Nadin, 24

Nadin does not go to a gym. She walks. Most evenings she does a long loop from Kalpana Square, past the flyover and into the Old Town lanes, rain or no rain. Her rubber slippers have met most of the puddles in Bhubaneswar. She is 24, an Odia girl born and raised here, Odia is what she dreams in, but she is good in Hindi and English. She has a full figure, dark brown skin and shoulder-length black hair in heavy waves, which she holds back with a wide cloth band. Thin gold rings sit in both ears.

She is the adventurous type, always happy to find a new corner of the city. A friend crouched on the wet stone by the old Parasuramesvara temple to photograph her in a cream saree, its border a deep maroon, chin up, looking at the tower. In a handloom shop at the Utkal Kanika Galleria she held an ikat saree open across her arms and looked up with a small private smile. She likes a party too, and she is easy to be around once the music starts.

Her areas are Jaydev Vihar and Chandrasekharpur. Ring 9938111222, ask for Nadin, and cash is paid when she reaches you.