In our continued exploration of Dalit bastis and their histories, we spent time in Harijanpur and Chamrauha in Uttar Pradesh this week. In the dense forests near Manikpur district, a…
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Who Names, Who Belongs: Caste, Memory, and the Making of Fokatpura
द्वारा KL Hatke April 29, 2025Why does living off scraps become a necessity? Who decides whose labour is worth discarding, whose hunger is an afterthought? And more crucially—why do these so-called ‘Fokatpuras’ always end up…
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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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Bundelkhand’s Folk Power: Women Leading the Revival of Rai
द्वारा KL Hatke March 21, 2025The state of Uttar Pradesh, in northern India, is rich in folklore, tribal traditions, and diverse cultural groups. Among its many vibrant communities, the Kol-Bediya community of Bundelkhand stands out…
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Meta’s ‘Community Notes’: A New Challenge or Solution for Rural Women Facing Online Disinformation?
द्वारा KL Hatke March 7, 2025Your attention is the most valuable resource on the internet today. Everyone is vying for it—politicians, brands, celebrities, influencers—because attention essentially translates to power and profit. The noise reaches a…
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Second Marriage, First time in Love: How Tabassum and Zeenat found dignity in marriage again
द्वारा KL Hatke February 14, 2025Tabassum and Zeenat didn’t think love could have a sequel. Marriage, for them, had been a contract—signed in silence, sustained by duty, punctuated by disillusionment. The first time around, they…
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ASHA Munni Devi: Navigating Service, Survival, and Silence
द्वारा KL Hatke January 8, 2025There’s something existential about Munni’s routine: the small but seismic daily decisions that define her. Stay home with her feverish son, or rush to deliver a baby across town? Feed…
Bundelkhand’s landscape is a patchwork of survival, where time moves at the pace of labour, and lullabies linger like an afterthought. The mothers here don’t always sing their babies to…
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They Mean Business | Part 3: The Everyday Grit of Five Women in Small-Town Shops
द्वारा KL Hatke November 11, 2024In small towns of Uttar Pradesh, lives fold in on themselves, then stretch out and build anew. Salma Zaidi, Mithlesh, Sushma, Deepa, and Anamika didn’t plan to be businesswomen; they…
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Caste Takes Center Stage in Chitrakoot’s Ramleela
द्वारा KL Hatke October 11, 2024The Ramleela of Chitrakoot, a deeply rooted cultural tradition, brings the community together every year to reenact the life of Ram, but it also reveals the caste-based biases that continue…