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Birbhum, West Bengal

Jul 21, 2023

Chadar Badni puppets at Santhal festival

Tapan Murmu is a young Santhal Adivasi farmer in Birbhum who also performs with puppets during the harvest festival – an art he worries has few takers among his generation

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Author

Smita Khator

Smita Khator is the Chief Translations Editor, PARIBhasha, the Indian languages programme of People's Archive of Rural India, (PARI). Translation, language and archives have been her areas of work. She writes on women's issues and labour.

Editor

Vishaka George

Vishaka George worked as a Senior Editor at PARI and reported on livelihoods and environmental issues. Vishaka was the head PARI's Social Media functions (2017-2025) and worked in the Education team to take PARI's stories into the classroom and get students to document issues around them.