It’s ten years since PARI was officially launched on December 20, 2014. Our biggest achievement? We’re still here. A piece on PARI's evolution by @PSainath_org ruralindiaonline.org/en/arti…

ruralindiaonline.org/article… Diesel rationing, panic buying and long queues at fuel stations are disrupting farm operations across many districts in Maharashtra. Small cultivators are worst hit, and some are returning to bullock power Read the full story by @journohardy

ruralindiaonline.org/article… The story of a Dalit woman from Punjab’s Patti town in Tarn Taran district who must clean cattle sheds for a living even in her old age

ruralindiaonline.org/article… PARI reporter, Rahul M gives us a snapshot of a village in the Thar desert in Rajasthan during his visit to a Meghwal family, but also captures the changing water and climate situation there

Just lovely as always to read these stories from @PARInetwork. Just the lives of Indians. The best kind of journalism. Three labourers in a train Conversations from the packed Raipur-Dhamtari train, which carries daily wage workers along the 66-kilometre route. But the state has recently shortened the track, cutting off this narrow gauge lifeline for many ruralindiaonline.org/article…

ruralindiaonline.org/article… The war in Iran is inflicting casualties of another kind in Srinagar and elsewhere. The traditional feasts – and their chefs – central to weddings in the state, are in trouble

The godman styling himself ‘Gadge Maharaj’ ran a growing empire in Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra. PARI reporter Parth M.N. @parthpunter visited his ashram shortly before his arrest in April. Read the full story on PARI. ruralindiaonline.org/article… @pulitzercenter

1/3. They’re back! India’s 224 billionaires have recovered to cross the $1 trillion-mark in terms of cumulative net worth. Heartening to learn from the Forbes live list that as of May 27, all our beloved billionaires have shrugged off the ill-effects of the annoying war in West Asia. That conflict briefly pulled India’s Billi Brotherhood down to a humiliating 980-billion dollar rung. Now they’ve bounced back. Could it be that the austerity of others feeds into the opulence of the Brothers? With a little bit of help from their friends, the Brotherhood have returned to an honourable cumulative worth of $1011 billion, or just over a trillion dollars. A saga of stunning endurance, and a demo of how to keep raking it in when most other Indians reel under repeated blows and show no spark of resistance.

ruralindiaonline.org/article… Loss of biodiversity and a changing coastal landscape reshape the livelihoods of fisherfolk in north Chennai. Story by Noor Nisha on PARI