<p>Aashna Shrivastava tells us the story of the Wahane family from Ridhora, Maharashtra. Kejiram Wahane took the drastic step when he was unable to repay a bank loan taken for farming.</p>
<p>Leeldhar Wahane explains why his brother ran out of options and what the future holds for his family.</p>

Aashna Shrivastava tells us the story of the Wahane family from Ridhora, Maharashtra. Kejiram Wahane took the drastic step when he was unable to repay a bank loan taken for farming. Leeldhar Wahane explains why his brother ran out of options and what the future holds for his family.

A loan, a dead end and a family

Storytellers would travel from village to village, narrating stories on lives, livelihoods, cultures, values, knowledge systems, codes of conduct, divisions of labour, food systems, sociopolitics, and their relationships to their natural habitats. Somewhere along the way, this old practice started dying out, leaving precious local knowledge in the past. We bring stories from local and indigenous communities about the rich rural life.

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A loan, a dead end and a family