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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
ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/pa…
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The everyday lives of everyday people
Founder Editor: P. Sainath
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- “If I don’t commit suicide, my father will; my family can’t even earn Rs1000 a month. My parents can’t bear the burden of our marriages when we don’t have enough to eat. So I'm taking my life,” read a suicide note by a 19yo girl who hung herself ruralindiaonline.org/articles/this-…
- “Many come in big cars, wearing neat masks, requesting me to reduce the price of ice apples from Rs. 50 to Rs. 30-40. I wonder if they realise that I need that money more then they ever will," says Kuppa Pappala Rao, a road side vendor in Vishakhapatanam ruralindiaonline.org/articles/munja…
- ‘I once voted to build the country... now I am voting to save it’ (A thread)
- This is a reach test. Hit like to help us gauge it. Thank you!
- “Many come in big cars, wearing neat masks, requesting me to reduce the price of ice apples from Rs. 50 to Rs. 30-40. I wonder if they realise that I need that money more than they ever will," says Kuppa Pappala Rao, a roadside vendor in Vishakhapatanam ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/mu…
- In Kalahandi district, Duleshwar Tandi – ‘Rapper Dule Rocker’ – a tuition teacher, construction worker and occasional migrant, expresses anguish through this song at the plight of migrants in the lockdown. @DuleRocker
00:00 - MP govt is punishing "rioters" who had engaged in stone-pelting by destroying private property. But the idea of Wasim pelting stores is difficult to digest. He had lost both his arms in 2005. Then why was his house shop razed down too? [read ahead]
- When tomato prices plummet to 50 paise-2 rupee/kilo, frustrated farmers often end up uprooting the vines, dumping their produce, and allowing cattle to graze in fields. When they can't even recover the cost of harvesting and transporting their produce, something's wrong.
00:00 - Bhagat Singh’s ideology is not meant to be hijacked. He has written with remarkable intellectual clarity. Read what he stood for in his essay — Why I Am an Atheist. Do not let anyone cloud your mind and reasoning. Snippets in the 🧶 below, link at the very end
- PARI founder-editor @PSainath_org wins the Fukuoka Grand Prize, among Japan’s most prestigious international awards
