Aurangabad, Maharashtra •
Apr 14, 2024
Meera Umap: singing in the change
A little girl from Matang community singing for alms with her parents in the villages of Maharashtra, grows up to be a revolutionary Shahir. Playing ‘dimadi’, a small percussion instrument and singing Bhim geet, she spreads the message of Babasaheb. Here is her story on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14, 2024
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Keshav Waghmare
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Medha Kale
Medha Kale is based in Tuljapur and works in the area of women and health. She is an experienced translator and an occasional teacher.
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Medha Kale
Medha Kale is based in Tuljapur and works in the area of women and health. She is an experienced translator and an occasional teacher.
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Pratishtha Pandya
Pratishtha Pandya is a Senior Editor at PARI where she leads PARI's creative writing section. She is also a member of the PARIBhasha team and translates and edits stories in Gujarati. Pratishtha is a published poet working in Gujarati and English.
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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.
