ODISHA REVIEW VOL. LXXV NO.7-8 FEBRUARY-MARCH - 2019 SANJAY KUMAR SINGH, I.A.S. Commissioner-cum-Secretary LAXMIDHAR MOHANTY, O.A.S (SAG) Director DR. LENIN MOHANTY Editor Editorial Assistance Production Assistance Bibhu Chandra Mishra Debasis Pattnaik Bikram Maharana Sadhana Mishra Cover Design & Illustration D.T.P. & Design Manas Ranjan Nayak Hemanta Kumar Sahoo Photo Kishor Kumar Sinha Raju Singh Manoranjan Mohanty The Odisha Review aims at disseminating knowledge and information concerning Odisha’s socio-economic development, art and culture. Views, records, statistics and information published in the Odisha Review are not necessarily those of the Government of Odisha. Published by Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar - 751001 and Printed at Odisha Government Press, Cuttack - 753010. For subscription and trade inquiry, please contact : Manager, Publications, Information & Public Relations Department, Loksampark Bhawan, Bhubaneswar - 751001. Rs.5/- Five Rupees / Copy E-mail : [email protected] Visit : http://odisha.gov.in Contact : 9937057528(M) i CONTENTS FEBRUARY - MARCH - 2019 The Strength in the Scars - A Woman’s Worth Subhrata Pattnaik Dr. Lenin Mohanty ... ix Biju - The Greatest Odia in Living Memory Prof. Rajkishore Mishra ... 1 Women of Odisha : Status and Challenges Prof. Asha Hans ... 4 Dr. Amrita Patel Panchayati Raj Institution - Odisha Perspective Balabhadra Ghadai ... 11 When the Tamil Rebels Came Calling Anil Dhir ... 14 Biju, the Comrade of the Whole Dr. Bhubaneswar Pradhan ... 17 A Tribute to the Pilot - Patriot Biju Patnaik Subhrata Pattnaik ... 18 Health and Environment : A Keen Observation Dr. Chittaranjan Mishra ... 23 The Role of Rhythm, Rhythmic Instrument and the Instrumentalist in the realm of Music : Hindustani Classical etc. Sushil Kumar Patnaik ... 35 God Never Looks to Caste or Sect Er. Raghunath Patra ... 42 Pisciculture in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh : “A comparative study” Sangram Keshari Kar ... 43 Mobile Phone Bridges Health Divide : Exploring Possibilities in Health Care Services Delivery in Odisha Sudarsan Sahoo ... 48 Development Administration in Odisha: Mainstreaming Biju Patnaik's Contribution and Achievement Dr. Shridhar Charan Sahoo ... 54 The Paik Rebellion of Khurda of 1817 Pabitra Mohan Barik ... 81 Science and Technology in Ancient India Basanta Kumar Das ... 83 Address of Hon'ble Governor of Odisha Prof. Ganeshi Lal to the Odisha Legislative Assembly ... ... 86 Highlights of Budget Estimates (VoA) for 2019-20 ... ...103 ii Our Sincere Obeisance Utkal Gourav Madhusudan iii We Fondly Remember .... Acharya Harihar iv Our Sincere Obeisance Laxman Naik v Remembering the Stalwart with utmost respect .... Legendary leader and visionary Biju Patnaik vi Editor’s Note Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Barttaman Along with the countrymen, we, the people of Odisha, are also proud of you. Editor, Odisha Review vii We feel proud ... Saheed Manoj Kumar Behera Saheed Prasanna Kumar Sahoo viii The Strength in the Scars - A Woman’s Worth Subhrata Pattnaik Dr. Lenin Mohanty A woman is a miracle, she is wise, and she is smart. She has netted her peacefulness, not having had it bequeathed on her but having passed her trials. She has suffered and turned out to be more beautiful. She has the capability to embrace her world together and live with it. She knows her vision. She cares profoundly about achieving something bigger for herself. She rules with genuine power. Sometimes it just takes a little reminder that helps us to understand the inconceivable potential that lies within us. As a woman, we know the necessary essentials of life; we have the power to create life. Without us, the circle would be far from closed. Apart from that, we empower ourselves to be confident in becoming the strong woman we want to be. We are able to transmute and to modify, which allows us to leave all disapproval behind so we shouldn’t allow others to decide for us, but instead we should seize the supremacy that lies within us. A sturdy, independent woman has the pluck to be the best version of herself. Yes, it takes valor and spirit, but it is worthwhile. Until you start trying to become the best you can be, you never really know the true potential that is within you. But if you have the audacity to embrace your potential you will be able to make a significant impact on the advancement of this planet. “Who’s going to stop you”. It will move your mindset from being someone who asks for consent to someone who decides for herself. With this approach, you will take the authority over your life which is important. Furthermore, it will permit you to avoid the discouraging target temperament entirely. Living life with the pluck of celebrating everything that comes your way will help you to not only reduce tension but also to bring more delight, contentment, and passion into your life. The main here is to live in the moment without letting thoughts about the past and future to bring you down. As a woman of celebration, you should never keep toxic people around you for long. You must cut them out, because you know you are strong enough to endure without them. You don’t need their pessimism weighing you down. Being a liberated woman means you are comfortable doing things on your own. You don’t need someone to pamper you, impart you, guard you and defend you. You can shelter yourself. You are a woman who works with dignity. You make money. You follow your passions. You don’t care what anyone else has to say about you, because you are pleased with yourself for hurtling after your barest dreams. You are a woman who is comfortable within the walls of your skin. You love yourself and love your body, because it does so much for you. Your independence doesn’t depend on anything else but on your strength, on your liveliness, on your dynamism, and on how much you accomplish in a day. You should consider yourself paramount. You shouldn’t be afraid of picking up the self-seeking option. You should never sacrifice your dreams, your pleasure, or your sanity in order to stay in an association. A part of growing up as a woman is learning who you are and accepting yourself. It’s not only growing, but discovering who you really are. It’s trial and error, its loss and gain; it’s achieving something you thought you always wanted. The fact is that the more you crack, the better you get, ix and the more you achieve, the more confident you become. You have a decision to make. You don’t decide whether or not you’re going to let go, because the things that aren’t meant for us will anyway slip away eventually. What you do decide is whether or not you’re going to take that step when you realize you should, or holding onto something you don’t want because you’re too fearful of the alternative. People will keep teaching you all the time on how to persist, develop resilience, and to refuse to give up, no matter what. What they won’t teach you is that, couple of times, you have to learn how to fail with grace. You have to understand that sometimes, we step back from certain things not because they’re completely wrong, but because something’s are destined to happen. So if you have reached that place in your life, one in which you identify that the pathway you are on is not worthwhile, the dreams you have were built The Odisha Assembly has for a person you used to be, and unanimously passed a that you’re being held in place resolution pursuing 33% not by a desire to blossom but reservation for women in out of fear of failure, then you legislative assemblies and the should gather enough courage Parliament. Bringing more to allow your dreams to change. women into politics has a lot You know that you are not of positive upshots. WOMEN minimizing yourself when you are primed with substances. choose to give up on the things For them it is a self-fulfilling that are incorrect for you. You vision and that substantially honor yourself, you prioritize will make it easier for other what you want and it’s fine. You Subhrata Pattnaik women to enter politics. This learn to care more about what’s leads to a broader exposure. We need to break the vindictive going to make you feel good and cycle. Without empowering 50% of our population, we can confident than what other never become a power bloc. people would perceive to be right. All of this is a part of I think the Government’s initiative to involve women in politics becoming you. And then at a is a respectable idea. Also, 33 % is good, to start with. In a point, sooner or later, you will country with 48% women, which is almost half of the total certainly realize the significance population, 33% representation is appreciable. There are many of the decision made. The world women who are interested in politics are unable to do so due to teaches you to have dreams, to societal burden and their “responsibility” towards their families. believe in them, to stand by Also, people look up to such personalities who break the norms. them, to fight for them no matter A woman in authority is the vilest nightmare to a conservative what. It seldom tells you that, patriarchal person. I hope the reservation gives these women over time, some dreams will the required push, and the ones interested be carefully conceal others, some will get nominated and voted, and given seats. swapped, and others will fall into the respites of your mind.