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Gopalganj, Bihar

Apr 18, 2023

'I lost my husband and my house'

In Bihar’s Gopalganj district, Mukesh Ram’s family is struggling in the aftermath of his death from consuming illicit liquor

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Author

Umesh Kumar Ray

Umesh Kumar Ray is a PARI Fellow (2022). A freelance journalist, he is based in Bihar and covers marginalised communities.

Editor

Devesh

Devesh is a poet, journalist, filmmaker and translator. He is the Translations Editor, Hindi, at the People's Archive of Rural India.

Editor

Sanviti Iyer

Sanviti Iyer is Assistant Editor at the People's Archive of Rural India. She also works with students to help them document and report issues on rural India.

English Translation

Joshua Bodhinetra

Joshua Bodhinetra is the Content Manager of PARIBhasha, the Indian languages programme at People's Archive of Rural India (PARI). He has an MPhil in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and is a multilingual poet, translator, art critic and social activist.