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Saturday December 02, 2023
Welcome to PARI,
Let’s get you acquainted
The People’s Archive of Rural India testing
PARI is about the everyday lives of everyday people. Rural India is the most diverse part of the planet. Its 833 million humans speak close to 800 languages and share millions of livelihoods, arts, cultures, literature and legends…
Many worlds, myriad tongues
PARI publishes in 15 languages spoken by 1.2 billion Indians and identified by them as their mother tongue. This is the largest multilingual journalistic endeavour in the world – treating all languages on the site as equal…
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A PARI education for a better future
Young people need to know their country. We launch their journey in classrooms, workshops and internships, engaging them in exploring many Indias. PARI also publishes many stories by student reporters…
This week on PARI
16,632 farmer suicides in 2007
Kamlabai Gudhe is a small farmer trying to make a living and support her family. She is also one of about 100,000 women across India who have lost their husbands to farm suicides since the 1990s
Hyderabad, Telangana, India • Tuesday July 25, 2023
When Meenakshi beats a pot 3000 times
Eight kilograms of mud that make beautiful music in Manamadurai, Tamil Nadu
• Tuesday July 25, 2023
Where farming means two full-time jobs
Jeyabal, of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu, is a cultivator and a swimming instructor
• Tuesday July 25, 2023
A candle in the wind
• Tuesday July 25, 2023
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test strap
• Wednesday November 01, 2023
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A bitter harvest
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Ahead: A Midsummer's Nightmare in Maharashtra
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• Tuesday July 25, 2023
Films coming up on PARI
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• Tuesday July 25, 2023
Holy cow! Small is beautiful
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• Tuesday July 25, 2023
40% rise in farmer suicides in Maharashtra
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• Tuesday July 25, 2023
A potter’s tale: 100 and counting
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• Tuesday July 25, 2023
And meanwhile in Vidharbha
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• Tuesday July 25, 2023
Cattle class: native v/s exotic
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• Tuesday July 25, 2023
Farm suicides: a 12-year saga
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• Tuesday July 25, 2023
In Focus
The PARI Library
The PARI Library brings reports and information on rural India to a single location for students, researchers and other readers. It includes official as well as independent reports, out-of-print books, rare documents and reviewed research articles.
PARI aims to record Indian faces from every single block and district in the country. That’s right — thousands and thousands of FACES, capturing the astonishing diversity of how Indians look.
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Launched on August 15, 2022, this gallery is home to photos and videos of India's little-known foot soldiers of freedom. Some of these already appear elsewhere in PARI. But there are many that don't.
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Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2018
Focus and Highlights
All India Report on Agriculture Census 2010-11
Focus and Highlights
Biju spins some magic
Focus and Highlights
Bengal District Gazetteers: Angul
Focus and Highlights
Climate Change: Perspectives from India
Focus and Highlights
2018 Global Nutrition Report: Shining a light to spur action on nutrition
Focus and Highlights
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
Focus and Highlights
