Video Report Two cross-dressing traditions significant of gender power play politics mark the hinterland’s wedding season “I am good looking, I know it”. Rahul from Jhansi,…
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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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Dancer Extraordinaire & Martial Arts Expert
द्वारा खबर लहरिया March 31, 2018Man in the Mirror “I want to live in a world where girls don’t feel unsafe walking alone”. Meet Anil, a young boy from a Lalitpur village who wants to…
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Mangal Ya Dangal: Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?
द्वारा खबर लहरिया March 23, 2018Mangal Ya Dangal: Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?, taken a bit too seriously, in Uttar Pradesh’s year-old mandate to fight crimes against women Video Report “Yeh toh hamaari sixth…
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Love in the Time of Hate
द्वारा खबर लहरिया February 15, 2018What’s it like to be young and in love, in the saffronized hinterland, when there are oh-so-many stakeholders interfering in your personal life? “Just because we are all free to…
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Where Ram and Rahim Walk Hand-in-Hand
द्वारा खबर लहरिया February 7, 2018The annual Saipur mela in Chitrakoot is not just another fair, but a symbol of communal unity – a message of hope in troubled times Sometimes you find the stories…