom and keeping in mind the Indian rural economy, Kolkata based telecom conglomerate Gee Pee Infotech Pvt. Ltd. has also entered the cellular market with a wide rage of products suitable to the wallet of rural consumers. HNF Correspondent >>> Read More

Kaya Yoga: Road to happiness, health and longevity: A regular and disciplined practice of Kaya Yoga prevents the onset of the lifestyle ailments such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and could alleviate and even cure some of them.  Kaya Yoga detoxifies, revitalises and strengthens all the eleven systems of the human body, which are: cardio-vascular, respiratory, nervous, endocrine, lymphatic, digestive, urinary, reproductive, muscular, skeletal and integumentary. Dr Nachiketa Das >>> Read More

Monsoon Melodies - Celebrating the drizzling days with Hindi film songs: Talk of rain and pat comes to mind the title track of Raj Kapoor’s Barsaat  set  on Raag Bhairavi. The incorrigible optimist and diehard dreamer that he was, in his worldview the pang of separation  was  only a passing phenomenon. Instead love always won at the end and the lovers got united. Tulsidas Mishra >>> Read More