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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 5 November 2020 English
Despite the pandemic and lockdown, tens of thousands of farmers have hit the streets across India since September 25 to protest against three new farm laws. This is a poem …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 31 May 2020 English
The tragedy of the 16 migrant labourers run over by a train near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, on May 8, still haunts us. This moving poem and compelling painting remind us of …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 24 May 2020 English
When the lockdown enhances the suffering of human beings you’ve grown up knowing and caring about for decades, says this photographer, it forces you to express yourself in poetry, beyond …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 10 May 2020 English
The 16 labourers – 8 of them Gond Adivasis – run over by a goods train on May 8 near Aurangabad district in Maharashtra were all in their 20s and …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 6 May 2020 English
How long can one watch hungry migrant labourers stranded half-way from their villages when there is Chinese-Thai dinner waiting to be prepared at home? A poem that tears into indifference …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 April 2020 English
The Covid-19 lockdown-driven distress migrations have touched poets and artists alike. Here's a response
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 6 April 2020 English
The nine-minute lights-off, lamps-on event of April 5 impacted different people in diverse ways. This was how one poet in Ahmedabad responded to it…
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 February 2019 English
The Grindmill Songs Project is a unique storehouse of over 100,000 ovi – couplets sung by women in rural Maharashtra – with recordings, videos, transcripts, translations and stories. This collection …