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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 28 January 2023 English
In Sikkim’s Karthok village, an 83-year-old traditional bow-maker speaks about his craft in this video
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 2 January 2023 English
Satyajit Morang is from the Mising tribe in Assam. In this video he sings a love song in the Oinitom style, and talks about herding buffaloes on the islands formed …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 26 December 2022 English
The 25-year-old musician sings about an inclusive Assam in the jhumur style of music, accompanied by the madol, jhumur dhol and flute
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 9 December 2022 English
The ancient legacy of carpet weaving in Uttar Pradesh faces an uncertain future, as this video shows
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 21 November 2022 English
In this film where camels swim in the Gulf of Kachchh, herders from the Fakirani Jat and Bhopa Rabari communities of Gujarat narrate the difficulties in keeping their seafaring livestock …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 3 November 2022 English
The climate is changing at 14,500 feet, and herders in Langza say that there is not enough grass for their livestock at high altitudes anymore
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 28 October 2022 English
In Chennai’s Buckingham Canal, Govindamma Velu swims and dives for a living. It's the only job she says she can do
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 October 2022 English
State policies’ dismissal of traditional knowledge of the pastoralist communities endangers the lives of Kharai camels and their herders in and around the Marine National Park and Sanctuary in Jamnagar, …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 September 2022 English
A team of PARI translators celebrates International Translation Day by diving into the diverse world that we inhabit through and beyond our languages
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 26 September 2022 English
Thousands of students across the country are getting a PARI Education – a deeper, more nuanced understanding of rural India. Watch this video to hear from them