Back in UP’s Banda on Shramik Special, migrant labourers look back on long journey home Maneuvering the lockdown, contradictory government mandates and the always looming threat of both the virus…
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In Banda- Men may not work but women’s unpaid work has spiked up
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 14, 2020With whole families under lockdown for weeks on end, rural men continue to abdicate their share of responsibilities of housework and caregiving to the women. “In the morning, I swept…
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KL’s Official Statement In Memory of Riz
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 8, 2020On the morning of the 4 of May, a Monday, we received some tragic news. Our friend and accomplished journalist Rizwana Tabassum was no longer with us. The news had…
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Lockdown leaves seasonal wedding workers in UP’s Banda hapless
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 8, 2020A family of wedding-season workers arrived in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh in the hopes of employment. Instead, the lockdown has put them in a forced exile. It has been…
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Reproductive needs still falling short in UP’s quarantine planning
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 4, 2020Gita cuts up her petticoat into pieces to use them as sanitary napkins, quite aware of the repercussions that an unhealthy practice like this can have on her health. “What can…
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Migrant workers of rural Uttar Pradesh fight for right to work to ensure dignified living
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 1, 2020A nation of over 522 million workers will celebrate International Worker’s Day or Antarashtriya Mazdoor Diwas today. Historically, Labour Day or International Workers’ Day commemorates worker solidarity, the dignity of…
Even as UP govt appeals for calm, ramps up quarantine centres, delayed action turns a public health crisis into a humanitarian one At some distance away from Kamasin in Banda,…
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Can Farming be under Lockdown?
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 8, 2020“Kaam nahi karenge to khayenge kya?”, Bundelkhand’s farmers ask basic questions around food and feeding, for them, for us, in these days of the pandemic. The wheat field shimmers golden.…
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COVID-19 Highlights the Failure of Neoliberal Capitalism: We Need Feminist Global Solidarity
द्वारा खबर लहरिया March 30, 2020A Statement by APWLD 25 March 2020 Chiang Mai, Thailand APWLD stands in solidarity with the people in the region and across the globe, who are suffering from COVID-19 pandemic…
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COVID 19, The Last Mile: Special dispatches from the grassroots, brought to you by KL’s reporters
द्वारा Disha Mullick March 30, 2020What can we tell you that is new? The situation is bad in rural areas. The poor are most affected. There’s so much fake news. What we can do is…