A cross-dressing tradition with gender power-play at the forefront, marks the hinterland’s wedding season If one peeks into the pages of history, Bundelkhand is known for its rich mythology…
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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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Nazni se Charcha: A Hatke Q&A with Khabar Lahariya’s senior reporter Nazni Rizvi
द्वारा खबर लहरिया December 20, 2021A woman who stepped out of her house to feed her children has not only become an inspiration for thousands of women but also helped many attain justice through her…
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Hastakshep Na Karein
द्वारा खबर लहरिया December 1, 2021The story of queer India has largely been synonymous with urban India and cities. As the power of queer money and low-hanging kudos for representation beckon (lesbians too can practice…
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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…
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Episode 39- What Makes Grameen Mental Health: Unravelling rural maansik swasthya (part 2)
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 31, 2021“Field work has come to a halt because of Corona, so has talking with people outside. Ghar se bahar nikalna, wo hi apne aap mein bahut badi baat hai (Being…
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Episode 38- What Makes Grameen Mental Health: Unravelling rural maansik swasthya (part 1)
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 22, 2021In September 2017 KL met 12 year old Ritisha Kesharwani, a young dancer in Karwi Chitrakoot. Ritisha showed off her skills, grooving and doing backflips to Dil Disco Disco Kare…
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Episode- 37: Panchayat Polls in the time of a Pandemic
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 30, 2021The pandemic has brought a reckoning to our doorsteps. So say several prominent editorials in these past weeks. At Khabar Lahariya, reporting from the villages and small-towns considered synonymous with…
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The Iconography of Dalit Resistance: Contestations over Ambedkar Statues in U.P
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 16, 2021In Pachokhar village of Atarra, Banda the crickets are loud even in daytime. After midnight fell on 15th June last year, when the last person tired by this strange new…