In photos: How floods and uncertainty of climate are hurting Maharashtra’s women farm workers

As women farm labourers in Kolhapur and Sangli deal with the aftereffects of floods, they are reporting disruptions to their physical and mental wellbeing.

Sanket Jain

· Jun 26, 2022 · 07:30 pm

How villages in Maharashtra learned to coexist peacefully with the growing crocodile population

Sand mining is forcing crocodiles to move closer to human settlements, but thankfully there have been no conflicts.

Sanket Jain

· Nov 27, 2018 · 11:30 am

A retired electrician in a Maharashtra village is fighting casteism, one bhajan at a time

As a child, Avinash More wasn’t allowed in village temples. His voice, which ‘can make the dead walk’, changed that.

Sanket Jain

· Oct 01, 2018 · 11:30 am

The story of Dhondiram Ambekar, a tailor, a farmhand – and an award-winning singer

Hailing from Rendal in Maharashtra, this 70-year-old has 65 trophies and a whole host of certificates won at singing competitions across the state.

Sanket Jain

· Sep 04, 2018 · 11:30 am

Music migrants: These nomads have been roaming India for decades in search of broken harmoniums

For nine months each year, the Gawli community from a village in Madhya Pradesh travels to hamlets to repair harmoniums.

Sanket Jain

· Jul 17, 2018 · 11:30 am

In the digital age, a 120-year-old library in rural Maharashtra shows that books aren’t dead

Despite all the odds, the management of Nagar Wachnalaya in Kurundwad is working to save thousands of old Marathi and English books.

Sanket Jain

· Jul 09, 2018 · 11:00 am

Why a 66-year-old Maharashtrian villager has been sending congratulatory postcards to strangers

Annappa Chougule has taken it upon himself to praise local and national achievers, including Sonia Gandhi and Narendra Modi.

Sanket Jain

· May 23, 2018 · 11:30 am

A Marathi power loom worker’s poems, written to the sound of machines, have been winning awards

Mohammad Naikavadi has won much acclaim in his native Maharashtra, but he yearns for more readers.

Sanket Jain

· Mar 12, 2018 · 11:30 am