Stories written by Pinaki Roy

World Water Day: Cry for Water in the South

By Pinaki Roy and Dipankar Roy
Roksana Khatun moves aside dirt and floating leaves from a pond, slowly lowers her earthen pitcher into it and fills it with around 20 litres of water.

The Last of the Kharia Speakers

By Mintu Deshwara and Pinaki Roy
Since her husband Abrahm Soreng died two years ago, 70-year-old Veronica Kerketa doesn't get the chance to talk in her mother tongue at home. None of her children or grandchildren speak the Kharia language.

Exodus of Refugees Turns Fatal

By Pinaki Roy and Mohammad Ali Jinnat
Law enforcers rescued 19 bodies of Rohingya people, who had been fleeing violence in Myanmar, from the Bay of Bengal after the ill-equipped boats carrying them capsized yesterday.


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