Reportage Three years since its inauguration, farmers in Mirzapur await water from Bansagar project to irrigate their farmlands Widely promoted by the government as a mega-irrigation project aimed at supporting farmers practising rainfed agriculture in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar...
Reportage 13-year-old girl, 38-year-old ‘bridegroom’ and a payment of Rs 100,000 for ‘marriage’ Swift action by police and district administration stops child marriages in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh. But non-profits...
Reportage Sip of death: A Kol tribe toddler and her great-grandmother dead; several villagers suffer diarrhoea due to polluted water in Mirzapur, UP A two-year-old girl and her great-grandmother died following severe diarrhoea in Dadra village of Mirzapur. At least 11 more villagers...
Reportage 4 months, 4 sheep and an income of Rs 8 The Pal community of shepherds in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh herd sheep traditionally. Their income from sheep wool is pitifully low,...
Reportage Lease farmers harvest gloom on the fertile banks of the Sirsi river The irrigation department in Uttar Pradesh gives land near the Sirsi dam on lease to farmers to grow vegetables and...
Reportage|Positive Stories Addressing vaccine hesitancy in rural India, one jab at a time The Uttar Pradesh government and its health workers are sparing no efforts to vaccinate the state’s rural and tribal population...
Reportage Unregistered and unorganised, daily wage workers slip through the cracks during the pandemic The year-long pandemic and resumption of restrictions and lockdowns have hit daily wage earners in rural India hard. They are...
Reportage The boatmen of Mirzapur are in troubled waters Members of the manjhi community in Mirzapur earn their livelihood by rowing their boats in Ganga and helping people commute....
Reportage Missing a Beat: Why have the tablas of Mirzapur fallen silent? The tablas are painstakingly handcrafted out of wood of the neem, mango and sheesham trees, and goat or camel skin....
Reportage Mirzapur toys narrate a story of neglect Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, once renowned for its wooden toys, is on the brink of closure for want of artisans...
