Chhattisgarh

Cherchera is a traditional harvest festival in Chhattisgarh. Celebrated on a full moon night in Paush (January), it involves people going from house to house in villages, asking for freshly…

I live in Pelma village in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district, where I practise agriculture and livestock farming. In the past few decades, coal mines have been set up in most of…

I live in Sarasmal village in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, where I work as a farm labourer on people’s agricultural fields, but I barely manage to make ends meet.Sarasmal lies in…

In 2019, a public hearing was conducted in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district to discuss the impact of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited’s coal mine on the local environment. The proposed…

Residing primarily in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, the Bhunjia tribe follows a host of traditional practices that contribute to their isolated lifestyle. The women of the community in particular live solitary…

I have been working as a vaid (traditional healer) in Teganwada village in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh for 30 years now. I learned traditional medicine from my father and grandfather…

In 2012, I was doing MGNREGA-related work in Jargaon, a village in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district, when five women came up to me asking if I could help them. They told…

Lohars are blacksmiths. They travel from village to village, selling the tools and utensils that they make. This search for work often takes them and their families hundreds of kilometres…