Birbhum, West Bengal •
Jul 06, 2023
‘Where will we go leaving everything behind?’
At the Deocha Pachami coal mine in West Bengal, women are at the forefront of the protest to save their land and livelihoods. An artist tells us the story of their determined fight through a series of illustrations
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Author
Labani Jangi
Labani Jangi is a self-taught painter from West Bengal's Nadia district. She is the very first winner of the T.M. Krishna-PARI prize in 2025 and was a PARI Fellow in 2020. A PhD scholar, Labani has been working on labour migrations at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata.
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Sarbajaya Bhattacharya
Sarbajaya Bhattacharya is a Senior Editor at PARI. She also works closely with interns and student volunteers as a part of PARI Education. Sarbajaya is an experienced Bangla translator. Based in Kolkata, she is interested in the history of the city and travel literature.
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Joshua Bodhinetra
Joshua Bodhinetra is Senior Content Editor with PARIBhasha, the Indian languages programme of the People's Archive of Rural India, (PARI). He has an MPhil in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and is a multilingual poet, translator, art critic and social activist.
English Translation
Sarbajaya Bhattacharya
Sarbajaya Bhattacharya is a Senior Editor at PARI. She also works closely with interns and student volunteers as a part of PARI Education. Sarbajaya is an experienced Bangla translator. Based in Kolkata, she is interested in the history of the city and travel literature.
