Vox-Popping Bundelkhand on the ultimate democratic choice this #LokSabhaElections2019 900 million people vote this general election, the largest election in the world, for 543 seats and at over…
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There’s a unique reason for a village in Uttar Pradesh choosing not to vote this time: Their local bank, it seems, has disappeared! Women and men, both young…
Amidst local M.P.’s high voltage political drama, we visit his adopted village Bhairon Prasad Mishra, the Banda-Chitrakoot MP, recently sat in protest outside the headquarters of his party, the…
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Dispatch from Bundelkhand: The Dalit Vote
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 15, 2019From amidst the bylanes of bastis duly visited every five years, Khabar Lahariya conjures up an atmospheric exit poll from the hinterland There is a brick waterway, perhaps…
While the Prime Minister runs for re-election, residents of his constituency affirm their rights On April 11, the first phase of voting will officially mark the beginning of the…
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The Unspoken Dynamics between Seva & Mewa
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 5, 2019Khabar Lahariya vox-pops the Adivasi women of a hamlet in Chitrakoot, on the upcoming elections Bargadh village in Mau tehsil in Chitrakoot is large and bustling, especially for a town…
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100 Cows Die in the Span of a Few Weeks
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 3, 2019Amidst gau raksha noise, cows are dying of neglect. A report from a cow shelter in Chitrakoot where recent cow deaths are causing local panic When does an all-too-familiar recurring…
MCC violated the same day it sets in. A report from Varanasi. On March 10, the 2019 Lok Sabha election schedule was announced, thus bringing into force the Model Code…
New P.M. scheme has takers, even if cynical On February 15 this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new scheme, the Pradhan Mantra Shram Yogi Mandhan Pension, with a…
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Aftermath of a Tragedy: A meeting both somber and enraged, with the family of a Pulwama martyr in Varanasi
द्वारा खबर लहरिया February 19, 2019On February 14, more than 40 Indian CRPF personnel were killed in a suicide attack by the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pulwama, which lies in India-administered Kashmir. 11 of…