Reportage After COVID, the stench of bad sales at the Varanasi flower market For the second pandemic year in a row, those in the flower industry are wilting. Flowers provided a source of...
Reportage Varanasi’s good samaritan aids those scrambling for medical supplies, cremates unclaimed bodies too Aman Yadav ferries sick people to hospital on his motorbike and performs the last rites of those who have died...
Reportage Varanasi’s boatmen await tourists; 4,000 manjhis have switched their traditional trade Apart from being tourist hotspots, Varanasi’s ghats are a vital source of livelihood for the boatmen community. It’s been a...
Reportage|Positive Stories Women in Varanasi set to enter the world of toy making traditionally occupied by the menfolk A skill upgradation training programme initiated by the Central government in prime minister Narendra Modi’s constituency at Varanasi in Uttar...
Reportage The Toymakers of Varanasi: Crushed by COVID-19 and Chinese imports Artisans in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi, which used to be very popular on the tourist and pilgrimage circuit, find themselves without...
