The Bigger the placeƒ the cooler it is Smaller placesƒhmmm not at all my type Still smallƒdon't even mention itƒaw The story revolves around the character of a girl who is quite unpredictable, adamant and has pre-conceived notions about big and small cities and also about people of those cities. She usually makes her own choices but there is no choice made when it comes to one's fate Destiny sometimes plays the role of an eye-opener and this time in the form of a man in her life who's calm, yet headstrong. When destiny brings them together, there is a wind of change in the life of the girl Welcome to the change of choicesƒwelcome to The Bhubaneswar Times.'
“Modern” integrated value chains need not necessarily exclude the smallest producers as this book aims to explain in detail by case studies. The issue is particularly topical in India, where modern retailing has come to the scene only recently and the majority of whose population are still small farmers and artisans. Following a brief introduction to the problem, 14 case studies from India are presented to illustrate how it is being solved in practice. The book also discusses the impact of organized retailing on small-scale traders, and finally analyses the case studies for an overview, with conclusions and learnings drawn from them. Inclusive Value Chains shows by practical examples that it is possible to link the smallest producers of fresh produce, commodities and handicrafts profitably, to modern integrated markets, within the country of origin as well as abroad.
The Asian elephant is an endangered species due to its relentless poaching mainly for ivory. However, unlike the African elephant whose both males and females are tusk bearers, in Asian elephants only males bear tusk. This has resulted in their selective killing and has not only led to an alarming fall in their number but impacted the sex-ratio. This book critically examines this problem and addresses the issue of human-elephant conflict. It studies the four elephant zones of the country with specific focus on Odisha, which is home to a large population of elephants in the central Indian zone. It also ponders on the possibility of the existence of a well-developed network supporting organized poaching and armed militancy, which applies to the central African countries as well.
Celebrating Craze For Cuisines From Home & Away Food is the elixir of life, literally. A culinary revolution is fermenting in the state with Bhubaneswar leading the trend. Our Cover Story takes a look at how foodies in the state capital are opening up to new dishes and exotic delicacies from other parts of the country and beyond. The growing demand has proved a boon for the hotel industry too with new restaurants, cafes and food malls coming up to rake in the moolah. What’s more, big national and international chains are also opening shop, adding spice to the food scene. Cuttack and Puri, on the other hand, still strike a traditional note with their servings of age-old favourites like Dahibara-Aloodum, Ghugni, Khaja, Cha, Chops and the ilk. Recently, however, they are also catching up with changing food tastes and adding new varieties to their menus for locals and tourists alike. Food streets have also witnessed a sea change with foreign entrants like Pizzas, Burgers and Lasagne jostling for space with traditional fares like Biryani, Chowmein and Dosa. And the catering is also changing with new concepts like food trucks and Khau Gallis making an appearance. But all said and done, Odisha continues its romance with cherished ‘home cooked’ food. This is most evident during Odia festivals and the unique dishes and savouries associated with each of them. In City Lights, we talk about the first Corporate Icon Awards organised by My City Links which was a grand success and witnessed Odia entrepreneurs come together to celebrate excelllence. The third edition of Bhubaneswar Runway Week was also organised on the occasion with Mr. World Rohit Khandelwal and Ollywood actress Anu Choudhary being the show stoppers. The section also throws light on India’s first sports and innovation festival organised in Bhubaneswar by Xavier Emlyon Business School and Sports Department, Government of Odisha which witnessed participation of 12 sports start-ups from all across India. In Transit Lounge, we catch up with veteran actor and filmmaker Amol Palekar who was in the city for his play, ‘Kasur’. Palekar, who is back on stage after 25 years, shares about his eventful journey. We also interact with eminent writer Kunal Basu and get an insight into his love for literature and future plans.
Return for a fifth time with Pastor Blackstone to the fabled land of India and discover more biblical precepts and life-changing concepts as he travels again with his good friend Shibu Simon to “earth’s farthest bounds.” This time the Maine pastor will speak at three Indian graduations in three days in two different Indian states, witness a baptism in a cattle trough, get up close and personal with a temple elephant that had just blessed a house, and travel through eight Indian states in ten days while journeying the length and breadth of India in a four-thousand-mile odyssey. That odyssey will include visiting the Taj Mahal by water, the Red Fort of Agra, the Golden Temple of the Sikhs, a hostel in Delhi, and the guru caves of Udayagiri. Experience your first cycle rickshaw ride in Amritsar, your first rural hospital in Uttar Pradesh, your fifth Indian train ride through Haryana, and a surprising side-trip to Orissa. These encounters and experiences will cause you to think what is possible if you step out of your comfort zone and journey to “earth’s farthest bounds” on business for the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords—Jesus Christ!
This book presents selected papers from the 4th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India. It provides a comprehensive analysis of themes spanning the field of transportation encompassing economics, financial management, social equity, green technologies, operations research, big data analysis, econometrics and structural mechanics. This volume will be of interest to researchers, educators, practitioners, managers, and policy-makers world-wide.
Real-Time Data Analytics for Large-Scale Sensor Data covers the theory and applications of hardware platforms and architectures, the development of software methods, techniques and tools, applications, governance and adoption strategies for the use of massive sensor data in real-time data analytics. It presents the leading-edge research in the field and identifies future challenges in this fledging research area. The book captures the essence of real-time IoT based solutions that require a multidisciplinary approach for catering to on-the-fly processing, including methods for high performance stream processing, adaptively streaming adjustment, uncertainty handling, latency handling, and more. Examines IoT applications, the design of real-time intelligent systems, and how to manage the rapid growth of the large volume of sensor data Discusses intelligent management systems for applications such as healthcare, robotics and environment modeling Provides a focused approach towards the design and implementation of real-time intelligent systems for the management of sensor data in large-scale environments
Basanti is a misfit in conservative, pre-independence rural Odisha. Not only does she read and write, all her choices—from marrying for love to dispensing medicines to the poor and running a girls’ school—are unconventional. Her emancipatory aspirations evoke strong reactions from her surroundings, even surprisingly from her husband, who is supposedly passionate about women’s freedom. In this collaborative novel, nine young authors narrate the journey of a liberated woman who questions the socially ordained roles of women and argues for change, especially through education. The authors, six men and three women, belonged to the ‘Sabuja Age’ in Odia literature, a short-lived, creative period of ten to fifteen years. Serialized in Utkala Sahitya between May 1924 and November 1926 and published as a book in 1931, with a revised version appearing in 1968, Basanti is the first fictional declaration of the independence of the Odia woman.
