Poverty, social stigma and lack of job opportunities push the Musahar community in Bihar to earn an income by distilling mahua liquor, despite a ban on its manufacture and sale in the state
Umesh Kumar Ray is a PARI Fellow (2022). A freelance journalist, he is based in Bihar and covers marginalised communities.
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S. Senthalir
S. Senthalir is Senior Editor at People's Archive of Rural India and a 2020 PARI Fellow. She reports on the intersection of gender, caste and labour. Senthalir is a 2023 fellow of the Chevening South Asia Journalism Programme at University of Westminster.