r/Odisha

2011 census

Btw how's ur sunday goin guys

Made a post few days back about selling these because im moving for residency. Thanks to you guys I've sold over 10 books only these remain. If you want any DM.

Paperbacks 200+ shipping

exceptions Violet evergarden (fan translation: 250) and empty Box 700

pretty little liars complete set for 200

midnight library and conversations with friends is fake so selling for 80 only

Hard cover: 300+shipping

the same

Hey Guys,
Yesterday, I shared a glimpse of a simple 2D game.
It's a free, ad-free endless runner inspired by the Konark Sun Temple that runs directly in your browser. No downloads or installation required.

I'd love your feedback on the gameplay, visuals, difficulty, and ideas for new power-ups or features.

Play it here:

Konark Run

If you're looking to improve your digital presence or launch a new product, we'd love to chat.

Thanks for checking it out, and I hope you enjoy the game!

Odisha chhadiki palauchanti bodhe megha jaka.

i'll go first - thar/thar owners

The Odisha Government has sent a request to block one of my Instagram posts, and Instagram blocked it in India without giving me any option to appeal.

To be fair, it's not just the Odisha Government. Different state governments have had posts blocked whenever the content didn't sit well with them. But it's still surprising because I'm from Odisha, and I used to think nothing like this could ever happen here. 😂 Then this happened.

The irony is that the original news source(otv & major sources ) is still available online. My post was simply based on that report. As my post got more reach, so they tactically chose to block it instead.

In my opinion, governments should welcome criticism and public scrutiny instead of trying to restrict discussions based on publicly available information. The funny part is, I didn't even criticise them ,it was just a straightforward presentation of facts based on publicly available reports. I was extra careful with the wording because I knew something like this could happen...

Namaskar aau Jay Jagannath! I reckon everyone knows this song? If no I would highly recommend to listen to it, you’ll definitely like with this song.

Well coming back to the story. I was in college 2nd year when I fell in love with a girl and Oh my, she shined like a swan on a full moon night, her voice could kill thousand nightingales. I cannot describe in words how elegant she was, well guess who was lucky back then? Me, yes. ME. I eventually got into a romantic bond with her. We both had(have) a very vivid music taste. Born and brought up in Bangalore and Bhubaneswar, I was more into Western retro-classics and 70s bollywood songs, Odia songs were never my forte.

Until I met her, she made me listen to a few odia songs, starting from Akshaya Mohanty, Sekhar Ghosh to even Namita Agrawal (yes she was a little pious too) and even Mantu Churia and Aseema Panda lol. With time I started realising I have built a soft corner for Odia songs and I was really enjoying them. Infact, there were days I was hinged with Ollywood songs and almost forgot other genres.

For some reason, this song in particular touched my heart. “Sapana ra aara paari gaan, gori sethi lekha toro naa”, every-time these lyrics were prompted, my girl came to my mind. She introduced me to Odia song but I became a fan of it, maybe more than her. I listened to 1500 plus odia songs, even started listening to Odia bhajans and guess what? I wrote Odia poems and shayaris too.

But things changed in college fourth year. She realised she was sort of lesbian and had more interest for girls rather than me. My heart shattered into pieces but my love and respect for her was so deep, I was never able to utter “No” from my mouth when she asked me for something. With a heavy heart, I let her go, I loved her from every single cell of my body but her efforts weren’t anymore for me. We ended in a mutual and understanding note, but my love for her persisted. For my good, I blocked her from everywhere.

3 years later, I completed my P.G. in Ravenshaw and shifted to Delhi for PhD and part time job. Life got so hectic that I couldn’t give time to myself. Songs, which were an integral part of my life became invisible. Plus I grew a new hobby that is gaming. Like I was into gaming since I was a kid but that hobby was sort of ignored for a long time. As I said, My love persisted for her, I had to find a way to keep myself engaged, gaming helped me. Story games, fps shooters, visual novels always kept me hooked and thus I tried fading her out of my mind so I could move on.

Yeah back to present, in Delhi I was returning from my job and in metro I found a few odia people, they seemed to know each other and one of them was watching reels or videos in facebook idk, and then this song played.

“Sapana ra aara paari gaan, gori sethi lekha toro naa”

A weird sense of shivers went down all over my body. Was it nostalgia? Was it something which I wanted to avoid from a long time? Idk, it just happened. That 5-6 second of reel which I heard in metro gave me a flashback of past years, I accumulated tears in my eyes. As soon as I reached home, I dropped everything out of my body, laid in the bed and started listening to this song, plus other odia songs too. Ig for an hour or two, I was simply lying in my bed, nude(yes kinda weird but idk) and was listening to odia songs. Damn.

Then I went, took a bath and came to my study table. Instead of studying I finally decided to stalk HER id on instagram. And guess what, I did found her id and I was kinda surprised to see that it was public. And then my eyes went to the top pinned post. She was engaged with her partner and she was officially a lesbian couple. She shifted to Kolkata and was living there.

At this moment, Idk why but I cried out loudly. Idk why? Even now while I am writing this, I feel my heartbeat increasing. She was as beautiful as before, maybe she was even more, her eyes oh my, her lips…it was like I could still feel her lips on mine, her gentle hands but it had an engagement ring this time. Damn.

Well, then I got myself up and commented in her post

“Hey Sania, Rishu this side. Congratulations! So good to see you doing glorious in your life, I hope you have a happy married life! Cheers🥂”

After commenting, I quickly deleted Instagram, threw my phone away and with a shivering body, yesterday(yes it is very recent), I slept.

And here I am the very next morning, ranting out to you all. If and only if That reel had not appeared in that random man’s feed, I would have been busy with my life too. Well, just a reel of 5-6 seconds almost devastated me.

Ahh this is a pretty long post, if you’re reading till here. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. Love you all! Take care everyone and have a nice day!

I am taking a partial drop for neet and I am a second year college student.. I am doing a distance learning so there is only exams related to college..

I have recently shifted to Bhubaneswar that is my home aswell I have never been in odisha all my life and I am really an aware of all the coaching institute here I know there at many but they are so confusing because I don't know how they are teaching style and material is... I have studied in Allen Kota for 3 years.. I know Bhubaneswar has allen and Aakash as well.. but the thing is I just need someone to teach me where there is less crowd because I don't want to attend a very regular classes and very distance from my home I have every notes I just need a teacher and help the test the discipline and really the authenticity related to exam which can also provide me CBT mode test..

Please help me out 😭🙏 I had a spinning I am searching so much

What a solid weather! Maja asigala.