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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 October 2016 English
Poikkal Kuthirai dancers of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, struggle to make a living from their ancient folk art form
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 September 2016 English
At 94, a forgotten hero of India’s struggle for freedom returns to the scene of his most daring exploit in the anti-British Raj uprising that saw a parallel government established …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 27 September 2016 English
A village crier in Solapur spreads messages to the beats of a drum
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 September 2016 English
At the centuries-old potters' colony in Kolkata, artisans work through the night on the clay idols that they will soon send out to the city for Durga Puja
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 September 2016 English
People of the Balti community in Turtuk village, in the high-altitude Nubra Valley near the LoC, are trying to cope with the impact of major shifts in the climate, and …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 August 2016 English
A Dalit woman is ensuring her little daughter Kashish continues in school, despite the opposition to educating girls in Assawarpur village of Haryana
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 21 June 2016 English
A documentary that looks at how the blended mythologies of Ma Bonbibi and Dakshinrai aid the coexitence of humans, nature and the wild in the Sundarbans
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 2 May 2016 English
In Maheshwar town of Madhya Pradesh, weavers revive a declining craft
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 10 April 2016 English
In Alappuzha, Kerala, super-skilled labourers merge repair and rhythms at work
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 2 April 2016 English
Choliya troupes in Uttarakhand integrate Scottish bagpipes into rural Indian music