This year, my father contested the Gram Panchayat elections from Kashai Gram Panachyat in Karwi Block of Chitrakoot district. He contested the elections against 30 candidates. I have reported on…
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Varanasi will soon be a smart city, we hear. We hear that it will develop on the lines of Kyoto in Japan; a smart twin thousands of kilometres away. This was…
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The thing is, people think women are weak. I don’t think that’s true
द्वारा खबर लहरिया December 11, 2015“You want my introduction?” She flashes her dimple, for the first and last time. Then, she looks straight into the camera. “My name is Sheelu Nishad. I’m contesting from Gram…
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No ordinary drought: Mulayam Singh smiles with his birthday cake while farmers die in Bundelkhand
द्वारा खबर लहरिया December 8, 2015On November 24, at a farmer protest in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, Haridev Singh told a story. The story goes that there was a dead elephant in the palace.…
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Khabar Lahariya’s response to the online attack on the journalist VP Rajeena
द्वारा खबर लहरिया November 27, 2015On November 22nd, VP Rajeena, a reporter from Kerala posted on Facebook a personal account of sexual harassment in a Madrasa. In her post, Rajeena elaborated on how a middle-…
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A Long Dry Spell in Faizabad: Two Years of Drought, Four Seasons of Crop Failure, Yet No Survey
द्वारा खबर लहरिया November 21, 2015In Faizabad district, eastern Uttar Pradesh, drought wears an unlikely colour. Paddy fields (the last of the monsoon (kharif) harvest run alongside the NH28, glistening in a iridescent green. While…
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‘You Don’t Know Where Ram Was Born? You Haven’t Read the Ramayana?’
द्वारा खबर लहरिया November 19, 2015Faizabad District, Ayodhya town: Earlier this month, a fresh pinch of controversy was thrown into the Ayodhya pot. Abdul Rahim Quraishi, assistant general secretary and spokesperson of the All India…
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“If We Could Have Half A Roti At Home, We Would Stay”: Labourers Find No Work in Drought-Stricken U.P., Migrate to Punjab’s Brick Kilns.
द्वारा खबर लहरिया November 9, 2015District Banda, Block Mahua, Pithaurabad. In this village, about 80% of the residents have either left or are planning to leave. They are going away to find work. People say that…
Is it enough for women to hold positions of power in local government bodies? Can women influence life in their communities from these positions? Or are they simply empty representatives,…
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Woman Panchayat Candidates in UP: Subverting Personal and Political
द्वारा खबर लहरिया November 5, 2015Khabar Lahariya reporters spent a day each in a ward of Mahoba, Banda and Chitrakoot districts with women candidates for panchayat elections. The candidates display both political mobilisation and understanding,…