ABSTRACT
My stories-as-her-stories emerge from ethnographic research in two villages, TDK and DCB, located in north Bihar. TDK village is situated 1 km from the roadside and the district administration offices. This village has approximately 167 houses belonging to a total population of 1,342 people. All the people in the village are Muslim and a majority of them work as construction and agriculture labourers. DCB village is situated 110 km from the town area where the district administration offices are based. This village is approximately 0.5 km from the roadside. There are 247 houses in the village holding a total population of 1,305 people. The majority of people in this village belong to Dalit 5 ‘communities’.
