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[21 Jan 2011 | No Comment | ]
a 2,000-year-old job: The Jaga geneaologists on PRI’s The World

Few of us in this day and age have held jobs for several years, let alone for generations. Chhavi Sachdev in India caught up with a set of brothers who have followed in the footsteps of their fathers and their fore-fathers before them – for the last 2020 years!

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[24 Dec 2010 | No Comment | ]
Tis the season and it’s changed - Earthbeat

Christmas in India is mainly celebrated by 25 million Christians – under 3 percent of the population. But in recent years, the festival has become very popular across India’s religious spectrum. For Earth Beat, here’s an essay about how Christmas has changed in the last 30 years.

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[10 Dec 2010 | No Comment | ]
double handicap

Disabled communities in India are still seen as being less than “normal”. For Lata Umrania who is totally blind, her handicap has closed her out of the job she’s trained and qualified to do perfectly well – teach. And being disabled is also hard for those in the marriage market, as Shailesh Kulkarni found out.













































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