Mahua Dabar, a thriving textile town in present-day Uttar Pradesh, was home to Bengali Muslim weavers who had migrated from Murshidabad. Razed by British forces during the 1857 uprising, the town was erased from the map — until one Mumbai tailor spent 14 years uncovering its forgotten history.
“My loyalty is not to power. It is to the people,” says Neha Bora. “Parties can change, and those in power can change. But we have questioned those in power in every phase and faced repression from every government in power.”
नेहा बोरा ने कहा, “हमारी निष्ठा सत्ता के प्रति नहीं, जनता के प्रति है।” JPSC आंदोलन, Gen Z के बढ़ते राजनीतिक भरोसे, राहुल गांधी और उमर खालिद पर भी उन्होंने बेबाकी से अपनी बात रखी