A translator for PARI shares his experience
Here is a share by Pu. Ko. Saravanan who translated the ten tales of freedom - these are stories and interviews of freedom fighters of India. *** I had once…
Districtwise coverage of India by PARI and other progress information
Since its inception, PARI has steadily been adding information to the archive. : Content at PARI now includes the work of 160 Photographers and 90 Writers. We have articles from…
Why are our farmers angry? P. Sainath on the latest phase of the agrarian crisis
This is a recording of a PARI Livestream event held on Sunday, 11th June 2017 at 1900 hrs IST. From farmers being shot dead in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, to those across…
P. Sainath LIVE on YouTube on Sunday, 11th June 2017 at 1900 hrs IST
Dear PARIvar, Sainath will broadcast live on YouTube on Sunday, 11th June 2017 at 7:00 pm IST. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyyvcP6MuoA Why are our farmers angry? P. Sainath on the latest phase of…
A road trip – Thanjavur and beyond – a PARI reader writes
“Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn't mean to take.” ― Angela N. Blount, Once Upon an Ever After This is what comes to my…
‘Suicide was an act of violence turned inwards’ – P. Sainath, at Stanford University
On a spring night in mid-April, riveting images of India's obscenely rich and desperately poor flashed on a screen at a packed hall in Stanford University as P Sainath, India's…
Kerala’s own PARI
Kerala has set up its own people’s archive, a People’s Participatory Portal, called Janaavishkaara. On March 24, 2017, P. Sainath had met the Janaavishkaara team in Chalakudy near Kochi, Kerala, to inaugurate a workshop…
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P. Sainath interviewed in New Internationalist
The veteran journalist and writer has, since 2011, been working on a new project: the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI). He talks to Charukesi Ramadurai about recording the stories…
The grindmill songs: making music with stone and verse
The idea was to publish one ovi, a couplet rendered as a song, everyday, from the Grindmill Songs database along with text and audio. It seemed like a simple enough…
Jeyabal, of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu, is a cultivator and a swimming instructor
Jallikattu brought me fame!
Jeyabal Chinnathevar is delighted. His favourite sport - jallikattu (bull taming) - will be held on the 1st of February. 'I fasted for three days in Alanganallur, fighting for the…