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Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh

Oct 09, 2018

Travelling on the Firewood Express

Left with few livelihood options, Adivasis and Dalits from villages on the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh take the train to various towns to sell firewood and earn a few hundred rupees after a hard day

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Author

Akshay Gupta

Akshay Gupta is a freelance photojournalist from Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi), now based in Delhi.

Text Editor

Sharmila Joshi

Sharmila Joshi is former Executive Editor, People's Archive of Rural India, and a writer and occasional teacher.