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Homegrown en 2026-07-20T12:00:00.000Z Sonam Wangchuk, Ken-Betwa, & The Unequal Politics Of Protest & Solidarity In India Sonam Wangchuk, Sonam Wangchuk protest, Sonam Wangchuk, hunger strike, Hunger strike, Hunger, strike India, India hunger strike, Sonam Wangchuk news, Sonam Wangchuk protests, Sonam Wangchuk hospital, Sonam Wangchuk protest news, Sonam Wangchuk hunger, strike news, Sonam Wangchuk India , Ken-Betwa, Ken-Betwa protest, Ken-Betwa river, Ken-Betwa river protest, Ken-Betwa river protest news, Ken-Betwa protest, Bundelkhand, Ken-Betwa protest, Madhya Pradesh, Democracy, Democracy in India, Democracy, India, Indian democracy, Class politics, Class politics India, Class and visibility, Protest and class https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/in-shantipur-pranoy-sarkar-found-the-people-behind-the-fabric https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-07-20/1iehzlzn/5.png In the first chapter of a three-part photographic series, Pranoy Sarkar explores Shantipur, West Bengal’s historic weaving town, through the lens of community and place. 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