PritiDavid reports from the most neglected blocks of the erstwhile Allahabad district with🎨by Priyanka Borar

The strangulating circumstances that push young girl children in Koraon dt, into marriage as early as 13 years. Fear of rape by upper caste men in a state (Uttar Pradesh) which recorded 59,853 crimes against women in 2019. ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/in…

Narrated by 55-year-old Fakeere Lal Kannaujiya, this is a touching and telling account of his life as an ironing man in New Delhi, and how a college education is no guarantee of the job you want, or any at all... Story by student reporter Rohan Chopra. pari.education/articles/a-col…

In this eastern district of Uttar Pradesh, the elderly Sumitra moves on foot from place to place, seeking alms to feed herself and fund her medical treatment. Her situation is not unusual for elderly rural women pari.education/articles/in-ba…

On #ChildrensDay2021 here’s a great story from rural #Odisha by middle school students on #PARIEducation pari.education/articles/you-c… People's Archive of Rural India PritiDavid Vishaka George

मुदुमलाई टाइगर रिज़र्व के बफ़र ज़ोन के भीतर स्थित सात बस्तियों के आदिवासी परिवार अपने साथ हुई ज़बरदस्ती और छल-कपट के बारे में बता रहे हैं जो उनके द्वारा मुआवज़े का पैकेज लेने और अपने पुश्तैनी घरों को छोड़ने के बाद किया गया। 🖊️ PritiDavid ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/%E…

By 2021, PARI Education reached out to 93 schools and colleges, teaching students about rural realities and deepening their understanding of social issues. In return, we have over 200 original reports by students that we carry on our website.

Our youngest section, PARI Education, has in a single year of existence, moved rapidly ahead on another mandate of ours: creating the textbooks of the future.

Vishalram Markam’s beloved buffaloes venture on their own to graze in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district. They return to him by evening, but the danger from hungry predators is always lurking. By purusottam thakur and PritiDavid ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/in…

Here's a little happiness!!! My book No Nonsense Nandhini & my wonderful colleague PritiDavid's book Coming Home made it to the ParagReads Honours list in the Young Reader Fiction category. We are in great company! Our books are a collab between People's Archive of Rural India & Karadi Tales 🤎

“No one wants to do this job- it is more difficult than daily wage work,” says Hardev Thakur, a shepherd in the Himalayas’ Gangotri range. Up here, life is dangerous. Rain or snow, the shepherds graze, gather & protect their herd from wild predators.🧵 ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/sh…

3/5. In solidarity with the survivors and with the cause of Justice in this case, I hereby return the Basavashree award (and the Rs. 5 lakhs prize money that came with it, by cheque) conferred on me by the Math in 2017. #MurughaMutt

Priti David, Executive Editor, PARI visited my Contemporary History of India course to talk about the archive and how they do research/fieldwork for their stories. Thrilled that she helped me in creating the course's assignment. photo by @de_coloniszing People's Archive of Rural India PritiDavid

Ominous and heart-breaking, the impact of 'green energy' in the Thar Desert I love. Nothing green about it. ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/in… #RuralIndiaOnline via People's Archive of Rural India

Happy that my recent story on wastelands brought change. Read more to find out how

Gujjar pastoralists annually journey to the Himalayas in search of greener pastures for their livestock. Previously this migration challenged their children's education, but now with travelling teachers like Ali, this is changing. by PritiDavid ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/th…

The #RedInkAwards2023 nominations are a list of fabulous stories we must all read, and they also remind us that this is how 'the light gets in'.

We People's Archive of Rural India completed 9 years of reporting on the everyday lives of everyday people. Best of PARI 2023 follows – stories, poems, music & illustrations, films, photos, translations, Library, FACES, social media & our engagement with students - one everyday till 31st Dec

"Kuno is now a hunting ground for green political optics. Money and state influence are powering a cheetah safari in the guise of a conservation project." Sharp, must read story by the fab PritiDavid, People's Archive of Rural India's exec editor! ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/ku…

"Cheetah welfare was no longer a priority. 'We were naive to believe it was a simple conservation project.'" "Tents of black tarpaulin and bits of plastic ... Half-finished brick and cement houses." The truth (and lies) about the cheetah project. ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/ku…