English: Still image of old books in a sack arriving at Srujanika for scanning, photographed during the production of 2022 documentary film "The Volunteer Archivists" that was directed and produced by Subhashish Panigrahi. The original raw photograph is slightly edited before being uploaded while keeping rest of the elements intact.
The film chronicles the journey of Srujanika, a collective of volunteers, who have digitized the largest number of printed books, periodicals and other publications in the Odia language. Odia is spoken by over 45 million speakers primarily in the state of Odisha in India and the earliest printed publication in the language dates back to the 1800s. This film builds on the narratives of Srujanika's co-founders Puspashree Pattnaik and Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik, a couple who dedicated their entire life for creating a culture of making science more fun and exploratory through horizontal and peer-learning for children and adolescents.