A few years ago, a daroga, or excise officer, was investigating a local leader in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh for bootlegging liquor. The daroga, a Dalit, sanctioned a raid on…
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Episode 14: India’s Unbroken Chains- Labour Migration in the Time of COVID-19
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 16, 2020Banda railway station on May 7 appeared to be a model of Covid-19 preparedness. Health workers wearing personal protective gear, some with face shields, roamed the platform. The policemen…
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Episode 13: Lockdown Life- Inside the Homes and Phones of a Covid-Shuttered Country
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 25, 2020On Ram Navami, it rains flowers in Banda, in the hilly Bundelkhand region of southern Uttar Pradesh. A helicopter disburses showers of petals onto the town’s streets, which are…
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EPISODE 12: The Hunger Pandemic: Ash-filled Stoves and Empty Stomachs in Rural Uttar Pradesh
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 11, 2020Around the world, social media feeds have become feasts for the eyes and spurs to the appetite, flooded with photos posted by people working from home and cooking for…
Tea and Azaadi What We Learned from the Women-led Citizenship Protests On March 22, 2020, two petrol bombs exploding near Shaheen Bagh and Jamia Millia Islamia caused barely a ripple…
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Episode 10: A Ringside View of Women’s Wrestling in U.P.
द्वारा खबर लहरिया March 9, 2020On a cool day in February, on a ground strewn with rose and marigold petals, two swarthy pehelwans engage in intense combat. One is thick and solid, in a…
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Episode 9: From Benaras to Banda, Women Are Working Out
द्वारा खबर लहरिया February 28, 2020Kiran Dua wears sparkly red bangles over her workout gloves, and a bindi and earrings over her polyester sports-shirt. Her arms bulge as she easily chest presses two dumbbells. “Give…
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Episode 8- The Book of Love: Interfaith Relationships Light A Secular Path
द्वारा खबर लहरिया February 15, 2020Zarina* saw Abhishek* for the first time in the music room of her school in Kanpur. She remembers the exact date in 2012, because it was Teacher’s Day and she…
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A Tale of Two Universities: Student Politics, Caste and Compromises
द्वारा खबर लहरिया January 30, 2020“This is how it happens during elections,” Priya* tells us during an interview in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. She’s an MSc Physics graduate from Atarra College, Bundelkhand University, but as a…
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Episode 6- A Dream of Flight: Innovators in Rural Aviation
द्वारा खबर लहरिया January 14, 2020It’s Makar Sankranti – also known as Sakarat or Khichdi in Bundelkhand. People are taking dips in the Ganga; making special ladoos, vadas, and other dishes; and buying fresh gud…