People's Archive of Rural India

The everyday lives of everyday people
Founder Editor: P. Sainath
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It’s ten years since PARI was officially launched on
December 20, 2014.

Our biggest achievement? We’re still here.

A piece on PARI's evolution by @PSainath_org

https://t.co/CPEpiqyIsz

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coming soon...

[Vidya @VidyaKrishnan]

Standing where a glacier once stood is one of the saddest experiences of my life. Watching the artificial glacier melt away is equally sobering. 💔💔

Story soon on @parinetwork

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Squeezed out by the forest department and mining companies, Asur tribals are losing their reliance on the jungle, forever changing their way of life and craft

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The Kaimur wildlife sanctuary once sustained the Adivasis of the region. Denied their rights of access for two decades, their anger and dismay is mounting.

Read the full story by Umesh Kumar Ray on PARI

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Diesel rationing, panic buying and long queues at fuel stations are disrupting farm operations across many districts in Maharashtra. Small cultivators are worst hit, and some are returning to bullock power

Read the full story by @journohardy

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The story of a Dalit woman from Punjab’s Patti town in Tarn Taran district who must clean cattle sheds for a living even in her old age

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https://t.co/FwF4nQ2mJZ

PARI reporter, Rahul M gives us a snapshot of a village in the Thar desert in Rajasthan during his visit to a Meghwal family, but also captures the changing water and climate situation there

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

Just lovely as always to read these stories from @PARInetwork. Just the lives of Indians. The best kind of journalism. Three labourers in a train

Conversations from the packed Raipur-Dhamtari train, which carries daily wage workers along the 66-kilometre route. But the state has recently shortened the track, cutting off this narrow gauge lifeline for many https://t.co/ZfyG4KNwp3

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The war in Iran is inflicting casualties of another kind in Srinagar and elsewhere. The traditional feasts – and their chefs – central to weddings in the state, are in trouble

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The godman styling himself ‘Gadge Maharaj’ ran a growing empire in Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra. PARI reporter Parth M.N. @parthpunter visited his ashram shortly before his arrest in April.

Read the full story on PARI.

https://t.co/CNx0v1zs0h

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These are PARI stories from across India that cover the wide arc of women’s reproductive health.
https://t.co/4ZDXBRkhVQ

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Menstrual hygiene is a basic right of every woman.
Yet, only 73 per cent of women in rural areas have access to hygienic menstrual products*, and battle deep-rooted stigmas around menstruation.
National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-2021)

#WorldMenstrualHygieneDay

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A lack of public toilets, a lack of privacy for bathing or sanitary disposal, missing toilets in schools and more are all routine hurdles for women in rural areas and migrants from there.

https://t.co/TyAM4U8CkN

[P. Sainath @PSainath_org]

1/3. They’re back! India’s 224 billionaires have recovered to cross the $1 trillion-mark in terms of cumulative net worth. Heartening to learn from the Forbes live list that as of May 27, all our beloved billionaires have shrugged off the ill-effects of the annoying war in West Asia. That conflict briefly pulled India’s Billi Brotherhood down to a humiliating 980-billion dollar rung. Now they’ve bounced back. Could it be that the austerity of others feeds into the opulence of the Brothers?

With a little bit of help from their friends, the Brotherhood have returned to an honourable cumulative worth of $1011 billion, or just over a trillion dollars. A saga of stunning endurance, and a demo of how to keep raking it in when most other Indians reel under repeated blows and show no spark of resistance.

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The film screening will be followed by a Q&A with @PSainath_org (Founder, PARI network) and Aayna (director).

It's a free event and open to all

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PARI films, Punishing the Professor and Bollywood calling Lal Singh, directed by Aayna will be screened at the Indian International Centre (IIC), Delhi.

30th May| Saturday| 6:30 pm
Location- Lecture Room 1, IIC Annexe

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Loss of biodiversity and a changing coastal landscape reshape the livelihoods of fisherfolk in north Chennai. Story by Noor Nisha on PARI