Manish Hindavi, who had studied in English medium institutions all through his student life, took up the challenge of teaching economics in Hindi when he joined a college in Basti, Uttar Pradesh. Along with teaching, Manish has been working on various social causes including distribution of sanitary pads and health awareness.

Every year, as many as 100,000 villagers in Barabanki relocate to temporary shelters when the Ghaghara river inundates their villages and destroys their crops. These rural residents are trapped between the embankments of the river built for flood control. Villages like Tepra are washed away and for the past three years now, people are living on an embankment awaiting compensation and rehabilitation. Will the UP election results change their fate? A ground report.