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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, 2015

  In 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, 2015

  Faizabad 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, 2015

  District 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…

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  What Happens After The Woman Candidate Wins?

  द्वारा खबर लहरिया November 9, 2015

  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, 2015

  Khabar 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,…

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  The Travails of Getting a Vote in UP

  द्वारा खबर लहरिया November 2, 2015

  Mahua, District Banda. It’s been about one and a half years since the Lok Sabha elections happened. Now the zila panchayat elections are happening. The elections for the Pradhan position…

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  “I’m No Less Than Any Other Politician.”

  द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 28, 2015

  Zila Mahoba. Block Kabrai, Village Chhaani Kala. As we wait for the results of the DDC elections in Uttar Pradesh, Khabar Lahariya looks back to some memorable campaign moments. The incumbent…

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  The Bunkar Community of Varanasi Is Angry At Modi For Not Keeping His Promises

  द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 28, 2015

  Varanasi. On his very first trip to Varanasi – his constituency – PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of a Trade Faciliation Centre and Crafts Museum for the Bunkar…

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  Leela, Struggling to Stay Alive, Is Failed By Public Infrastructure

  द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 27, 2015

  Zila Banda, Block Mahua, Village Kanjipur. Leela, 18, has been struggling to stay alive for a year. She has multiple wounds all over her body. She has been hooked up…

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  In Mahoba, Kisan Union Demands A Drought Be Declared

  द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 26, 2015

  Zila Mahoba, Block Jaitpur, Kulpahad Tehsil. On 20th October, the Kisan Union of Panwadi and Jaitpur blocks launched a protest. They are demanding that the tehsildar send a message to the…

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