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Jamnagar, Gujarat

Sep 26, 2022

The song of a Rabari girl

A short poem, where a young Rabari girl from Jamnagar district writes about her realities, wishes and rights

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Poem and Text

Jigna Rabari

Jigna Rabari is a community worker associated with Sahajeevan, and working in Dwarka and Jamnagar districts of Gujarat. She is among the few educated women in her community who are active in the field and writing about their experiences

Painting

Labani Jangi

Labani Jangi is a 2020 PARI Fellow, and a self-taught painter based in West Bengal's Nadia district. She is working towards a PhD on labour migrations at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata.

Editor

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.