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Testimonial Odia Literature: Reading the Tales of Disaster, Trauma and Survival

Author(s) Dr. Dharmapada Jena
Country India
Abstract Odisha, due to its position along India’s eastern coast, often witnesses recurring natural disasters, such as cyclones, floods, droughts and tsunamis. These natural disasters not only affect lives and livelihoods but also profoundly shape the cultural consciousness of the people of Odisha. The collective and cultural memories around the disasters get featured in literature, art, movies etc. as testimonial accounts. This paper examines how Odia literature has evolved as a site of memory and testimony in response to such disasters that are traumatic in nature. The paper will specifically analyse the representation of the 1999 Super Cyclone and its psychological aftermath in the testimonial Odia literature. Drawing on theories of trauma and collective memory from Cathy Caruth, Dominick LaCapra and Jan Assmann, the study explores how disaster narratives in Odia fiction, poetry and testimonial writing transform personal suffering into collective remembrance. Pratibha Ray's Magnamati (2004), Punyatoya (2025), Bhaskar Parichha’s Cyclones in Odisha: Landfall, Wreckage and Resilience (2024), Himansu Khatua’s Kathantara (Another Story) is a 2007 Odia a feature film, Testimonial evidence comes from news Channels like OTV and Jayanta Mahapatra’s "Deaths in Orissa" (from Selected Poems), and contemporary survivor-writers are analyzed to reveal how local idioms of pain, loss, and endurance articulate both rupture and resilience. The paper argues that Odia disaster literature functions as a testimonial archive, where narrative becomes an act of witnessing, mourning, and moral recovery.
Keywords Memory, Trauma, Disaster, Odia Testimonial Narratives, Cultural Healing, Ecological Consciousness
Field Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On 2026-07-11
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