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This is not an isolated story. It is a reflection of a larger transformation taking place across Odisha, where expanding cities are steadily absorbing surrounding villages and reshaping their landscapes, lifestyles and identities.

When villages turn into townships: Odisha’s rapid urban expansion and vanishing rural identity

Bhuabneswar, july 24: Once, Paikarapur was a quiet village on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar with just seven hamlets. The...