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तस्वीरें और उनकी कहानी

Watching this family of four get into their boat and disappear into the sea is a delightful experience

Catching stingrays in Lakshadweep

In Tinnakara, a coral atoll near Agatti island in Lakshadweep, Ukkash and his family hunt for fish in the lagoon and open sea. One day in early August, they returned with three stingrays and went to work on them at once
#family-income #fishing-community #archipelago #coral-attoll #Tinnakara #lagoon

Abdul Rasheed

ढाई लाख घंटे तक मिट्टी के बर्तन बनाना

कोल्हापुर जिले के कपाशी गांव में विष्णु कुंभार के परिवार के सदस्य 15 पीढ़ियों से मिट्टी के बर्तन बना रहे हैं। लेकिन उनके दुर्लभ कौशल को शायद ही कभी मान्यता दी जाती है और उन्हें इस महान पुरानी परंपरा को आगे बढ़ाने के लिए राज्य से कोई समर्थन नहीं मिलता है

Sanket Jain

ڈھائی لاکھ گھنٹے تک مٹی کے برتن بنانا

کولہاپور ضلع کے کپاشی گاؤں میں وشنو کمبھار کے ارکان فیملی ۱۵ نسلوں سے مٹی کے برتن بنا رہے ہیں۔ لیکن ان کے نایاب ہنر کو شاید ہی کبھی تسلیم کیا جاتا ہے اور انہیں اس عظیم پرانی روایت کو آگے بڑھانے کے لیے ریاست سے کوئی مدد نہیں ملتی ہے

Sanket Jain

Many women said that International Women's Day gives them hope that they will stand victorious, come what may. They recalled the heroism of Mata Bhago, a legendary Sikh woman warrior who fought against Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb’s army in the early 18th century. Some of the women said they saw themselves as her children and drew inspiration and courage from her. In the photograph, a woman walks by the poster that celebrates Mai Bhago and [Rani of Jhansi] Laxmibai.

महिला किसानों के सम्मान में, सिंघु पर महिला दिवस

देश में महिला दिवस के सबसे बड़े उत्सव पर, 8 मार्च, 2021 को महिला किसानों को सम्मानित करने और तीन कृषि क़ानूनों के ख़िलाफ़ चल रहे विरोध प्रदर्शन में उनकी भूमिका की सराहना करने के लिए हज़ारों महिलाएं सिंघु बॉर्डर पर इकट्ठा हुईं

Amir Malik

Manjeet Kaur, in her 50s, said, “I am here only to demand that the government repeal the laws. What will our children eat when land is controlled by the Adanis and Ambanis?”

خواتین کسانوں کے اعزاز میں، سنگھو پر یوم خواتین

ملک میں یوم خواتین کی سب سے بڑی تقریب میں، ۸ مارچ ۲۰۲۱ کو خواتین کسانوں اور تین زرعی قوانین کے خلاف جاری احتجاجی مظاہرے میں ان کے رول کے اعزاز میں ہزاروں خواتین سنگھو بارڈر پر جمع ہوئیں

Amir Malik

All speakers on the SKM platform the whole day were women from different walks of life. Anyone who wanted to convey their concerns could register and speak from the dais.

Women’s Day at Singhu: Honouring women farmers

In the largest celebration of Women's Day in the country, thousands gathered at the Singhu border on March 8, 2021, to honour women farmers as well as their role in the ongoing protests against the three farm laws

Amir Malik

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

On the road with Maharashtra’s farmers

The police came with water cannons and in large numbers. So did the farmers, who gathered in Nashik on February 20 in thousands to once again march to Mumbai. They have started off today, February 21, walking the long journey with their demands

Rahul M.

Farmers from Bihar at Parliament Street.

From fields and ploughs to Parliament Street

On November 30, 2018, undulating waves of red, yellow and green flags, held aloft by farmers from all over India, spread through the streets of Delhi. Chanting slogans, the farmers marched towards Parliament Street. After battling deep and decades-long agrarian distress, they came to be seen and heard in India’s capital

Binaifer Bharucha

A marcher drinks water from a Delhi Jal Board water tanker.

Glimpses from the Mukti Morcha

Farmers from Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana walked in the march on November 29, 2018, from Gurudwara Shri Bala Sahebji in south Delhi, to Ramila Maidan in central Delhi

Anushka Jain

Many women easily walked balancing their luggage on the their heads.

Walking sticks, papads, jaggery, hookahs, cards

The Kisan Mukti Morcha on November 29-30, 2018, in Delhi was also an occasion for some snacks, smokes, games, phone videos, innovative ways of carrying personal items, and more

Rahul M.

Five farmers speak of their demands

What were the specific and varying concerns of farmers from different states? We asked five farmers

Chetana Borkar

Mother and Child standing under the canopy at Ramleela maidan

Children of farmers at the Delhi march

A few kids too participated in the Kisan Mukti March in Delhi on November 29-30, 2018. They came with their parents, probably because there was no one back home to look after them

Sanket Jain

Catching a breath mid-march

On November 29 and 30, 2018, farmers from across the country marched from overnight camps in different parts of Delhi to Ramlila Maidan and from there to Parliament Street. In between, some of them stopped for a while for a quick rest

Subuhi Jiwani

Ghungroos helped the farmers from Rajasthan draw the attention of onlookers.

Drums, cymbals, bells – dancers at the farmers' march

At the November 29-30 farmers' march in Delhi, many came with traditional instruments that emphasised their identity, voice and demands

Chetana Borkar

Farmers march from Majnu ka Tila to Ramlila

Marching from Majnu ka Tila to Ramlila

Farmers from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh walked from the overnight camp at Gurudwara Majnu Ka Tila in north Delhi to Ramlila Maidan in the central part of the city on November 29, alongside students who came out to support them

Guru Dhamal and Binaifer Bharucha

Jhabua's protesting farmers in Delhi

Farmers from Jhabua district in Madhya Pradesh say the costs of cultivation are much higher than the returns, and they are demanding better prices for their crops

Purusottam Thakur

Kisan Mukti Morcha: On the road from Bijwasan

On November 29, farmers who had spent the night at a camp in Bijwasan in south east Delhi, started off on the protest march to Ramlila Ground

Chetana Borkar

The strands are dipped in this mixture, soaked for 10 minutes and stretched out like this to dry in the sun for two hours

The great Indian vanishing rope trick

Rope makers were once part of a thriving trade in rural Maharashtra. Now, farmers rarely buy ropes and many others prefer nylon versions. The Bhores are the last family in Boragaon village still hand-crafting rope

Sanket Jain

Several mid-day meal workers from the villages of Seonia block in Madhya Pradesh are here demanding better wages.

Discontent and determination in Delhi

On September 5, around 300,000 farmers and workers gathered at a landmark rally in the capital to reiterate their demands, including land titles and better wages – signalling a growing resolve to secure their rights

Sanket Jain

হতাশার আঁধার থেকে আশার আলোয় যাত্রা

৬ই মার্চ নাসিকে, তাঁদের সংখ্যা ছিল অন্তত ২০,০০০। ১২ই মার্চ দক্ষিণ মুম্বইয়ের আজাদ ময়দানে এসে পৌঁছলে তাঁদের সংখ্যা দাঁড়ায় প্রায় ৪০,০০০। তাঁরা ক্লান্ত বটে, কিন্তু বিজয়ী, পরিশ্রান্ত কিন্তু অদম্য

Binaifer Bharucha

निराशा के खेतों से – आशा का एक मार्च

नाशिक में 6 मार्च को, वे कम से कम 20,000 थे। ये किसान 12 मार्च को जब दक्षिण मुंबई के आजाद मैदान पहुंचे, तो उनकी संख्या 40,000 हो गई। वे थक जरूर गए थे लेकिन विजयी हुए, उन्होंने हार नहीं मानी

Binaifer Bharucha

نا امیدی کے کھیتوں سے – امید بھرا مارچ

ناسک میں ۶ مارچ کو، ان کی تعداد کم از کم ۲۰ ہزار تھی۔ لیکن ۱۲ مارچ کو یہ کسان جب جنوبی ممبئی کے آزاد میدان میں پہنچے، تو ان کی تعداد بڑھ کر ۴۰ ہزار ہو گئی۔ یہ تھک ضرور گئے تھے، لیکن انھوں نے ہار نہیں مانی تھی

Binaifer Bharucha

From fields of despair – a march with hope

In Nashik on March 6, they were at least 20,000. By the time the farmers reached Azad Maidan in south Mumbai on March 12, they were 40,000. Tired but triumphant, exhausted but unyielding

Binaifer Bharucha

Lost on the island, and then found or forgotten

In January every year, many pilgrims at the Gangasagar fair in West Bengal get separated from their families – or abandoned by them. They end up at a shelter, where they wait to be reunited with their loved ones

Ritayan Mukherjee

Making baskets in English

This Dalit hamlet in Bihar's Banka district is called English, and all the residents here have the same last name. Three generations ago, they gave up burning bodies and took up the more respectable occupation of making baskets

Shreya Katyayini

তচঃ জহি যোৱা লেটা

লাভ কমি অহা, ৰাজ্যিক পৰ্যায়ত দুৰ্বল সমৰ্থন আৰু সস্তীয়া আমদানিৰ ফলত বিহাৰৰ বাংকা জিলাৰ প্ৰাচীন বয়নশিল্প হেৰাই যাব ধৰিছে। কাটৰিয়া জিলাৰ এক চতুৰ্থাংশ পৰিয়ালেহে এতিয়াও বোৱা-কটাৰ কাম কৰে। এই এলবামটোত তেওঁলোকৰ কামবোৰৰ বিভিন্ন অংশবোৰ চিত্ৰায়িত কৰা হৈছে

Shreya Katyayini

A quarter million hours of pottery

Vishnu Kumbhar’s family members in Kapashi village of Kolhapur district have been potters for 15 generations. But their rare skills are seldom recognised and they receive no support from the state to keep this great old tradition flourishing

Sanket Jain

B. Shobha, a homemaker, was pregnant when she was allegedly pushed into the water pit in front of her house by members of the demolition crew

The fallen homes of Anantapur

A sudden demolition on August 3 in Vijayanagar colony of Anantapur town in Andhra Pradesh has left entire families – many of them daily wage workers or migrants – without homes, though officials insist they were only razing encroachments

Rahul M.

Tussar: the crumbling cocoon

The generations-old skill of weaving tussar silk in Banka district of Bihar is vanishing because of low returns, a lack of state support and cheaper imports. Only a fourth of the households in Katoria village now weave. This album documents some stages of their work

Shreya Katyayini