{"id":57352,"date":"2024-03-18T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=57352"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:38:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:08:45","slug":"how-to-identify-a-researcher-nonprofit-humour","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/article\/humour\/how-to-identify-a-researcher-nonprofit-humour\/","title":{"rendered":"How to identify a researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This story was told to IDR by Shankar Singh, co-founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan.<\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A researcher goes to &lsquo;the grassroots&rsquo;: <\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading secondlevel\">1.<\/h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style='font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New 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srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2-768x510.jpg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1540px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2.jpg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 2000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading secondlevel\">3. <\/h3><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 1366px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-768x510.jpg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1540px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3.jpg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 2000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Illustrations by Ishwar Singh.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"idron-3234795405\" class=\"idron-article-in-content idron-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idranswers.idronline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png\" alt=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-1024x205.png 1024w, 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