Shaswat Panda

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Ghachar Ghochar (Odia) by Vivek Shanbagh https://t.co/490qoXW1St via @amazonIN

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@trvivek @XpressOdisha @Siba_TNIE @sampad_patnaik Thank you so much.

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My piece on Lord Jagannath and popular visual culture in Odisha. Thank you @XpressOdisha @Siba_TNIE and my dear friend @sampad_patnaik.

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@sampad_patnaik @XpressOdisha @Siba_TNIE Thank you, Sampad.

[NANDANKANAN ZOOLOGICAL PARK @ddnandankanan]

The 210th Sunday Bird Walk was conducted at Nandankanan with 25 participants where 50 species of birds were spotted 243 in number. The major sightings being Indian Paradise Flycatcher, Cinnamon Bittern and Pheasant tailed Jacana. @PCCFWL_Odisha @ForestDeptt @CZA_Delhi

[SP Kalantri @spkalantri]

I retired as Medical Superintendent of Sevagram Hospital three years ago. Since then, I have been waging a quiet war against forgetting.

It began with blank stares. A first-year resident, fresh from her MBBS in Kerala, drew a blank when I mentioned Dr. Sushila Nayar, our founder. Another asked, “Dhirubhai who?” about a former president.

These were the people who built MGIMS. Yet their names are fading in the very place they shaped.

I have called this project Architects of MGIMS. Institutions are not made of bricks and reports alone. They are shaped by those who arrive, argue, disagree, create, persist—and slowly leave their mark.

To piece this together, I went back to annual reports from the 1970s, faculty records, and long conversations with retired teachers now in their eighties—their spouses, children, and colleagues. I met those still on campus.

So far, I have written 93 profiles—not a polished history, but something of the texture of our early years, before silence claims them.

It now lives as a digital archive, open to all. We begin today, on Id-Ul-Fitr, with the first profile—Dr. Sushila Nayar. The hospital corridors are quiet for the holiday, but perhaps these pages will bring Sevagram to life again.

Read here: https://t.co/PNFERmYNBG

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

During a long jail term in 1922, Nehru read voraciously, books on history, politics and literature, taking notes and providing summaries as he went along. This capsule book review, dated 10th August 1922, seems to anticipate the thinking of Edward Said:
“This book — Barnett’s ‘Antiquities of India””— is an extraordinary example of labour without understanding, of perspiration without any inspiration. This is often found in books on Oriental subjects by European scholars. They start with a presumption of superiority and never really understand their subject in spite of great industry. Barnett must have read a vast number of books on India and the East and yet he is utterly ignorant of his subject, or rather he is in a worse position, he has gone off on the wrong track. With great labour he has collected together oddities, absurdities, obscenities and the many crudities which have grown round the religion and social customs of Ancient India and he judges of old times by these and piously holds up his hands in horror! As if these are the sum total of social life in India. Books of this kind are very misleading and must do a lot of mischief.”

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@nehaa_sinha grey hornbill

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@nehaa_sinha black-rumped flameback. Apologies for the typo.

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@nehaa_sinha black rumped flareback

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@nehaa_sinha black rumped flameback

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@nehaa_sinha the unmissable coppersmith barbet.

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A kingfisher's remarkable head stabilization while hunting.

[Sambad (ସମ୍ବାଦ) @sambad_odisha]

#ସମ୍ବାଦ_ସାହିତ୍ୟ_ପକ୍ଷର_ସପ୍ତମ_ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା
ଆଶୀର୍ବଚନ ଦେଇ ସଭାକୁ ଆରମ୍ଭ କଲେ ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ଅନୁବାଦକ ତଥା ଲେଖକ ଯତୀନ ନାୟକ ।
#ସାହିତ୍ୟପକ୍ଷ #SambadSahitya #Literature #SahityaPakshya2026 #Sambad #KanakNews #AmaOdisha @tanaya_p @SambadSahitya

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ସାହିତ୍ୟ ପକ୍ଷର ସପ୍ତମ ଦିବସରେ ବିଚିତ୍ରାନନ୍ଦ କର ମଞ୍ଚରେ ଆମ ସଭାକୁ ଆଶୀର୍ବଚନ ଦେଇ ଗରିମାନ୍ୱିତ କରିବେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାହିତ୍ୟକୁ ଆନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ମଞ୍ଚରେ ପରିଚିତ କରାଇଥିବା ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ଅନୁବାଦକ, ସାହିତ୍ୟ ସମାଲୋଚକ, ସମ୍ପାଦକ ଓ ଶିକ୍ଷାବିଦ୍ ଶ୍ରୀଯୁକ୍ତ ପ୍ରଫେସର ଯତୀନ ନାୟକ।
📍 ସ୍ଥାନ: ‘ଆମ ଓଡ଼ିଶା’ ନୂତନ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟାଳୟ, ଭୁବନେଶ୍ଵର
ବି-୩, ୟୁନିଟ୍ ୮ (ଡେଲ୍‌ଟା ଆଇ.ବି. ସାମ୍ନା), ଗୋପବନ୍ଧୁ ନଗର, ୭୫୧୦୧୨
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[Jayanth Sharma @Jayanth_Sharma]

2006-2007, twenty years ago was when I first met #Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. While I was enamoured by it's tigers, I was puzzled by this waterhole referred to as Gopalpur in the Tala zone.

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A blissful afternoon for a white-rumped munia. @IndiAves #birdphotography

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On #NationalBirdDay here are a few glimpses of a black redstart that would make a teasing apperance and disappear quickly. @IndiAves #nationalbirdday2026 #Odisha

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Black tailed Godwit. #Odisha #mangalajodi #birding #birdphotography @IndiAves

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greater coucal. @IndiAves

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It takes two to tango. Black winged stilts. Scenes from #Mangalajodi #Odisha @IndiAves #birdphotography