Since 2022, nearly half of India’s 84.9 lakh school dropouts have been girls. We followed them home. Kajal’s wedding was on April 20, 2025. She was eighteen. When Khabar Lahariya…
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When Faith Goes Full Volume: How DJs, politics, and power have reshaped religious celebrations in small-town India
द्वारा KL Hatke March 3, 2026As Holi- the festival of colours approaches, loudspeakers are already being mounted on trucks in the small towns of Banda and Chitrakoot in northern India. The volume wars that now…
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Common Hearts, Common Hurdles: Loving in Small-Town India
द्वारा KL Hatke February 14, 2026This Valentine’s Day, KL Hatke listens to young women from smaller cities and towns as they share what love looks like in their lives. Candid conversations with women who are…
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Preparing, Waiting, Hoping: Rural Youth in Search of Stability
द्वारा KL Hatke January 27, 2026Every morning across villages and small towns of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, alarm clocks ring not for offices but for books. Young people wake up to the same…
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On the Frontline of Extreme Heat: India’s Health Workers Are at Risk
द्वारा KL Hatke November 21, 2025As world leaders gather in Brazil for COP30 (November 10-22) to discuss implementation and action, particularly around adaptation, just transition, and climate finance, the reality on the ground in India…
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Inside the Slow Machinery of Local Power: How Rural Governance Works in Practice
द्वारा KL Hatke September 30, 2025A defining focus of KL Hatke is to understand how local government institutions and systems shape rural life, not just on paper but in practice. In this dispatch, we explore…
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Breaking News, Breaking Even: The Double Life of Rural Journalism
द्वारा KL Hatke August 5, 2025In Chitrakoot, a journalist starts his day arranging biscuit packets in his small shop before strapping on his phone and riding into the field. He isn’t chasing headlines for glory…
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Bundelkhand’s Folk Power: Alha-Ballads of Bravery
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 11, 2025Ballads and bardic chronicles have long been a defining feature of storytelling traditions across the Indian subcontinent. While love stories like Heer-Ranjha have captured hearts in Punjab, Rajputana and Bundelkhand…
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From Grandma’s Secrets to Viral Videos: The World of Home Remedies
द्वारा KL Hatke May 24, 2023Picture this: You’re on a bustling public transport or off on a fun-filled adventure, when suddenly, you feel that familiar bloating sensation in your stomach. Your instincts kick in, and…
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Voice, Agency & Empowerment: Stories from the margins
द्वारा KL Hatke November 2, 2022KL Hatke’s new series is an attempt to hold space for stories of women from Bundelkhand and beyond; women who don’t come from privilege but are pushing boundaries in their…