A candid chat with the lovers of Hamirpur, two women who broke norms and barriers in one of the most regressive regions of our Hindi heartland. “She’s kotar, I’m darzi.…
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Dangerous Daily Forest Treks, the Answer to Water Woes?
द्वारा खबर लहरिया February 6, 2019Women in this Manikpur village say they have no other options. In the village of Behla in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, there is no source of safe drinking water. So the women…
Technical snags that become the difference between life and death, is a reality faced by many. A ground report from one such village in Chitrakoot. In the village of Bagrehi…
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Geo Tagging Scam: A corruption-laden geo-tagging drive is underway in this village of Banda
द्वारा खबर लहरिया February 4, 2019An ongoing extortion in the village of Nivaeech, located in Tindwari block of district Banda in Uttar Pradesh, goes by a local name. It’s called the “geo-tagging wala” scheme or…
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In UP, All Roads Lead to Prayagraj
द्वारा खबर लहरिया January 30, 2019Politics and religion, that ultimate heady mix plays out in all its suspect glory this Kumbh mela It’s a surreal sight, and yet in a state that has been on…
A village in Chitrakoot declared Open Defecation Free, even as residents insist all they’ve got in the name of Swachh Bharat is humiliation and empty promises. “What is the problem,…
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Protest on the Ghats of Benares
द्वारा खबर लहरिया January 30, 2019Development has always been an elusive concept as far as our tribal communities are concerned. A report echoing issues faced by the forest dwellers of rural Uttar Pradesh “600…
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An Open Letter to CM Yogi Adityanath
द्वारा खबर लहरिया January 23, 2019I would like to enlighten all those of you reading this and especially the one considered the most honorable here, the very own Chief Minister of this state Yogi Adityanath.…
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Stray Cattle, Saffron State: An on-ground report, on the prevalent cow crisis from a Bundelkhand in peak rabi season
द्वारा खबर लहरिया January 18, 2019It’s a loud, incessant, persistent chanting of mantras that greets us as we enter a private gaushala or cow shelter in the Banda district of Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh. A pandit,…
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Want to Learn? Pick up the Broom! A day in the life of middle school students in a Benaras village
द्वारा खबर लहरिया January 18, 2019Every morning, children in Chiraigaon in Varanasi don their red and grey school uniforms and head to Barthakalon Secondary School—to sweep, mop and wash it. “Our school is dirty,”…