Hasan and his team of reporters juggle day jobs as labourers and seamstresses to report on their remote community.
![(L-R) Russiah Begum, Nazrul Islam Bilal, Abdul Latif and editor-in-chief Hasan Parvez meet to discuss the new issue of Andharmanik, a handwritten community newspaper [Diwash Gahatraj/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_3035-1755590067.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Diwash Gahatraj is an independent journalist based in Siliguri. He covers a diverse array of topics, including the environment, marginalised communiti... es, climate change, food, and farming.
Hasan and his team of reporters juggle day jobs as labourers and seamstresses to report on their remote community.
![(L-R) Russiah Begum, Nazrul Islam Bilal, Abdul Latif and editor-in-chief Hasan Parvez meet to discuss the new issue of Andharmanik, a handwritten community newspaper [Diwash Gahatraj/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_3035-1755590067.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A hole-in-the-wall tea shop in West Bengal, founded by a freedom fighter, is run by customers when the owner is out.
