‘Kosal Diary’ News

Watercolour of the old fort of Sambalpur in Orissa, by an anonymous artist for the Gilbert Collection, c. 1825.

Revisiting past through a painter’s eye – The Sambalpur Kingdom

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:03

Photo courtesy: http://www.bl.uk The town of Sambalpur is located in the district of the same name, situated on the western edge of Orissa near the border with Chhatisgarh. The name derives from its presiding goddess Samalei, enshrined in the Samalai Gudi on the bank of river Mahanadi . The area has ...

A genuine Swami: Lost in oblivion

A genuine Swami: Lost in oblivion

Thursday, June 16, 2011 21:39

The following article is from http://zeenews.india.com/blog/70/blog563.html By Gayatri Sankar Amid the din surrounding yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s fast to seek answers from government over black money and corruption, Swami Nigamananda Saraswati battled death for days before he ...

Are lawyers above the law?

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:32

Today when we are talking about fight against corruption and supporting the cause of Anna Hazare ji’s fight for Lokpal bill, in a corner of our country goons under the mask of lawyers, and social workers have attacked Dr Guna Sagar Dash, the superintendent of Veer Surendra Sai Medical College ...

This is unfortunate and ridiculous behavior by one advocate from sambalpur to manhandle the superintendent of VSS Medical College hospital,Burla

Sunday, June 12, 2011 19:24

This is unfortunate and ridiculous behavior by one advocate from sambalpur to manhandle the superintendent of VSS Medical College hospital,Burla About 10 to 12 persons of "Amar Sambalpur" and so called "V.S.S Medical College & Hospital Parishad Burla" enterted to Dr.Guna Sagar Dash's office on 27th May ...

Sambalpuri language – its evolution and identity

Friday, May 13, 2011 7:17

Excerpt taken from an article published in the book West Orissa: A study in Ethos/ Sambalpur University press/ By B. K. Tripathy and A. K. Dash . Sambalpuri Language - Its evolution and Identity

OPL disappointed Western Orissa towns.

OPL disappointed Western Orissa towns.

Thursday, May 12, 2011 23:43

The Orissa Premiere League (OPL), the state version of popular twenty 20 Indian Premier League (IPL) have disappointed Western Orissa towns like Sambalpur and Jharsuguda. Rourkela got the only representation from Wetsren Orissa. The Orissa Cricket Association on Monday announced the names of 10 franchisees and the whopping bidding prices took everyone by ...

Orissa human development report.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 8:59

Find below the Orissa Human Development Index, which has district wise data on Human development indexes such as Per capita income, population data, Health Index rank, Birth rate, Doctors per lakh population, no. of beds per one lakh population, employment generated , district information, Education index, etc for  the period of ...

Valiant woman freedom fighter remains unsung

Sunday, April 24, 2011 18:20

News Courtesy: TNS On January 28, a few months before India became independent, the then (princely) state government of Sonepur let loose a reign of terror at Binika town. The people rose in revolt against the king for his pro-British stance. Nearly 20,000 freedom fighters, led by a brave woman, organized a ...