The state of Uttar Pradesh, in northern India, is rich in folklore, tribal traditions, and diverse cultural groups. Among its many vibrant communities, the Kol-Bediya community of Bundelkhand stands out…

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There’s something existential about Munni’s routine: the small but seismic daily decisions that define her. Stay home with her feverish son, or rush to deliver a baby across town? Feed…

Bundelkhand’s landscape is a patchwork of survival, where time moves at the pace of labour, and lullabies linger like an afterthought. The mothers here don’t always sing their babies to…

In small towns of Uttar Pradesh, lives fold in on themselves, then stretch out and build anew. Salma Zaidi, Mithlesh, Sushma, Deepa, and Anamika didn’t plan to be businesswomen; they…

The Ramleela of Chitrakoot, a deeply rooted cultural tradition, brings the community together every year to reenact the life of Ram, but it also reveals the caste-based biases that continue…

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In India, the kinnar community—a term used for intersex and transgender individuals—has long been marginalised and often abandoned or rejected by their biological families. For centuries, the kinnar community has…

The increasingly hot summer months mean power outages, water shortages, restless nights, and heat stress. To understand how unbearable the summers have become, we spoke to people of different age…