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Soumyaranjan Sahoo
Once each year the deity withdraws from public sight for a fortnight, retreating into a chamber sealed to all except a priesthood of tribal descent. The essay traces how devotion accommodates absence,...
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Soumyaranjan Sahoo
This reflection questions whether contemporary individuals ever stop performing entirely. Identity, shaped continuously by imagined audiences and platform expectation, appears to persist even in private moments, revealing how thoroughly social performance has...
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