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Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

May 22, 2023

Meerut's leather workers: not out, still batting

If you’ve played cricket with a leather ball in India, chances are the leather was made by tannery workers in Shobhapur, Meerut. Raw hide must go through multiple processes by skilled workers. An important livelihood, it has been hit by communal tensions and lack of state support

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Author

Shruti Sharma

Shruti Sharma is a MMF-PARI fellow (2022-23). She is working towards a PhD on the social history of sports goods manufacturing in India, at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.

Editor

Riya Behl

Riya Behl is a multimedia journalist writing on gender and education. A former Senior Assistant Editor at People's Archive of Rural India (PARI), Riya also worked closely with students and educators to bring PARI into the classroom.

Photo Editor

Binaifer Bharucha

Binaifer Bharucha is a freelance photographer based in Mumbai, and Photo Editor at the People's Archive of Rural India.