In this video story, Premram Bhat and others speak of how their puppet shows, once popular in royal courts and at village events, are no longer in demand, and how the lockdowns have further hit their incomes
Madhav Sharma is a freelance journalist based in Jaipur. He writes on social, environmental and health issues.
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Sharmila Joshi is former Executive Editor, People's Archive of Rural India, and a writer and occasional teacher.
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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.