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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 November 2018 English
Watch P. Sainath speak about the upcoming November 29-30 march of farmers and agricultural workers
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 15 November 2018 English
Watch P. Sainath, Founder Editor, PARI, speak of a redefinition of drought that will hit farmers hard
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 10 September 2018 English
On September 5, Teachers’ Day, over 3 lakh farmers and labourers converged on the capital to teach the government a lesson about an egalitarian democracy that ensures fair wages and …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 August 2018 English
Hausabai Patil, now 91, was with the revolutionary underground that carried out audacious attacks on British offices, and looted armouries, buses and police stations in the Satara region in Maharashtra …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 July 2018 English
Across India, rivers intersect with the lives of people – they flood, they dry up, their dams displace millions. The river is a tradeline, a transportation system, a migration route …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 July 2018 English
After a lifetime of dehumanising labour, caste oppression and family tragedy, 90-year-old Bhateri Devi – a Mumbaikar from Rohtak – is still not bitter, and remains independent and quite cheerful
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 July 2018 English
PARI presents a documentary on the fisherfolk of Goa’s Calangute village, who describe how tourism and trawlers have eaten their fish, why many have left the trade, and how some …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 5 July 2018 English
A series of PARI stories that highlight the work of skilled potters and the troubles of their trade – falling demand, rising costs and more – that are forcing many …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 29 June 2018 English
A series of stories on PARI about people denied rations, disability pensions, MGNREGA wages, scholarships and more because the UIDAI misspelt their names, their biometrics were botched, and other such …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 8 June 2018 English
Eighteen months after a failed chilli crop, 87 farmers in Andhra Pradesh are yet to receive compensation. Crushed by debt, Pandi Venkaiah killed himself in February, the others are still …