The late 19th and early 20th centuries marked a massive shift. As Western education and printing technology arrived in Odisha, writers moved away from kings and gods to focus on the lives of ordinary people.

“Excuse me, Miss—this manuscript on Jayadeva’s Gitagovinda —the binding is wrong. Someone has reversed the folios,” he said, holding out a brittle palm leaf with care.

He turned to face her. The rain made his glasses useless. He removed them. “No. I am the fool who fell in love with a woman the world told him to only pity.”

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