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Gurvinder Singh

Gurvinder Singh is a journalist based in Kolkata

Madur artisans, most of whom are women, use a loom or a bamboo frame to weave the mats (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Weavers breathe fresh life into Bengal’s madur mats

Gurvinder Singh

July 1, 2019

A brass smith beats into shape a traditional brass pot that is no longer in demand (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Bengal’s brass workers labor to sustain tradition

Gurvinder Singh

May 2, 2019

Teenaged Santhal girls Bitti Mardi, Malati Hansda and Arpita Murmu have taken to football, defying traditions and opposition, hopeful of a better future (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Santhal girls shatter social taboo playing football

Gurvinder Singh

June 25, 2024

Villagers in Murshidabad prefer girls as they can start rolling beedis at a very young age, adding to the family income (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Beedi rolling robs Murshidabad girls of their childhood

Gurvinder Singh

March 8, 2019

Snehasish already shows symptoms of fluorosis at the age of eight, as groundwater is the only source of drinking water for the village (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Fluorosis extracts a toll in rural West Bengal

Gurvinder Singh

June 11, 2025

Doll makers of Bengal face bleak prospects

Gurvinder Singh

October 8, 2018

With ginger and cardamom failing them, West Bengal farmers like Sonbir Rai have started growing coffee in a part of their lands (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Upland farmers shift to coffee for better prospects

Gurvinder Singh

September 17, 2018

Reviving the traditional metal craft Dokra offers a lucrative livelihood to the metal smiths of Bikna (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

West Bengal brings Dokra metal craft back from brink

Gurvinder Singh

June 16, 2025

Workers of the closed Nirpania tea garden are earning a pittance from their hard labor (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Workers of closed tea gardens struggle to make a living

Gurvinder Singh

April 22, 2022

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