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Talking Albums

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Kids holding archers

Rounding up bull’s-eyes, not bulls, in Dang

Jignisha Gamit of Singana village meets every target she sets for herself. Listen to the story of this archery champion of Dang in Gujarat, among the poorest districts in India, in this Talking Album
Olivia Waring
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Toddy tapper

Karukavel Nadar climbs 5,000 feet daily during season to tap sap from the straight and high trunks of palm trees  
P. Sainath
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Meena women: custodians of the white walls

This Talking Album , a part of the Vanishing Communities series on PARI, records the story of the Meena tribe in Tonk, Rajasthan 
Sweta Daga
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Woman trading clothes for utensils

'Chindhiwalli' women

A community of migrant women barters old clothes for utensils in Mumbai
Dipti Bapat & Abhishek Joshi
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Old man in front of spinning wheel

The weavers of Walajapet

The story of M. Murugaiya and his family of weavers
Sweta Daga
12
Man sitting next to wet paddy field

The Green Army

Kerala’s 'Green Army’ is addressing low paddy productivity and a shortage of farm labour
Asawari Sodhi
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Young boy pushing coal on a cycle

The koilawallahs of Godda

Recycling energy takes cycles and lots of energy
P. Sainath

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