India’s east and northeast brim with enormous potential, government’s Purvodaya vision will ensure it bears fruit

1.0Kamal Sandeshhttps://kamalsandesh.orgkamalsandeshhttps://kamalsandesh.org/author/kamalsandesh/India’s east and northeast brim with enormous potential, government’s Purvodaya vision will ensure it bears fruit » Kamal Sandeshrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QAd4z7auLv"><a href="https://kamalsandesh.org/indias-east-northeast-brim-enormous-potential-governments-purvodaya-vision-will-ensure-bears-fruit/">India’s east and northeast brim with enormous potential, government’s Purvodaya vision will ensure it bears fruit</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kamalsandesh.org/indias-east-northeast-brim-enormous-potential-governments-purvodaya-vision-will-ensure-bears-fruit/embed/#?secret=QAd4z7auLv" width="600" height="338" title="“India’s east and northeast brim with enormous potential, government’s Purvodaya vision will ensure it bears fruit” — Kamal Sandesh" data-secret="QAd4z7auLv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://kamalsandesh.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/indias-east-and-northeast.png800450Dharmendra Pradhan Odisha in the 70s – the years of my childhood – was a place of much enchantment and innocence even as it was characterised by crumbling infrastructure, potholed roads and shoddy bridges. The same held true for most of the east and northeastern region (NER). Undoubtedly, much has changed since. However, it seems