KL 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…
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Part 02- Independence, Political Empowerment, and Community Building : Panchayati Raj in India
द्वारा KL Hatke August 29, 2022How have Panchayati Raj elections evolved post-independence? And how can they make or break a political party’s future in the state? Over the years Panchayat elections have become crucial for…
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Part 01- Independence, Political Empowerment, and Community Building : Panchayati Raj in India
द्वारा KL Hatke August 23, 2022Despite its undeniable impact in relation to the very ethos of independence, urban India remains largely oblivious to the functioning of a panchayat; Social Science textbooks mostly offer a reductive…
This year, on 31st May, Khabar Lahariya turned 20, completing two decades of groundbreaking rural journalism, enabling feminist reporting by questioning structures of power and inequity, and training rural women…
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Women Empowerment in Rural India: Just a Catchphrase or Reality?
द्वारा खबर लहरिया March 22, 2022If you are based out of a city, chances are you may feel like Women’s Day celebrations are overdone – they start much before 8th March and can extend up…
The world was eager to embrace 2022 with a renewed sense of hope, but on the very first day of the year, over a hundred Indian Muslim women woke up…
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UP Elections 2022: Employment and the Migrant Vote
द्वारा KL Hatke February 5, 2022Reverse Migration, Rising Unemployment and A Frailing Rural Economy When the nationwide lockdown was announced in March 2020, it created an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. Train and bus services…
A conversation with Suneeta Prajapati, Shyamkali and,Meera Devi of Khabar Lahariya This past year, we forged ahead through a pandemic and overcame countless challenges together at KL. Despite the whirlwind…
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LOSING YOU: Four families remember the teachers of Chitrakoot who died of Covid-19 from panchayat-poll duty
द्वारा खबर लहरिया June 30, 2021There is a very Indian dream. You work until 60 at a stable, preferably sarkari naukri (government job) you don’t enjoy. You put your salary towards ensuring your children have…
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WHAT MAKES A CHATORI? Women, appetite and food in small-town U.P.
द्वारा खबर लहरिया June 19, 2021Growing up in Banda, Nazni did not cook, unlike most young girls. She recalls her initiation into adulthood through food. When she turned fourteen, relatives came calling and she was…