In Bhaona, Assam’s traditional religious theatre performed in sacred spaces, lower castes, tribal and women performers are shrugging off the casteist and gender slurs, and claiming their own space

In every delicious baqar-khani bread, pappa biscuit and khaja sweetmeat made in Bihar’s capital city, lives a recipe for survival. The toil and skill of artisanal bakers is easily forgotten, but their devotion to the craft and tradition endures

Faguni Devi and other women from the Mallah community in Baranw village in Jharkhand’s Palamu district weave a rope from sunn hemp fibre to earn some additional income that keeps them going as climate change hits farm yields

In a tribal village in Rajasthan, Rayali Bai takes us through the process of making butter using traditional tools and processes

Mookambika Varamballi is counted among the first-ever female performers of this musical dance drama from Tulunadu, Karnataka. Her journey traces the arrival of women-led troupes in this art form

The dark realities of the lives of the workers who light up the Diwali for many

Santhal Adivasis today continue to fight the same battle for land rights that their ancestors fought centuries ago in Bihar, ironically, one of the earliest states to legislate land reforms after Independence