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All Things Odisha, Bhubaneswar (2025)

15/09/2025

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Education is more than just a pathway to knowledge; it is central to shaping identity. It helps us discover who we are, where we belong, and how we connect with the wider world. By exposing us to diverse ideas, values, and histories, education equips us to question inequalities, embrace empathy, and engage meaningfully with society.
At its best, education acts as a bridge breaking barriers of caste, class, race, and gender, enabling mobility, and fostering dignity and justice. Yet, in today’s world, it often mirrors and even deepens existing divides. Instead of being a tool of inclusion, it is increasingly becoming a marker of exclusion and privilege.
In the 14th edition of Odisha Manaska, we will reflect on these paradoxes: Does education unite us or divide us? Does it truly create equal citizens in a diverse society—or reinforce inequality while shaping identity?
📅 September 21 (Sunday)
📍 ExtraOdinari, Safe Odisha for Her Office, Saheed Nagar
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08/08/2025

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This Nandotsava, All Things Odisha invites you to immerse yourself in ପଙ୍ଗତ (Pangata) — a festive Odia (veg) platter from the kitchen of Ritu Pattnaik, where we eat together and speak of the flavours that raised us.

This festive season, we invite you to Pangata, a reimagining of the cherished Odia community feast. It’s where the season’s joy meets the comfort of home-cooked recipes, the hum of conversation, and the warmth of togetherness.

🗓️ Date: August 16 (Saturday), Nandotsava
📍 Venue: ExtraOdinari, Safe Odisha for Her, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar
👥 Seats in the circle: ONLY 10
🍽️ Menu: A celebratory Odia vegetarian spread (full menu to be revealed in our next post)
💛 Contribution: ₹500 — for the festive meal, shared stories, and the joy of eating together
📝 To join: Fill out the Google Form and complete your payment to confirm → (https://forms.gle/2dbpJqVeTPEfKSo19)

⚠️ We will close registrations as soon as we receive 10 confirmed entries — so register at the earliest to secure your seat!
Come taste Odisha’s festive flavours, the way they were meant to be shared — in good company, with stories flowing as freely as the food.

06/08/2025

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Taking community building and collective wisdom harvesting to a deeper level, All Things Odisha launches a unique and experimental yet culturally-rooted initiative of hosting a community dining platform called "Pangata" ପଙ୍ଗତ.

ପଙ୍ଗତ, a cherished tradition of community feasting in Odia (and broader Indian) culture, is being reimagined as a space to reconnect with flavours, memories, and one another.

At Pangata: An Authentic Odia Community Dining, All Things Odisha invites you to be part of this intimate and experimental gathering where Taste, Trust, and Togetherness come together on a shared plate.

🗓️ Date: August 16 (Saturday), on the occasion of Nandautsava

📍 Venue: ExtraOdinari, Safe Odisha for Her, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar
👥 Seats in the circle: 10 (limited)

🍽️ Menu: A lovingly prepared, authentic Odia spread
(Watch this space: the full menu will be revealed in upcoming posts!)

💛 Contribution: ₹500: for the meal, conversations, and a journey through food, memory, and community

📝 To join: Fill out the Google Form and complete your payment to confirm your seat. (https://forms.gle/2dbpJqVeTPEfKSo19)

Come, find your seat in the circle. Let’s eat, remember, and belong together.

14/07/2025

🎭 Identity is a Spectrum🌈

That’s what we explored at the 12th edition of Odisha Manaska-our monthly circle of conversations, questions, and quiet reflections.

Held at .odinari space in Sahid Nagar, this month’s theme “From Monochrome to Mosaic: Identity in all its dimensions” brought together over 20 voices across generations and professions. We didn’t just speak, we listened. Deeply. To each other’s lived experiences, thoughts, and tender truths.

✨ Adding more colour to the day was the cast and crew of the upcoming Odia portmanteau film Indradhanu. Director Arjun Samantray, actors Abhishek Giri, Samarpita Dash, Parambir Chakra, and more, joined the circle to share not only their process behind the film, but also their reflections on identity as fluid, layered, and always evolving.

Since August 2024, we’ve held space every month for ideas, for memories, for laughter and longing. Because here in this circle, we believe:
🌈 Odisha is not a monochrome- it’s a living mosaic of identities.

06/07/2025

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From Monochrome to Mosaic: Identity in all its dimensions
ଆମ ପରିଚୟ ବହୁ ରଙ୍ଗେ ରଙ୍ଗାୟିତ ଏକ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରଧନୁ ପରି 🌈

Odisha is a land where multiplicity isn’t just acknowledged—it’s lived. From the highlands where tribal cultures pulse with ancestral wisdom to the coastlines shaped by maritime legacies, identity here is a flowing spectrum of languages, beliefs, rituals, and everyday practices.

With 62 tribal communities, an array of dialects, overlapping faiths, and creative expressions that range from classical Odissi to indigenous oral storytelling, Odisha’s identity is anything but singular.

To reduce it to a fixed definition is to miss the dynamic rhythm of tradition meeting change of rural resilience, urban imagination, caste histories, and community futures.

Embracing diversity in Odisha means holding space for layered selves—those shaped by land and language, by migration and memory, by struggle and celebration.

This edition of Odisha Manaska invites us to move beyond monochromatic notions of identity. To witness the mosaic. To feel the in-betweens. And in doing so, reimagine what it means to belong.

📍ExtraOdinari, Head Office, Safe Odisha For Her, Saheed Nagar
📞+917381011532
🗓️Sunday, 13th July
🕧6-8PM

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16/06/2025

🌧️ Monsoon Melody: Kebe Khusi, Kebe Tragedy 🌾
How has the Monsoon Shaped Odisha's Identity?
ମୌସୁମୀ ମୂର୍ଛ୍ଛନା: କେବେ ଖୁସି କେବେ ଯାତନା
ମୌସୁମୀ ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ପରିଚୟକୁ କିପରି ଗଢ଼ି ତୋଳିଛି?

The monsoon in Odisha is not just a season—it is a deeply embedded cultural, economic, and emotional experience.
Nearly 60% of Odisha's population depends on agriculture, which is monsoon-dependent. A good monsoon brings prosperity; a failed one triggers drought, distress migration, and economic setbacks. The arrival of the monsoon is a muse in Odia literature, folk songs, and modern cinema.
Festivals like Raja Parba mark the advent of monsoon, celebrating womanhood and the fertility of land.

Cyclones, floods, and landslides have brought devastation & left scars but also catalyzed a culture of preparedness. Odisha is now a global case study in disaster risk reduction. Chilika Lake, Bhitarkanika mangroves, and riverine ecosystems depend on seasonal water flow. The rhythm of monsoon shapes local fishing, bird migration, and ecological balance.

Odisha’s identity has been forged by the monsoon’s paradox—its bounty and its brutality. It nurtures the land and tests the people. This nuanced relationship continues to shape the state's collective memory, adaptive spirit, and cultural richness.

This Sunday, through our discussion on "Monsoon Melody: Kebe khusi, kebe tragedy" (sometimes joy, sometimes tragedy), we will capture this duality with poetic precision from our lived realities.

Let’s gather to reflect on this paradox together
Through stories, memories, and meaning-making.

*Bring your stories, poems, skit & art pieces; Perform your art to the melody of monsoon*

🗓️ Sunday, 22nd June
🕠 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📌 ExtraODinari, Head Office, Safe Odisha For Her, Saheed Nagar ( https://maps.app.goo.gl/dHUvhZyD6wF8mF328)
📞 +91 7381011532
📝 Register here: https://forms.gle/mVZd1CkfWwV1F4ih6

🔍 From ancient rituals to modern policies, monsoon continues to shape who we are.
Let’s listen to its melody: sometimes kind, sometimes cruel, always unforgettable

16/06/2025

🌧️ Monsoon Melody: Kebe Khusi, Kebe Tragedy 🌾
How has the Monsoon Shaped Odisha's Identity?
ମୌସୁମୀ ମୂର୍ଛ୍ଛନା: କେବେ ଖୁସି କେବେ ଯାତନା
ମୌସୁମୀ ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ପରିଚୟକୁ କିପରି ଗଢ଼ି ତୋଳିଛି?

The monsoon in Odisha is not just a season—it is a deeply embedded cultural, economic, and emotional experience.
Nearly 60% of Odisha's population depends on agriculture, which is monsoon-dependent. A good monsoon brings prosperity; a failed one triggers drought, distress migration, and economic setbacks. The arrival of the monsoon is a muse in Odia literature, folk songs, and modern cinema.
Festivals like Raja Parba mark the advent of monsoon, celebrating womanhood and the fertility of land.

Cyclones, floods, and landslides have brought devastation & left scars but also catalyzed a culture of preparedness. Odisha is now a global case study in disaster risk reduction. Chilika Lake, Bhitarkanika mangroves, and riverine ecosystems depend on seasonal water flow. The rhythm of monsoon shapes local fishing, bird migration, and ecological balance.

Odisha’s identity has been forged by the monsoon’s paradox—its bounty and its brutality. It nurtures the land and tests the people. This nuanced relationship continues to shape the state's collective memory, adaptive spirit, and cultural richness.

This Sunday, through our discussion on "Monsoon Melody: Kebe khusi, kebe tragedy" (sometimes joy, sometimes tragedy), we will capture this duality with poetic precision from our lived realities.

Let’s gather to reflect on this paradox together
Through stories, memories, and meaning-making.

*Bring your stories, poems, skit & art pieces; Perform your art to the melody of monsoon*

🗓️ Sunday, 22nd June
🕠 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📌 ExtraODinari, Head Office, Safe Odisha For Her, Saheed Nagar ( https://maps.app.goo.gl/dHUvhZyD6wF8mF328)
📞 +91 7381011532
📝 Register here: https://forms.gle/mVZd1CkfWwV1F4ih6

🔍 From ancient rituals to modern policies, monsoon continues to shape who we are.
Let’s listen to its melody: sometimes kind, sometimes cruel, always unforgettable.

15/06/2025

The tenth edition of Odisha Manaska served as a vital space for introspection and dialogue on the evolving landscape of cinema and its role in shaping and reflecting the region’s identity.

At the heart of the discussion was a central question: Whose stories does Odia cinema tell, and how authentically does it reflect the many faces of being Odia today?

As cinema emerged as a modern storytelling medium, it has carried the potential to be both a mirror and a mould—reflecting societal shifts while also shaping perceptions, values, and identities.

Participants explored the transformative power of cinema as a form of exposure, expression, and sensitization.

Here's the reflection note of the session, Please go through and share your .

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