Showcasing encounters as the strongest signifier of a crime-free U.P. is debatable in a state where the nexus between the law-makers and the law-breakers is so taut. The fall guy…
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Buzzing in the Hinterland: The Demand for Separate Statehood for Bundelkhand Video Report An arid but resource-rich region spreading across the states of U.P. and M.P., Bundelkhand is…
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DevelopmentEnglishPoliticsताजा खबरेंबुंदेलखंड
Our Monsoon of Discontent
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 19, 2018A year and counting of a brand new government that branded itself as the change-maker in a state aching for a shift in status quo. A no-show on almost all…
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“Yogi ji gave me a sapling. I’ve nurtured it and watched it grow across the district.” I met Satyam Tiwari in Badausa while on the trail of…
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The New Recruit: Brijesh Sharma
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 4, 2018“You think Mohammedans can’t join the Yuva Vahini, but they can, and they do.” In April 2017, I met some of the HYV’s new recruits first-hand in Tindwari, a town…
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The Political Aspirant: Devraj Singh Rajput
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 4, 2018“Whether it’s the HYV, the Bajrang Dal or the VHP, we’re all working for the BJP, aren’t we?” My first official interview with the Hindu Yuva Vahini was…
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An Independent Woman
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 4, 2018“I would never want to get married, ever. You lose all your freedom. Why would I ever do it?” I first met Seema Giri in 2015, at…
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Lay of the Land
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 4, 2018Up-close with Banda members of the “socio-cultural” organization founded by the now-sitting Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, in a special five-part series for VICE India. It’s the closest you’ll get…
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Prajapati on Paper, Dalit on the Ground
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 24, 2018Khabar Lahariya gets under the skin of a very peculiar caste-based practice in Chitrakoot that turns reservation on its head. Video Report It was in 2016 in Ahmedabad that the…
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A Woebegone Tale of a V.I.P. Visit
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 21, 2018The Chief Minister’s recent Bundelkhand visit had in store a few unexpected shocks for its people. On his second visit to Bundelkhand – considered to be one of the most…