Making Odisha Known! - Namrata Sahu

“Working as an IT engineer in Hyderabad was pretty monotonous and boring, and I did not have much to do apart from work in my 9 - 9 job. Being an extrovert, I love to socialize, and do stuff like hosting, and food blogging, but I could barely do any of that stuff there. Even after the job, it felt like something was missing in my life.

I noticed that a lot of people outside Odisha were extremely unaware about the State, and some did not even know that it is a State, not a district. During the pandemic, when I started working from home, I decided to start food blogging, so that other people may get to know about how wonderful this State is. I started from basic street food, like ‘Bara-Ghuguni’, ‘Gupchup’, ‘Soya-Pakudi and Ghuguni-Tarkari’. I could never find these incredible food items anywhere else, and I wanted people to know how good all these things taste!

 

That marked the beginning of my journey, and within 4 months I got around 5k followers, which was totally unexpected. Doing something else apart from my job feels refreshing, and at the same time, I make people know about the beauty of Odisha. I get a lot of appreciation, and collaboration offers from different brands, and that makes me even more confident, and makes me want to do more.

 

Before the lockdown, I used to socialize with my colleagues in office, but now, thanks to blogging, I get to meet a lot of bloggers and influencers, with whom I get along well. Meeting new people, making new friends, food blogging, all these together make my day good. Life has become more exciting, and even if I go to any other place for work, I will always try my best to represent Odisha, and everything related to this State. I will always try to make people know about the beauty of this State, and all the good things that come out of it.” – Namrata Sahu