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Lockdown Impact: Filled forms, have Bunkar Card, yet got no help from gov’t Part-10 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
30-Sep-2021
During our fact-finding mission in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, we came across Riaz Ul Haq, a weaver from the Kareemuddin Pusatti neighbourhood in Ghosi, Mau. When we met him in November 2020, he said that despite having a Bunkar Card and filling various forms for help under the weaver assistance scheme, he got…
Lockdown impact: “Those who once greeted me with ‘salaam’, don’t even talk to me any more” Part-9 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
23-Sep-2021
During our fact-finding mission in Purvanchal, we came across several instances of unemployed families forced to the brink of starvation. In December 2020, we met Mohammed Shoeb, an elderly gentleman from Revri Talab in Madanpura, who had not eaten a single morsel of food that day. “Food wasn’t cooked in our kitchen today,” says 65-yesr-old…
No Work, No Income – Purvanchal’s weavers caught in a web of distress CJP's Fact Finding team brings out stories of Purvanchal's weaving community
21-Sep-2021
Watch how the businesses of these traditional weavers of Purvanchal have hit an all time low. CJP and our partners on ground are on a fact finding mission to bring out stories of the weaving community of Purvanchal, who have been hit by the twin blows of coronavirus lockdown and administrative apathy. Support CJP’s work…
Lockdown impact: Religion-based discrimination rampant in Varanasi? Part-8 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
15-Sep-2021
CJP’s fact finding mission analysing the plight of workers from the weaving industry and allied activities, in face of the Covid induced lockdown, has also come across several allegations of religion-based discrimination, even amidst a deadly pandemic. On November 29, 2020, our team came across Imtiaz*, an Aari worker who was forced to run a coffee stand…
Lockdown impact: Unemployed fathers, abused mothers and daughters deprived of education Part-7 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
08-Sep-2021
As part of CJP’s fact-finding mission in Uttar Pradesh’s Purvanchal region, we held a meeting with some young girls from weaver families in Saraiya in December 2020. They told us that after failing to find work the men in their homes would often vent their frustration by getting physically violent with the women. Some of the…
Lockdown impact: Lungi weavers left in the lurch Part-6 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
01-Sep-2021
CJP’s fact-finding team studying the impact of the Lockdown on weavers in Uttar Pradesh’s Purvanchal region, found itself in Shahpur, Azamgarh in November 2020. Here, we came across Ahmed Ansari, who weaves and sells lungis or traditional waist cloth. He told us how the increasing cost of raw materials and electricity charges as well as…
समस्या सुनिए, नहीं तो गोली मार दीजिए: पूर्वांचल के बुनकर CJP की फैक्ट फाइंडिंग टीम पूर्वांचल के बुनकरों की दुर्दशा बयान कर रही हैं
06-May-2021
कोरोनाकाल के लॉकडाउन और कर्फ्यू ने पूर्वांचल की हज़ारों महिला बुनकरों की जीविका बर्बाद कर दिया है, भूख और मुसीबतों के पहाड़ ने उन्हें ऐसे क़दम लेने पर मजबूर कर दिया है जिसकी हम कल्पना भी नहीं कर सकते हैं. CJP की फैक्ट फाइंडिंग टीम की रिपोर्ट में देखिये ये महिलाएं क्या कह रही हैं.…
लॉकडाउन ने करीमपुर को बनाया खंडहर, बुनकर हुए मोहताज लॉकडाउन ने बुनकरों की दुर्दशा कर दी है, CJP टीम के एक्सक्लूसिव वीडियो
19-Apr-2021
CJP की फैक्ट फाइंडिंग टीम, पूर्वांचल के बुनकरों की दुर्दशा बयान कर रही हैं, देखिए करीमपुर की दास्तान, जहाँ लॉकडाउन ने बुनकरों का जीवन यापन दूभर कर दिया है। CJP फैक्ट फाइंडिंग टीम के बारे में अधिक जानने के लिए: cjp.org.in पर लॉग ऑन करें . Related: Lockdown Impact: Crushing debt, mounting bills Lockdown Impact: Weaver family…
लॉकडाउन से बुनकरों की बुरी हालत, CJP ने किया खुलासा देखिए पूर्वांचल के बुनकरों का यह विशेष वीडियो
09-Apr-2021
CJP की फैक्ट फाइंडिंग टीम आपके लिए लेकर आई है पूर्वांचल के बुनकरों की हताशा और निराशा की दास्तान. जो लॉकडाउन तथा प्रशासनिक उदासीनता के प्रभाव को उजागर कर रही है. Related: Lockdown Impact: Crushing debt, mounting bills Lockdown Impact: Weaver family drowning in debt Lockdown Impact: Weavers forced to become tea sellers! How Purvanchal’s…
Lockdown Impact: Weaver family drowning in debt Part-2 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
12-Mar-2021
The traditional Banarasi weaving industry in India’s Purvanchal region is withering, and people engaged in the trade are struggling financially. Entire families have been pushed into poverty, girls are suffering in the absence of online education as schools are shut. Our team came across 18-year-old Amina whose family of ten in Mubarakpur, is struggling to get back…