Aparna Marandi from Giridih in Jharkhand a singing a song written by people’s poet Jeetan Marandi in Khortha language. The song talks about giving equal rights to boys and girls. He says both boy and girls comes out from mother’s womb then why this double standards. It calls for rejecting the current attitude of giving more importance to boys and calls for creating a world where men and women have equal status. For more Aparna ji can be reached at 09771949885

Aparna Marandi from Giridih district of Jharkhand is demanding that Below Poverty Line survey be done again as more than 90% people are left in the new survey and the poorest of the poor are now not part of BPL. She says in her village where there is no school and no other government facility only 4 out of 117 families have been listed in the new list and rest of the families are not getting benefit of govt schemes meant for BPL families like Indira Awas and Old age pension. For more Aparna ji can be reached at 09771949885

Aparna Marandi is today visiting a village alled Tilda in Giridih district of Jharkhand. She speaks to the headman of the village who tells her that many poor people have been left out in the new Below Poverty Line( BPL) survey. There is no drinking water and people are dying after drinking dirty water. They can not get treatment because they do not have money and there are no roads. There is no water for irrigation as well as the ponds have dried and there is no electricity. If govt can look at these issues it willl help these poor people. For more Aparna ji can be reached at 09771949885

Aparna Marandi, wife of jailed cultural activist Jeetan Marandi is appealing to Govt to reconsider the case of her husband and similar people who are languishing in jail on “false” charges. She says Jeetan never took part in any violent activity and was falsely charged in Chilkhari Maoist attack and a session court gave him death sentence which Jharkhand High court has rejected and acquitted him in all the cases but police has charged him with more false cases. For more Aparna ji can be reached at 09771949885

Aparna Marandi is singing a Santhali song on Sidhu and Kanhu two adivasis who led the Santhal rebellion in 1856-57. She says in the song that people should take inspiration from people like Sidhu and Kanhu today to save their Land, water and forest. For more Aparna ji can be reached at 09771949885