VISIBLE plumes of fumes escape through cracks in the earth. The air feels heavy with coal dust and the acrid smell of burning coal. The ground itself appears scorched, blackened in places where underground fires have been burning for decades. Villages in and around Jharia—one of India’s largest coal reserves, but also known for its dangerous coal seam fires—resemble a smouldering wasteland.
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No Singular Self
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Mass Killing
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Passing on the Gavel
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Tapping Everyday Intimacies
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Tooth and Nail
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Beyond Enemy Lines
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Ramyeon Mogole?
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Old Ties, Modern Dreams
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