Rintu Thomas

co-director of “Writing with Fire”

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For 20 years in rural northern India, an all-women group has run an increasingly popular news outlet called Khabar Lahariya.

Women journalists from India’s lowest caste challenge who’s in charge and what’s newsworthy

For 20 years in rural northern India, an all-women group has run an increasingly popular news outlet called Khabar Lahariya.

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