A narrative journalism repository documenting lived experience through field-based reporting and grounded storytelling with the gullies as our archive.
Stories are recorded and interpreted. Context is allowed to emerge through observation.
This week exposed a familiar imbalance. While the state signals strategic relevance, digital growth, and social inclusion, on-ground execution gaps persist. Geopolitics Disrupting Domestic Economy
Caught between faith, family, and ambition, a teenager from Lyari turns pressure into voice.Lil Killy is not chasing fame; he is demanding to be heard. Lyari comes preloaded with warnings and an inherited fear. For many outside Karachi, it exists as shorthand for gang violence, instability, and deprivation. Lil Killy
Gully Kahani is a narrative journalism archive focused on field-based documentation of lived experience. Through editorial reporting, each story is structured as an observed account of social, economic, and cultural realities within specific geographies.
Our archive is continuously expanding through on-ground narrative collection.
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Gully Kahani works with researchers, institutions, and field practitioners engaged in documenting lived environments, labour systems, and urban realities.
Collaborations are structured around narrative fieldwork and archival production.
Gully Kahani remains open to considered contributions of field material, photography, and narrative documentation. Submissions are reviewed within an editorial framework for inclusion in the archive.