Tag: allahabad
Hijra LeaderTakes A Stand
Transgender rickshaw driver fights for his community, leads protests against corrupt police, municipal employees in India’s Allahabad.
Kajri – Voices OfLonely Women
Folk music ‘Kajri’ provides glimpses into the lives of ordinary women in rural India.
Slum Escapes Eviction
Legal intervention, sought by activists including our correspondent Ajeet Bahadur has helped 200 slum dwellers escape eviction in Allahabad.
Rural WorkersDenied Wages
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) provides livelihood security to rural poor.
Sand Wars Continued
Organized mafia groups control much of Uttar Pradesh’s economic and commercial activities.
Sand Wars on the Yamuna
On the banks of river Yamuna in Allahabad sand extraction is done on a large scale.