Odisha Forum

Yes this is true to some extents. But even now as per the latest census report, literacy rate of Odisha is just the same as national average. More than half of the Indian states have literacy rates higher than Odisha. This is because of the disparity in development. While the coastal Odisha is devel...

Dear Members First of all wish you all a very happy Utkal Divas. As you all know Odisha has been a state since 1936 much before formation of many other big states. However despite being blessed with abundant natural resources, very good rainfall compared to many other states, good amount of fertile ...

Here the responsibility lies mostly with Odiyas staying outside Odisha. The common perception is that Eastern India is mostly represented by Bengal and wherever there is a similarity in food and culture between Bengal and Odisha everybody in India thinks it is basically Bengal origin. However in man...

Dear Friends If we go through the history the language Odia and the existence of the Utkal or Kalinga regime is very very old as compared to many other regions of India. The food of Odisha is something what we can really boast of (dalma, santula, besara, dahi baigana, chingudi jhola .... lot more). ...

In my opinion it is "Bhakta Salbeg". The movie that I had watched in my childhood and is the reason I have all my devotion to the one and only LORD JAGANNATH

Thank you for your response. I want more and more odias to know the proud facts about odisha and most importantly to make non odias aware of that. Else many of our origins and innovations will be stolen by others

Dear Friends This is regarding the origin of the famous sweet Rasagolla. Actually all of you will be glad to know that this traditional sweet is originally from Orissa (You can search the history on google). However almost everybody in India (other than the odias perhaps) recognises it as a bengali ...