Coming soon: The dance of the false-legged horse
It was raining so hard, the roads had turned into rivers. The taxi driver had a lot of difficulty finding the house. For a moment, he suggested turning back. Am…
Shalini Singh interactive session at Centre for Journalism and Mass Communication, Visva Bharati
An interaction between Shalini Singh and Mass Communication students
PARI core group member Shalini Singh spoke to students of the Centre for Journalism & Mass Communication at Visva Bharati Santiniketan. The students liked their encounter with her very much.…
When history came alive in Sangli
Less than a decade ago, I was still in school; sitting in History class and trying to imagine the world as it would have been centuries earlier. I couldn’t, and…
One story, many languages: celebrating #InternationalTranslationDay
Today, 30th September 2016, on the International Translation Day, we have published a story in English and 11 Indian languages, at one go: Captain Elder brother and the whirlwind army…
Happy journalism anniversary, Sainath!
Sainath reporting from the border of Kalahandi-Rayagada in Odisha circa 2002 He's been a journalist for 36 years. P. Sainath - mentor, teacher, editor - is among the most inspiring…
student performance at Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam
Teachers Day special from Rural India #TeachersDay
Today, on the occasion of Teachers Day, we at PARI would like to tell you about some of the most inspiring people we have found in our reporting of India.…
The original flag of the protesters, somewhat frayed, but carefully preserved at the tehsil office
Celebrating our 70th Independence Day
A very happy Independence Day to you from all of us at PARI! While the 70th Independence Day does have a ring of something special, since it means an independent…
Statue of freedom fighter Krantisinh Nana Patil outside the school in his name
Remembering the revolutionary who led the Toofan Sena
And a visit to Vita in Satara district, where P. Sainath received an award on August 6, instituted in the memory of Krantisinh Nana Patil The children of the Krantisinh…
Sainath reporting from the border of Kalahandi-Rayagada in Odisha circa 2002
Rural India has both, beauty and barbarism; the exotic and the abominable.
The first time P. Sainath travelled on top of a train was when agricultural labourers from Bihar promised to take him to Punjab in ‘A/C 1st class’, back in 1993.…
Purusottam Thakur receiving Laadli Media and Advertising Award (2014-15)
Impact and achievement of PARI stories
For a relatively new and audacious venture, one of the ways we understand that what we do matters to people is when it creates real change in the world or…