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Bastar, Chhattisgarh

May 06, 2025

In Bastar, shooting salfi not selfies

A chance meeting with Sukhram Kumati in Chattisgarh's Bastar region leads to a mildly intoxicating conversation

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Author

P. Sainath

P. Sainath is Founder Editor, People's Archive of Rural India. He has been a rural reporter for decades and is the author of 'Everybody Loves a Good Drought' and 'The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom'.

Editor

Pratishtha Pandya

Pratishtha Pandya is a Senior Editor at PARI where she leads PARI's creative writing section. She is also a member of the PARIBhasha team and translates and edits stories in Gujarati. Pratishtha is a published poet working in Gujarati and English.