People's Archive of Rural India

It’s ten years since PARI was officially launched on December 20, 2014. Our biggest achievement? We’re still here. A piece on PARI's evolution by @PSainath_org ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/pa…

ruralindiaonline.org/article/the-wa… Jharkhand's migrant labourers are among the hardest hit by the acute shortage of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders spurred by the American-Israeli war on Iran.

Spend a weekend with stories from the countryside PARI is bringing stories, films, songs, workshops, and talks to the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), Bangalore. Link to the events: map-india.org/events/ @NamitaWaikar @journohardy @PritiDavid2 @chempkumar @rainmessenger

The water crisis in the rann is a dystopic fit for the 21st century – with communities allocated water in line with their purchasing power. A butterfly effect of the privatization is that entire agariya communities now suffer from preventable, curable ailments.

“I don’t like working here but I must help my husband. He has low blood pressure, and the heat makes him faint. He has constant headaches which get worse as the summer peaks. Who would want to work here... in this heat.” says Rizwana

ruralindiaonline.org/article/water-… Salt pan workers in Gujarat’s Kachchh district suffer serious health problems escalated by a severe shortage of potable water and non-functioning health centres Story by @VidyaKrishnan

Part II: State of Rural health for @PARInetwork From Lil Rann of Kutch where water has been privatized. Salt & heat draws out water from everything: lips crack, throats burn w. thirst, eyes water & heels split. Everything & everyone is thirsty here ruralindiaonline.org/article/water-…

“Even after becoming an MLA, I haven’t disappeared from the ground. In fact, I have become more active. Moving forward, I want to make sure we bring a first class hospital in my constituency. That is still missing.”

When Nikole became an MLA in 2019, he started receiving a salary of Rs. 1.5 lakh per month which, in Maharashtra, became Rs. 2 lakh after the 2024 elections. “Before that, the party paid me Rs. 3,000 a month. I donate half my monthly salary to the party even today.”

Vinod Nikole hadn’t so much as a bank account against his name when he realised he was contesting Maharashtra’s assembly elections for the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from the constituency of Dahanu. Story by @parthpunter ruralindiaonline.org/article/the-po…

ruralindiaonline.org/article/ceasef… The war on Iran, via the LPG shortage, is disrupting the midday meals of schoolchildren as far off from there as Uttar Pradesh. That’s the only nutritious meal millions of Indian children have each day.