Disha Mullick lives in Bangalore and is a writer and consultant. She has worked as an editor and journalist, and then at Khabar Lahariya for eighteen years. She now misses Bundelkhand, its baigans and karelas, more than she ever thought she would.

Geeta Devi lives in Banda district and has studied till class eight. In 2009, she joined Khabar Lahariya as a correspondent. She enjoys all kinds of reporting but her favourite beat is the environment. She loves travelling. She s currently the Bureau Chief at Khabar Lahariya.

Harshita Verma is from Kanpur and lives in Hyderabad. She has a postgraduate degree in marketing. She joined Khabar Lahariya as a social media manager and now oversees the organization s communication and outreach.

Kavita Bundelkhandi lives in Banda. In her childhood, it was considered wrong to have girls study. After she was married, she studied at the Mahila Samakhya centre and then went on to do a postgraduation in Political Science. She s a co-founder and editor-in-chief of Khabar Lahariya and CEO of Chambal Media, Khabar Lahariya s parent company. She also hosts a show called The Kavita Show.

Lakshmi Sharma is from Bihar s smallest district, Sheohar. She s a graduate in Hindi literature. She joined Khabar Lahariya as a reporter in 2010 and at present is an executive producer. Her favourite thing to do is video editing.

Lalita is from Ayodhya district and studied Hindi Journalism and Mass Communication in university. She is currently a senior producer and enjoys hosting her show, Technical Gupshup.

Meera Devi lives in Banda and is a postgraduate in Political Science. She joined Khabar Lahariya in 2006, to start the Banda edition, and is at present the Managing Editor of Khabar Lahariya.

Nazni Rizvi is from Banda. She doesn t have a degree per se, but she studied up to class 5 and then joined Khabar Lahariya in 2007. She began as an agent, selling the newspaper for a commission and at present is a full-time chief reporter.

Shyamkali is from Banda district, and studied till class five, although she probably actually attended school for only two years, because then her father said there was no need to study, she wasn t going to need to work as he was going to get her married into a household where she d be looked after! She joined Khabar Lahariya in 2010 and did sales and rural reporting. She is currently a full-time chief reporter.