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Phulabai Bhong sings about Ashadhi Ekadashi and the fast observed by Lord Vitthal's devotees on the auspicious day. It is believed that the practice releases one's soul from the cycle of life and death

Fasting to liberate the soul

Nimgaon Ketki

A billion salutations to Gautam Buddha

Majalgaon

Bhimrao: 'A diamond born to his parents'

Nandgaon

What is the worth of a woman’s endless work?

Nandgaon
Sex workers in Kamathipura have been struggling to give their children a life of dignity. Here is a poem inspired by two stories about the realities faced by these women caught in a pandemic of misery

Hoping against hope in Kamathipura

Kamathipura
Punjabi farmers protest against the farm bill 2020

The Bella Ciao of the farmers at Delhi’s gates

Sonipat

‘A drop of sweat is worth a lakh of rupees’

Nandgaon

‘A couple of acres to pay my debt’

Amritsar

Songs of love for the migrant away from home

Video Editing : Sinchita Maji
Photographer : Amol Ubhe
Kolavade
Illustration: Labani Jangi, originally from a small town of West Bengal's Nadia district, is working towards a PhD degree on Bengali labour migration at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata. She is a self-taught painter and loves to travel.

Iron in the migrants’ soul

Aurangabad
When the lockdown enhances the suffering of human beings you’ve grown up knowing and caring about for decades, says this photographer, it forces you to express yourself in poetry, beyond the lens

The photographer writes – for better or verse

Dhamtari

Locked-down with blood on the tracks

Aurangabad