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

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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.

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These are PARI stories from across India that cover the wide arc of women’s reproductive health.
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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.

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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

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This is journalism that informs, slowly, accurately, and empathetically. PARI’s stories on issues in rural India can be found in our daily reporting and our archives.

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A story’s impact is never time-bound.

In 2020, PARI reporter, @PritiDavid2 reported 3 stories on women's health for the PARI PFI series. In Nilgiris, she wrote on the alarming rise of malnutrition among tribals brought on by alcoholism.

https://t.co/bfEW62GASK

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The PARI story of lived experiences drew attention to the human dimensions of the problem among some of India’s poorest Adivasis.

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A story of his grandmother's adventurous journeys inspires a young illustrator to make an animated short film. Watch the film on PARI

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Jharkhand's migrant labourers are among the hardest hit by the acute shortage of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders spurred by the American-Israeli war on Iran.