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In the wholesale market of Chennai, daily wage workers heave, pull and carry large loads. Many are over the age of 60, and still working the long hours doing arduous labour, with little time to pause between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Story: Noor Nisha

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A story about Uday Karmakar, a metalsmith in Birbhum district of West Bengal, who can turn out household items such as bnoti (chopping and cutting tool) and khunti and farming equipment such as kodal and kaste.

Story by Sarbajaya Bhattacharya.

Neha Dixit is the first recepient of this award instituted in memory of Sonya Gill, PARI Co-Founder and Trustee who left us in August 2026.

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The Bihar government has leased land to power giant Adani in Bhagalpur district for a coal-based power plant. This land has sustained the lives and livelihoods of generations of Santhal and Pahariya Adivasis