On #ChildrensDay , we bring you stories written by rural students for PARI in Schools- our initiative to build a better understanding of rural India among urban children. We aim to show our children that rural India is not a pathetic, poor & singular entity, but a vibrant, & 1/n
fascinatingly diverse place with many lessons for us. Kids are disconnected from what happens in rural India, where 2/3rds of India lives. It is important for their cultural & emotional growth that they understand the complex inter linkages in our economic & sociological fabric.
Our young reporters, Nia Chari and Akil Ravi talk to 83-year-old Sukhlal Suliya, who looks back on life in his once fertile village in Madhya Pradesh, when bicycles were a luxury, crops were plentiful and machines were rare.
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Manasa Kashi and Namitha Muktineni bring you the story of Gangay Sodhi, a Gond Adivasi in Chhattisgarh, who spends her days busy in the rhythms of farming, cooking, fetching forest produce, and making mahua liquor for the haat.
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Sidh Kavedia from Sirohi, Rajasthan reports on the life of Jhujaram Sant. Jhajaram is employed by a local group to collect leftovers from households and feed hungry langurs in the nearby forest, especially in the summer months when food is scarce.
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In a small zari workshop in Mahim, Mumbai, Mohammed Shamim has worked for a decade sewing plastic pearls and petals on fabric, to send money home and save enough to sometimes visit his village in Bihar.
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