Coarse grains like Bajra and Jowar were once the staple in Bundelkhand while wheat was considered rich man’s food. Things have taken a turn, where coarse grains are a rarity…
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Monkeys, bank loans, and governance: the story of a small farmer in Gidraha, Uttar Pradesh
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 14, 2019Ashwin Paranjpe, faculty at UWC Mahindra College, Pune, and his team visited Chitrakoot and Khabar Lahariya’s field offices in March 2019. A few days of shadowing KL reporters along with…
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In the Bovine Belt: A Photo-Essay on the Hinterland’s Cows
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 5, 2019KL E.P. & documentary filmmaker Priya Thuvassery sends a postcard from her election roadshow In a state where public will bear the cost of a ‘cow welfare’ cess, the current…
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How Dalit & Tribal Women From Bundelkhand Are Becoming Firebrand Journalists
द्वारा खबर लहरिया March 30, 2019At a glance, Shivdevi from Banda, Uttar Pradesh might appear like just another Dalit village woman, attending to the chores and leading a nondescript life. But one cannot overlook a…
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Newsmakers: Reporting in rural India with Kavita Devi
द्वारा खबर लहरिया March 29, 2019As part of its celebration of innovative journalism, the Google News Initiative is running a series of interviews with changemakers from across the global news industry. Here is their interview…
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Khabar Lahariya brings women’s voices to rural media in India
द्वारा खबर लहरिया March 1, 2019The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes Khabar Lahariya into the network with a background piece Almost three decades ago, in 1993, the government of India launched a women’s literacy programme…
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News Happened Elsewhere, until Khabar Lahariya
द्वारा खबर लहरिया March 1, 2019Interview by Clara-Laeila Laudette of Logically with Khabar Lahariya’s Digital Head Kavita Devi, and Pooja Pande, its head of Partnerships. How did the idea to hire, not just…
The recently-held Feminist Conference witnessed a spectrum of voices, urging change and assessment “Feminism. Women’s rights. Women’s empowerment. I think it’s time we understood that we are essentially talking about…
A few months ago, Khabar Lahariya conducted a survey in small towns and districts of 4 of the largest Hindi-speaking states in north India, trying to look for women journalists.…
In recent times many studies have indicated that in India only 2.7% journalists are women. But if we look at the history of women in journalism, we see that it…