How caste and gender plays into sexual crimes in the hinterland, comes forth shockingly, in this story of a rape reported “too late”, in a Chitrakoot village One…
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- Bundelkhand & BeyondEnglishचित्रकूट
Uparwala Sab Dekh Raha Hai, Lekin Neechewala Mast Hai
द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 17, 2018Be it schools, hospitals, metro stations, or any other public space, one always has the unsettling feeling of “being watched”. Innumerable nondescript posters and announcements in a bored voice inform…
- EnglishGender & Casteजवानी दीवानीबुंदेलखंडमहिलाओं के खिलाफ हिंसामहोबा
An Open Letter from the Invisible Women Reporters of the Hinterland #MeToo
द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 12, 2018How Do You Silence a Ghost? You’ve Already Done the Worst You Could We know that this is risky business, speaking from the shadows, from the grave even. We’re not…
- DevelopmentEnglishजवानी दीवानीललितपुर
How Soaring Fuel Prices Set Small-Town Economies Reeling, A Report from Lalitpur
द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 12, 2018Soaring fuel prices are back to become the stuff of everyone’s nightmares. Prices have touched an all-time high with petrol being retailed at 80.38 rupees per litre and diesel at…
- DevelopmentEnglishचित्रकूटशिक्षा
Abysmal Student Teacher Ratio at All-New English Medium School
द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 11, 2018Bhool Hone Par Turant Kshama Maange At first this dictum of a message, painted in no-nonsense black, minus its English translation (‘Upon realizing your mistake, apologize immediately’) on the…
- Bundelkhand & BeyondEnglishजवानी दीवानीजिलाललितपुर
Laali Lalitpur Ki
द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 8, 2018Up-close with a folk singer in Lalitpur, bringing hope and joy in one of the most regressive regions of rural Bundelkhand They say the mark of a true hero…
Yet another animal shelter that’s not functional or practical, launched amidst fanfare in rural Bundelkhand. In a bid to protect gau mata, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath…
- DevelopmentEnglishबुंदेलखंड
Oh Sweet Farmers, Stop Giving us Diabetes!
द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 5, 2018Faizabad farmers respond to the Marie Antoinette-styled dictum that U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made recently The farmers of Madhya Pradesh might have a few temporary reasons to celebrate,…
- DevelopmentEnglishबुंदेलखंडविकासस्वास्थय
Swachch Bharat ka Irada, Kya Bas Ek Vaada?
द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 3, 2018With exactly a year to the Swachch Bharat Mission deadline, the clock is ticking. Perhaps a bit too hard and fast for rural Uttar Pradesh, where 1000 toilets are being…
A shining fairytale of happenchance from the hinterlands unfolded, when a farmer stumbled upon a fortune while tilling his fields. Like a desi twist in the tale, so exciting it…