Shreya Katyayini

Sinchita Parbat

Urja

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<h2><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R51vIRS_duQ">In memory of Madrasa Azizia</a></h2><p>In Biharsharif, a 113-year-old madrasa and its library of over 4,000 books was set on fire by rioters.</p><h5>MAY 12, 2023 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/shreya-katyayni/">Shreya Katyayini</a></h5>

<h2><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhR23GBofbg">A fight to save orans</a> </h2><p>Solar and wind energy outfits are steadily encroaching upon Rajasthan’s orans – sacred groves set in grasslands which are mis-categorised as ‘wastelands’ in government records. Their rapidly growing presence is drastically changing the ecology and livelihoods.<br/></p><h5>JULY 25, 2023 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/urja/">Urja</a></h5><p><br/></p>

<h2><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfJkyoknk38">A buffalo herder sings a love song</a></h2><p></p><p>Satyajit Morang is from the Mising tribe in Assam. In this video he sings a love song in the Oinitom style, and talks about herding buffaloes on the islands formed in the Brahmaputra river.</p><h5>JAN. 2, 2023 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/himanshu/">Himanshu Chutia Saikia</a></h5><p><br/></p><p></p>

<h2><a href="https://youtu.be/6G10Mg0ywEY">Songs from the kitchens of rural India</a></h2><p></p><p>Over a 100,000 songs and more than 3,000 performers spread across hundreds of villages, the Grindmill Songs Project (GSP) is a phenomenal effort to capture the voices of ordinary women – farmers, labourers, fisherfolk, but also daughters, wives, mothers and sisters as they sing the songs of the stone mill – &#39;jatyavarchya ovya&#39;. A PARI documentary on GSP’s poetic legacy and it’s genesis.</p><h5>DEC. 7, 2023 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/the-pari-team/">PARI Team</a></h5><p><br/></p><p></p>

<h2><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XggNwYtEQM0">Worth | मोल</a></h2><p></p><p>On October 2, Swachh Bharat Diwas, a film on women waste collectors in Pune.</p><h5>OCT. 2, 2023 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/kavita-carneiro/">Kavita Carneiro</a></h5><p></p>

<h2><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRDnUmJxlLg">Alphonso’s reign is running out</a></h2><p></p><p>In Maharashtra’s Konkan region, farmers are worried about the sharp decline in alphonso mango harvests.</p><h5>OCT. 13, 2023 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/jaysing-chavan/">Jaysing Chavan</a></h5><p></p>

<h2><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12MeSWmeEc">Ugadi in Medapuram: Tradition, Power and Identity</a></h2><p>The annual Ugadi festival in Andhra Pradesh&#39;s Medapuram is a grand affair, organised by the Madiga community who brought the idol to their town.</p><h5>OCT. 27, 2023 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/naga-charan/">Naga Charan</a></h5>

<h2><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS_TeZU1xRs">Tales from the shadows: tholpavakoothu puppetry of Malabar</a></h2><p>A film about shadow puppet theatre in the villages of the Malabar region of Kerala.</p><h5>MAY 29, 2023 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/sangeeth-sankar/">Sangeeth Sankar</a></h5>

<h2><a href="https://youtu.be/RfugiLA8vHc">Bhutas of Tulunadu</a></h2><p>In this region of Karnataka that lies on the coast of the Arabian Sea, different communities come together for bhuta worship. A film on the heritage of Syed Nasir and his musical troupe who perform at these rituals.</p><h5>APRIL 26, 2023 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/faisal-ahmed/">Faisal Ahmed</a></h5>

<h2><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py-8hKyxiHY">Dokra: the art of transformation</a></h2><p></p><p>Pijush Mondal makes metal figures using the lost-wax casting technique. The skilled Dokra artisan is worried about raw materials and climate which are crucial to the process</p><h5>AUG. 26, 2023 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/sreyashi-paul/">Sreyashi Paul</a></h5><p></p>

In 2023: Editors' choice of PARI Films

سال ۲۰۲۳: پاری کے ایڈیٹروں کی پسندیدہ فلمیں

2023లో సంపాదకులు ఎంపికచేసిన PARI చిత్రాలు

2023: தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட பாரி படங்கள்

୨୦୨୩ରେ : ସମ୍ପାଦକଙ୍କ ପସନ୍ଦର ପରୀ ଚଳଚ୍ଚିତ୍ର

2023: തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത പാരി സിനിമകൾ

2023ರ ಸಂಪಾದಕರ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯ ಕೆಲವು ಪರಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷ್ಯಚಿತ್ರಗಳು

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2023: संपादक मन के पसंद के पारी के कुछेक फिलिम

साल 2023: पारी संपादक के मनपसंद फिलिम

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In 2023: Editors' choice of PARI Films

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