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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 27 October 2017 English
A chance visit to a primary school in Malthan village of Pune district during the children’s play hour leaves us with their sense of joy
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 25 October 2017 English
Many in Marathwada are resisting the proposed Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Highway, which the CM claims will transform the state's economy – while displacing thousands of farmers in nearly 400 villages
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 October 2017 English
The Salunkes, ironsmiths from Nangaon, Maharashtra, set up shop under a tree in the monsoon months
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 5 October 2017 English
Uttarakhand’s Gunji village is home to 194 families who still relieve themselves behind hedges in the biting cold of the mountains – and yet, the Swachh Bharat Mission claims the …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 3 October 2017 English
For the people living on Chalakura island on the Brahmaputra in Assam, dairy farming is the only sustainable livelihood – but a withdrawal of state-subsidised cattle feed has increased the …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 22 September 2017 English
India's weaving traditions and styles are rich and diverse, but in many parts of the country this extraordinary craft is in decline and weavers are struggling to continue working at …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 September 2017 English
Mani has spent nearly 30 years cleaning choked sewers, while enduring the stigma of his work and caste. And each time he dives bare-bodied into the sludge and human waste, …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 8 August 2017 English
Leta Paharia of Ghaghri village in Jharkhand uses various home-made devises – a bow-and-arrow contraption, traps that crush with blocks of teak, and traps that impale with bamboo sticks – …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 3 August 2017 English
Battling barbs from villagers, abusive husbands, and centuries-old caste prejudices, ten Dalit women in Dhibra village of Bihar have formed a band – and now have many marching and swaying …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 July 2017 English
'This is the last resort when nobody listens to us', say farmers in Osmanabad district who participated in the extraordinary farmers strike in Maharashtra in June. And if their demands …