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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 23 March 2017 English
Bijoli Patra and other women in Amta town of Howrah district do piece-rate work from home and bring in much needed income
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 17 March 2017 English
At a recent wrestling competition in Faizabad, UP, open to women for the first time perhaps due to the popular Hindi film ‘Dangal’ – two confident young wrestlers, Shivangi and …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 17 March 2017 English
In the villages of Uttarakhand's Kumaon region, Holi festivities are a time for women to dance and let their songs echo amid the mountains. A photo story for a PARI …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 March 2017 English
During the harvest festival in January, Santal women in Chirchirya hamlet in Bihar sing about their way of life while men play the instruments, and there is a feast and …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 3 March 2017 English
The signature shore-operated lift nets – or ‘Chinese fishing nets’ – at Fort Kochi in Kerala are now a barely viable source of income for fishermen
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 22 February 2017 English
The keepers of the 460 horses of this hill station in Maharashtra’s Raigad district walk or run upto 25 kilometres uphill every day through Matheran’s dusty soil, with horse-borne tourists
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 15 February 2017 English
Adivasi boys in Edamalakudi's primary school in the Idukki Hills of Kerala robustly sing an ode to a doctor in competition to the earnest 'Potato song' sung by the girls …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 10 February 2017 English
Popularly known as Ambulance Dada, Karimul Haque is a tea garden worker in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal who runs a unique ‘bike ambulance’ free of cost for villagers. He …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 3 February 2017 English
In Karthikappally and other villages along the backwaters of Alappuzha district in Kerala, children make their own chariots and participate with gusto in an annual ritualistic procession
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 31 January 2017 English
With the striker as her weapon, Aisha Mohammad has travelled a long way to become an award-winning carrom player