A Rural Newspaper
Khabar Lahariya - Bundeli for ‘News Waves’ - is a weekly rural newspaper written, edited, illustrated, produced and marketed by a group of women - most of them from marginalised Dalit, Kol and Muslim communities - in Chitrakoot and Banda districts of Uttar Pradesh in north India. The publication began in May 2002 in Chitrakoot and a second edition was launched in the adjoining Banda district in October 2006. Presently, between both editions, Khabar Lahariya has a print run of almost 5,000 copies, and a readership of over 25,000 in over 400 villages in both districts.
In 2008 the Khabar Lahariya group registered as an independent organisation, Pahal - one of the only rural women's media collectives in the country.
With the growing popularity and recognition that Khabar Lahariya has achieved, Nirantar is now working on expansion of the newspaper. A women's collective will soon be producing an edition of Khabar Lahariya from Sitamarhi district of Bihar. Nirantar organises Rural Journalism Courses to train other women's collectives to bring out editions of Khabar Lahariya.
Nirantar Wins King Sejong Prize for Literacy 2009 for Khabar Lahariya!
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