Orissa

Orissa Tribal Tour Orissa is an amazing land known for its ethnicity and cultural heritage. If you are looking to interact with the traditional culture, practices and the people then there is no other better place than Orissa to travel and spend your vacation. Orissa is called as the homeland of tribes, there are 62 types of tribes which constitutes 29% of its population. With this you can clearly know that Orissa is one land that is rich in culture as well as modernization of thoughts of practices

The Parajas are one of the well-known major tribes of Orissa. The name “Paraja” came from Sanskrit and means “common people”. The Parajas in general are strong, stout and hardworking: compact with other tribal communities, they show some cultural differences especially in respect of their settlement pattern

Who Is a Child? Clarity is missing even on the basic understanding of who is a child. The United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child (UNCRC) defines any individual below 18 years of age as a child. While the Juvenile Justice Act in our country considers persons below 14 years of age to be children, the RTE Act 2009 narrows the definition down to persons between six to 14 years. Though the act expresses interest in taking necessary steps in providing free pre-school education for children above

tree, surrounded by animals. Whatever was left, despite its beauty, was cremated. Everything was consumed by fire except his heart, which was thrown into the sea. It transformed into a beautiful image named Nilamadhava and was found by a tribe in Orissa who enshrined it in a cave. When King Indradyumna heard of this relic, he decided to build a temple that he felt was more suited for God. The job of guarding Nilamadhava from the tribals was given to Indradyumna’s smartest courtier, Vidyapati

What is the most iconic religious monument in India? In the small city of Konark, rests one of the most unique and iconic religious monuments of India - the Konark Sun Temple. Built during the 13th century under the rule of Narasimhadeva I, this imposing Hindu shrine is an amazing example of ancient Kalinga architecture and engineering. Architecture and symbolism behind a giant chariot Khondalite rock was used to erect the temple. The structural scheme pays homage to Surya - the Hindu Sun god

for Kandahar mines. Geomin, geological and mineral resource management services provider, had alleged that the state government overlooked other companies including Jindal steel and chose Posco. The company challenged the state's govt decision in Orissa High Court, which in 2010 cancelled the prospective license (PL) for Posco and asked the state government to reconsider all applications all over again. Unhappy with the HC ruling that stopped short of granting the license to it, Geomin moved the

Folk theatre is known through various names over India, like Nautanki in Uttra Pradesh, Jatra in Bihar, Orissa and Bengal, Tamasha in Maharashtra and so on. “Nautanki is the popular form of theatre in Northern India. The main purpose of the performance is to provide entertainment.” (Wadikar). This type of Folk theatre characterized by the simple language,

Hindu classes but also with other religious communities present in the country. However, this movement has numerous controversies attached to it, out of which, the razing of the Babri Mosque, the land transfer in Kashmir and the Christian massacre in Orissa standout, underlining that this movement is not to protect the secular India, but is for a

FDI to India has increased significantly in the last decade. However, the growth in FDI flows has been accompanied by strong regional concentration. The findings of the study reveal that market size, agglomeration effects and size of manufacturing and services base in a state have significant positive impact on the regional distribution of FDI flows in India. The impact of taxation and cost of labour is negative. While the impact of quality of labour is ambiguous, infrastructure, however, has a significant

teelIRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY IN INDIA Corporate Catalyst India A report on Indian Iron and Steel Industry OVERVIEW 1.1 Background The Indian iron and steel industry is nearly a century old, with Tata Iron & Steel Co (Tata Steel) as the first integrated steel plant to be set up in 1907. It was the first core sector to be completely freed from the licensing regime (in 1990-91) and the pricing and distribution controls. The steel industry is expanding worldwide. For a number of years it has