Poorvapar is a project that collects and preserves personal stories from people with roots in eastern India, especially Bihar and Jharkhand.
About the Project
Through interviews, family photographs, and everyday objects, the project shares how ordinary people have lived, moved, worked, and built their lives over time. Many of these stories reflect journeys of migration — leaving home, adapting to new places, and staying connected to where one comes from.
Poorvapar also challenges the stereotypes often associated with these regions. By highlighting the richness and complexity of everyday life, it presents the region through a more nuanced and dignified lens.
The name Poorvapar means “the first and the last.” It reflects how memories travel across generations and geographies, connecting the past to the present, and shaping the future.