NFI Fellowships 2021
2021-Round 2 English
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Alishan Jafri
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
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Alishan Jafri is an independent journalist based in Lucknow, and contributes to the Wire, Newsclick and Article 14. He writes on politics, majoritarianism, and communal violence against minorities in India. As part of the fellowship, he published a detailed story on the impact of Meat Ban on poultry farmers and butchers in Uttar Pradesh. In the process of reporting, Alishan was helped and mentored by Seema Chishti.
PUBLISHED IN The Quint ON 07 September 2021
Meat Trade on a Knife's Edge Due to Yogi's Policies, Mathura Ban the Latest Blow
Meat Trade on a Knife's Edge Due to Yogi's Policies, Mathura Ban the Latest Blow
It is not mere happenstance that politicisation of meat is taking place at a time when the boneless meat exports are yielding a great deal of revenue for the Uttar Pradesh government, while the local poultry industry and small meat markets continue to suffer.
