Multi-media Journalist I Columnist I Past: Editor - Zee Odisha, Sr Asst Editor - DNA National Bureau, Digital Editor - Bloomberg TV, News Head - NITI Central
Every electoral verdict is multi-factorial as there is no silver bullet answer and so is Odisha verdict. In my piece in
@Outlookindia
, I attribute 6 six key reasons that helped the BJP's sweep in Odisha.
#OdishaElections
As part of my journalistic responsibility, I am trying to reach out to a
@PetaIndia
activist - for an interview - who has been working against cow slaughter. In my 16 years of journalism, I haven't come across a single one so far.
#PETA
#Petaindia
#PetaIndiaExposed
.
@Kamiya
is lying. She is not only a beef promoter, but also a consumer. And here's the proof. Vlog from her own
@CurlyTalesIndia
, which is now deleted, shows that she was having bresaola, an "air-dried, salt-cured" form of beef.
#factchecking
#KamiyaJani
Disturbing trend in Odia litrature! Cheap sexualisation of Hindu scriptures; Maa Sita termed as "prostitute", depicted as "desiring to be raped"
Pleasure to be quoted by
@OpIndia_com
, the media outlet I have worked with.
@UnSubtleDesi
@rahulroushan
JNU Professor Nivedita Menon faces protests during her visit to GM University, Sambalpur. Menon, who had claimed that India "illegally occupied" Kashmir, was there to attend a lecture titled ‘Feminism for the 21st Century’. Kudos to ABVP kids. Sending hug 🤗 💖 for them.
Controversial Odia poet Rajendra Panda, who had called Ma Sita 'a promiscuous woman', has chosen with Kuvempu Rastriya Puraskar. If he receives the award that would be a gross insult to great Kannada poet whose work includes 'Sri Ramayana Darshanam'.
@DattaHosabale
@BSYBJP
Sources inside
@ABVPVoice
suggest that the student body is preparing a "strong legal case" against
@rahulkanwal
, News Director of India Today, for "falsely implicating" Vidyarthi Parishad in
#JNUViolence
.
The histroy of separatism in Kashmir is just 60-70 years old. Histroy of terrorism in Kashmir is mere 30 years old. But the histroy of Kashmir is thousands year old:
@rammadhavbjp
at the release of 'Manthan' special issues on Kashmir
When
@otvnews
was systematically targeted by the State govt, a host of other media outlets in Odisha were lashing out at OTV, clearly underscoring the fact that largely the present day Odia journalism doesn't have any class.
1/2
.
@AprajitaSarangi
has hit the BJD where it hurts the most, made a mincemeat of a bureaucrat managing government affairs and also allegedly that of the party, by calling him a "low ranking official", a term never used by any opposition leader earlier.
30 years before Subhas Chandra Bose’s armed struggle, there was an attempt by Bagha Jatin to throw British out India. Do read my 2020 research article on the great nationalist-revolutionary.
#IndiaAt75
@AshwiniVaishnaw
@KanchanGupta
@anirbanganguly
.
@UnSubtleDesi
dived deep into the chargesheet filed by Delhi Police on 2020
#DelhiRiots
and found that Prashant Bhushan hosted the earliest conspiracy meeting with Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and Yogendra Yadav in attendance.
#DelhiRiots
And here it is.
Delhi anti-Hindu riot: Prashant Bhushan hosted the earliest conspiracy meeting with Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and Yogendra Yadav in attendance. Read details
*I'm shocked at this news
*Very very sad
@Naveen_Odisha
didn't see thru the conspiracy agnst me led by an IAS ofcr now controlling th party
*I vehemently deny the allegations agnst me, they are entirely false & baseless
*I will pray to Jagannath for guidance b4 i respond further
A Hindu man was lynched in Odisha's Sambalpur while celebrating Hanuman Jayanti. Even as a secular government is enjoying its Grouse Whisky moment in Bhubaneswar, there is pin drop silence 🤫🤐😶 on the issue in national media and secular intelligentsia.
#sambalpurviolence
Tribute to Prof Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya), the fourth Sarsanghchalak of
@RSSorg
, on his death anniversary.
His six year tenure as Sarsanghchalak, between 1994 and 2000, was one of the most crucial for both Sangh and India.
Sat sat naman.
#Thread
As a reporter I have covered both
@BJP4India
and
@INCIndia
. While I hear 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Vande Mataram' in the BJP camp, I only hear 'Sonia Gandhi Zindabad', 'Rahul Gandhi Zindabad' and 'Priyanka Gandhi Zindabad' in Congress camp.
#Verdict2019
Khan Market can't continue to be the hotspot of champagne secularists and we the nationalists have to redraw the narrative for sure! It's an immense pleasure to meet my long-time friend
@ramindesai
after many years.
#khanmarketconsensus
Thank you
@OdishaReporter
for covering my demand for top civilian awards to Mahatma Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati, who had crafted a template for selfless social service. A nice feature by
@Pari_Choudhury
@CurlyTalesIndia
Several of your posts clearly suggest that you are a beef promoter. A beef promoter is NOT supposed to enter the Jagannath Temple. Nor Jagannath Sanskriti needs any promotion from a beef promoter.
#Odisha
This has happened for the first time in the history of Puri Srimandir. As many as 90 Chulhas - meant for preparing Mahaprasad - inside the divine kichen were vandalised. Such a bizzare incident has raised serious question mark on the security of Jagannath Temple.
"I do not want a kingdom on the earth, nor wealth, nor heaven. I wish my life would be devoted to help the poorest and the weakest.”
Read my tribute column on Mahatma Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati in
@ThePulseIndia
on his death anniversary.
.
@Mayank23Agrawal
Sir, how come Odia poet Rajendra Kishore Panda, who called Ma Sita a "prostitute", was invited to public broadcaster
@dd_odia
on Republic Day?
CC
@ianuragthakur
ji
.
@BJP4India
central leadership shouldn't keep
@BJP4Odisha
in a sedate state for days together and leave things to foster. The sooner they make things clear, would be in interest of the party, its karyakartas, its organisation and its electoral prospects in Odisha.
JNU Professor Surajit Majumdar, in a seminar titled 'Indian Constitution and Educational Policy' in
#UtkalUniversity
, said
#IndianConstitution
is in "danger" under PM Modi. Prof Majumdar further said caste equality is on the rise under Modi's rule.
#Thread
Odisha Chief Minister
@Naveen_Odisha
must keep politics away from natural calamity and should accept
@PandaJay
's request. Always, investigations against Panda can go on side by side if he has violated rules.
While
@Naveen_Odisha
did not respond to my appeal to open hangar with 3 helicopters (sealed by state govt on flimsy grounds) & my offer to fly rescue & relief sorties
News of 12 dead & 5 trapped in
#CycloneTitli
hit Gajapati dist whn cave they sheltered in collapsed
Om Shanti🙏🏼
@AartiTikoo
@Iyervval
What satire!
@Iyervval
is a history-sheeter. He has abused Odisha, Odias, the Lord of the cosmos Jagannath and the Konark Temple. Well done
@odisha_police
. A strong case should be built against the offender. Let law take its own course.
The year was 2006, in this month of September, I first met
@DrChandanMitra
. He told me, "Why don't you go back to your State to work for an Odisha newspaper?" I said, "Sir, I want to work in Delhi." "But, you have to develop yourself," he responded.
#Thread
Heart touching! A Chennai man named Ganga Ram used to feed cows who visit his house everyday. Ganga Ram passed away in June, 2000. Learning about the news of his demise, a cow arrived at the crematorium, wept and waited till his mortal remains was consigned to flames.
As a proud Odia, I hold my head high when I revisit the fact that
#NandiniSatpathy
as an Union Minister in Indira Gandhi government had played a significant role in dividing Pakistan and liberating Bangladesh. Today is the birth anniversary of the 'Agni Kanya'.
This picture from from MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's home district has laid bare two things. One, the tall claims by the State government on health care. Two, Odisha's claim of an oxygen surplus State.
It is utterly shameful, disgraceful and distasteful that poet Rajendra Kishore Panda, who called Ma Sita a "prostitute", has presided over Prajatantra Bishub Milan. Cuttack MP and Chairman of Prajatantra Prachar Samiti Bhatruhari Mahatab has much to explain on this.
I have come across some Odia writers, including big names, hurling abuses at Godess Sita. Strong actions must be taken against them as per the law.
#Thread
Late Girilal Jain had argued this case for Ram Temple which was a tectonic shift in intellectual discourse on Ayodhya Movement. As Mandir works set to begin,
@eOrganiser
reproduces the 1990 'Sunday Mail' piece.
@prafullaketkar
@vijayvaani
Online FIR lodged against Odia poet Rajendra Kishore Panda, a Central Sahitya Akademi award winner, for hurting religious sentiments. The FIR has been lodged under Information and Technology Act 2000 for his abusive Facebook post on Godess Sita.
As a
@RSSorg
swayamsevak, I am seething with anger when
@INCIndia
- an Indian political party having a British legacy - wants our sacred uniform to be burnt down. I am sure the fellow swayamsevaks across the country share the same anger.
#BharatJodoYatra
#BharatTodoYatra
It took exactly 51 hours for normalisation of train movement after the horrific rail crash that has claimed 275 lives. Rail Minister stayed on the ground zero and led the operation from the front. More power to
@AshwiniVaishnaw
ji.
#BalasoreTrainTragedy
#OdissaTrainAccident
When
@sambad_odisha
and
@kanak_news
are politically targeted by the State government, such a blunder shouldn't be repeated by the media in Odisha. They should have the balls to speak the truth.
2/2
.
@Swamy39
Sir, there is a large-scale conspiracy to stall Puri Rath Yatra. If you please help in the interest of Lord Jagannath, Jagannath cult and Hindu Dharma. Looking forward.
In the annals of India’s political history, Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be remembered as on of the most remarkable post-independence political icons to date. My column in
@ThePulseIndia
on the occasion of the 2nd death anniversary of Vajpayee ji
.
@SatyaPrNayak
Bhai, I watched 'Satypatha' episode on
@AprajitaSarangi
's Presser. I found your criticism on Madam Sarangi completely misplaced. BBSR MP is right as she is supposed not to take a State govt Secretary's name as the MP comes much higher in Order of precedence.
When Odisha was under Bengal province, some notorious Bengali officers had conspired to kill the rich Odia language. "Odia ekta swotontro bhasa nae," they used to say. At that time it was
#GouriShankarRoy
came to the rescue of Odia language.
#Thread
News published in
@prabhatkhabar
on my demand for withdrawal of Sahitya Akademi award of elite Odia poet Rajendra Kishore Panda who had written vile poem on Ma Sita.
30 years before Subhas Bose's move to liberate India from the tentacles of British, there was another attempt by Bagha Jatin to win independence in cooperation with Germany. My debut article in
@LiveHIndia
on the missing chapter of history
@MiniMenon
Prof Surajit Majumdar mocked at Lord Shiva and
#MahaShivaratri
. This was the key trigger point of the scuffle as the students of
#UtkalUniversity
vociferously objected to such statements.
According to the conventional wisdom of the national media, in Odisha the BJP is strong in Lok Sabha segments because of Modi wave, where as the BJD is strong in the Assembly segments, thanks to Naveen's popularity. But that's not true.
#OdishaPolitics
#Thread
Odia poet Rajendra Kishore Panda, who had called Ma Sita "a promiscuous woman", to bag the prestigious Kuvempu Rastriya Puraskar. May God help Indian literature.
Not a single tweet by
@Naveen_Odisha
on
#RamMandirShilanyas
. Perhaps because Odisha Chief Minister had once declared, "Every bone in my body is secular".
While 'Mother' Teresa is a Bharat Ratna and Nobel winner, thanks to the politics that backed her agenda; 12 years after the brutal murder of Lakshmanananda, we have to fight for a Padma Award for the great Hindu monk.
@MNageswarRaoIPS
@ARanganathan72
@Iyervval
Hey Ranga, hope you are not writing a movie script out of it. Don't worry, he will eat when he will feel hungry.
He has done a series of cultural onslaugt on Odisha. Don't paddle the fake narrative that all this happened for his Roshogolla comments.
As the incident of controversial visit of
@Kamiya
with Odisha 5T chairman VK Pandian to Puri Jagannath Temple refuses to snowball, I request the Govt of Odisha to make the CCTV footage public.
Jai Jagannath
CC
@Naveen_Odisha
#SaveJagannathCulture
As if that was not enough, poetess Subhashree Subhamita Mishra, a Leftist feminist poet, has gone on to state that Sita was "leading the life of a prostitute".
I appeal the literature lovers from Odisha to boycott
@kalingalitfest
as a mark of protest as the litfest is giving platform to urban naxal, cultural onslaughter and anti-Hindu writer Kedar Mishra who has denigraded world famous Odia poet Bhima Bhoi.
#KLFIsAntiHindu
#BoycottKLF
Once I had an interaction with Head of
@GoogleIndia
Sanjay Gupta. I had asked him, "What is Google’s future plans towards giving due importance to classical language Odia and its usage?" 1/2
#WorldMotherLanguageDay