"करिहा छमा छठी मैया भूल चूक गलती हमार ..." (Chhath video : Gender analysis by Purwa Bharadwaj)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG8F-csoRAQ

'पहिले पहिल छठी मैया' यह पिछले साल का वीडियो है, मगर मैंने अभी पिछले महीने देखा था. उसके बाद कई बार नज़र से गुज़रा.  इधर तो सोशल मीडिया में यह तेज़ी से घूमने लगा है. छठ जो नज़दीक है !

लेकिन बिहार के महत्त्वपूर्ण त्योहार छठ पर केन्द्रित इस वीडियो से गैर-बिहारी भी अपने को जोड़ सकते हैं. अपने अपने प्रदेश की संस्कृति से दूर जाने की कसक सबको है. इसमें अतीत की खूबसूरत चीज़ों के छूट जाने का दर्द ऐसे पिरोया हुआ है कि उसका साधारणीकरण होने में देर नहीं लगती है.  

Dalit Women who beat drums, Bihar

The Nari Gunjan Sargam Mahila Band is a group of 10 drummers - the first all women's band in Bihar. These women from the underprivileged Musahar community have trained for months with the support of Sudha Varghese who established Nari Gunjan, an organization that works towards the education, livelihood and rights of the Dalit and Mahadalit communities of Bihar. Their music is empowering, joyous and a steady source of livelihood for them. This film was commissioned by Oxfam India who work closely with Nari Gunjan as a partner organization

The Atlas Of Beauty by Mihaela Noroc

Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc spent nearly four years shooting portraits of — and collecting stories about — women from around the world.

The product of her vision — and her travels to 50 countries — can be seen in her book The Atlas Of Beauty, hitting shelves Tuesday.

The project, she says, began as something "very genuine and sincere" that she financed, initially, with her own savings — and by being frugal in her backpacking adventure. She later crowd-funded, including a Facebook campaign in March.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navaro spoke with the 31-year-old via phone from Berlin about her photography. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.


SyriaMihaela Noroc/Courtesy of Ten Speed Press
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