Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh •
Feb 11, 2024
Reclaiming the past, the present and the prophet
A poet and a teacher, who has dedicated his life to displaced children of Dalit and Adivasi communities gives a voice to their collective anguish
Poem and Text
Syed Merajuddin
Syed Merajuddin is a poet and a teacher. He lives in Agara, Madhya Pradesh, and is co-founder and Secretary of Aadharshila Shiksha Samiti, an organisation that runs a higher secondary school for children of displaced Adivasi and Dalit communities, now living at the edge of Kuno National Park.
Illustration
Labani Jangi
Labani Jangi is a 2020 PARI Fellow, and a self-taught painter based in West Bengal's Nadia district. She is working towards a PhD on labour migrations at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata.
Editor
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