More Hrishipara Diarists thought November 2025 was better than October, but by a small margin. Health was a major factor and you can see more about that at www.hrishiparadiaries.com/home/corona-...

Durga Puja, the favourite festival of Bengali Hindus, fell in October, and was enjoyed. That made the difference for an otherwise lacklustre month for the Hrishipara Diarists. More at www.hrishiparadiaries.com/home/corona-...

September saw Durga Puja, Bengali Hindus' main festival. The Hindus among the Hrishipara Diarists enjoyed it as the chart shows. Income and health featured much less strongly than they usually do. See more at www.hrishiparadailydiaries.com/home/corona-virus

The Hrishipara Diarists reported their gloomiest month-on-month assessment (of July versus June) since the political disturbances of a year ago. It was aggravated by many reports of ill health. More at www.hrishiparadiaries.com/home/corona-...

For our Hrishipara Diarists, May was not a good month.
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Ten years of uninterrupted daily collection of every money transaction made by 60 low-income households. See their stories and their data at sites.google.com/site/hriship...

The Hrishipara Diarists were a bit gloomy this month. Health remains a problem, more so than income declines. See more at sites.google.com/site/hriship...

Do you know how to get the most out of an MFI? Our Diarist 20 figured it out for herself. See more at sites.google.com/site/hriship... #financialinclusion

Why is milk second only to meat as a stock purchase for a Bangladeshi village restaurant? You can find out at sites.google.com/site/hriship...

The Hrishipara Diarists reported an unusually high incidence of illness - even of death among family members - in their latest 'month on month' survey. We are looking at whether this is a peculiar or a local or even national trend. See more at sites.google.com/site/hriship...

Interested in how people spend their time? Two of our Hrishipara Diarists gave us a blow-by-blow account of how they spent each day for a month. Here's the opening of Day 1 for 'Ani':
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From now on I'm using this channel to post news about the HRISHIPARA DIARISTS and other takes on understanding how poor people manage their money. sites.google.com/site/hriship...