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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 July 2017 English
The old weaving skills of Banka district, Bihar, are vanishing due to low returns, poor state support and cheaper imports. Only a few families in Katoria village still weave. This …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 4 July 2017 English
The people of Shenoli and Kundal in Maharashtra gave a rousing ovation to the last surviving heroes of the prati sarkar and the Toofan Sena, now in their 90s, at …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 3 July 2017 English
The women porters of Matheran in Maharashtra carry over 100 kilograms of luggage on their heads every day in the tourist season, and also walk for kilometres to work from …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 10 June 2017 English
Palm tree climber, hunter, snake catcher, bull tamer – meet M. Ramesh of Sivagangai in Tamil Nadu
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 May 2017 English
In November 2016, Chandan Daloi died while cleaning a septic tank at a Delhi mall. ‘Why is only our caste employed for cleaning the sewers, and why are people still …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 May 2017 English
The Maharashtra government’s failure to promptly pick up tur stocks from cultivators saddled with huge quantities of the dal has caused distress to thousands of farmers in Marathwada
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 9 May 2017 English
When he is not farming, Tsering Angchuk of Sneymo village in Ladakh travels with his portable loom to other villages to weave his highly-reputed signature version of a woollen fabric …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 5 May 2017 English
Unable to confront big defaulters, Marathwada's cooperative banks delay crop insurance payments and magnify small farmers' loans – forcing them to turn to private moneylenders and sink deeper into debt
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 26 April 2017 English
Every day, a half-complete well reminds Karbhari Jadhav of Ganori village of his loans, mortgaged land, debts, and labour, because pay-offs and visits to government offices for years did not …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 April 2017 English
The handloom weavers of Santipur in West Bengal’s Nadia district have been pushed into a corner by powerlooms and declining incomes – many have left the looms, others are in …