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  • Bihar’s chhapa artisans: wafer-thin margins

    Bihar’s chhapa artisans: wafer-thin margins

    Umesh Kumar Ray
    Editors : Priti David and Sarbajaya Bhattacharya
    Photographs : Shreya Katyayini and Umesh Kumar Ray
    Patna
    Jan. 10, 2024
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  • No newspaper is bad news for Chobi Saha

    No newspaper is bad news for Chobi Saha

    Himadri Mukherjee
    Translator : Sarbajaya Bhattacharya
    Editor : Sarbajaya Bhattacharya
    Birbhum
    Jan. 4, 2024
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  • Mohamad, the sieve maker of Ahmedabad

    Mohamad, the sieve maker of Ahmedabad

    Umesh Solanki
    Editor : Pratishtha Pandya
    Ahmedabad
    Dec. 20, 2023
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  • The last chukker of the polo ball craftsman

    The last chukker of the polo ball craftsman

    Shruti Sharma
    Editor : Dipanjali Singh
    Video Editor : Sinchita Parbat
    Deulpur (Census town)
    Dec. 15, 2023
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  • Everybody loves a good pickle

    Everybody loves a good pickle

    Aparna Karthikeyan
    Editor : P. Sainath
    Thenkalam
    Nov. 29, 2023
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  • Punjab's thatheras fix what others can't

    Punjab's thatheras fix what others can't

    Arshdeep Arshi
    Editor : Shaoni Sarkar
    Lehragaga
    Nov. 27, 2023
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  • In Matho: bringing Thangkas back to life

    In Matho: bringing Thangkas back to life

    Avidha Raha
    Editor : Vishaka George
    Matho
    Nov. 17, 2023
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  • In Uluberia: a century of crafting shuttlecocks

    In Uluberia: a century of crafting shuttlecocks

    Shruti Sharma
    Editor : Sarbajaya Bhattacharya
    Uluberia
    Oct. 16, 2023
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  • Portrait of an artist in Majuli

    Portrait of an artist in Majuli

    Prakash Bhuyan
    Editor : Swadesha Sharma
    Photo Editor : Binaifer Bharucha
    Majuli
    Oct. 6, 2023
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  • All the way to the top of the toddy tree

    All the way to the top of the toddy tree

    Umesh Kumar Ray
    Editor : Dipanjali Singh
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    Samastipur
    Oct. 4, 2023
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  • Rubber tappers of Thottamalai

    Rubber tappers of Thottamalai

    Student Reporter : Dafni S.H.
    Editor : Sanviti Iyer
    Surulacode
    Sept. 29, 2023
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  • In Karadaga, jali making hangs by a thread

    In Karadaga, jali making hangs by a thread

    Sanket Jain
    Editor : PARI Desk
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    Chikodi, Belagavi, Karnataka
    Sept. 25, 2023
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