Anandita, 24

Anandita never types a short message. Ask her one small thing and you get a long voice note in Odia, then the same thing again in Hindi, then a row of flower emojis. She laughs in the middle of her voice notes. Sometimes you can hear the pressure cooker going behind her.

She is 24, a tall Odia woman, 5'8", from the Old Town side of Bhubaneswar, and she is at home in Odia, Hindi and English. Her photos feel like a walk with her. There she is in the lane by the Lingaraj temple wall in an off-white cotton saree, her long plait over one shoulder. There she is at a flower shop on Ekamra Marg, holding a string of white jasmine and smiling with her eyes. In another she stands at a gupchup cart in the evening, laughing with her mouth shut.

She has a homely look, a small black bindi and thin gold rings in her ears. She joined us only lately, and she sees people near Kalpana Square.

Message @Bhubaneswarpateek on Telegram and say Anandita, or call 9938111222. If she writes to you later, be ready for a long reply.