---
language:
- te
tags:
- journalism
- rural-india
- paari
- te
- telugu


size_categories:
- n<1K
task_categories:
- text-generation
- text-classification
multilinguality:
- monolingual
pretty_name: "PAARI Telugu Dataset"
---

# PAARI Telugu Dataset

## Dataset Description

This dataset contains journalism articles in Telugu (తెలుగు) from the People's Archive of Rural India (PAARI). The articles focus on rural life, agriculture, social issues, and cultural stories from rural India.

### Dataset Details

- **Language**: Telugu (తెలుగు)
- **Script**: Telugu
- **Language Code**: `te`
- **Dataset Type**: Standard
- **Source**: [Rural India Online](https://ruralindiaonline.org)
- **License**: Please refer to PAARI's terms of use

### Dataset Structure

#### Standard Dataset Fields



- `title`: Article title in Telugu
- `text`: Full article content in Telugu





### Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("keplersystems/PAARI-Telugu")

# Access examples
for article in dataset["train"]:
    print(f"Title: {article["title"]}")
    print(f"Text: {article["text"][:200]}...")
```

### Text Processing

The text has been cleaned and processed with:
- HTML entity decoding
- HTML tag removal
- Telugu-specific text normalization
- Whitespace normalization
- Paragraph structure preservation

### Data Quality

- Articles filtered for completeness (both title and text required)
- Language-specific text cleaning applied
- Full article integrity maintained

### Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

```
@misc{paari-te-dataset,
    title={PAARI Telugu Dataset},
    author={People's Archive of Rural India},
    howpublished={\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/keplersystems/PAARI-Telugu}},
    year={2025}
}
```

### Acknowledgments

This dataset is derived from the excellent journalism work of the People's Archive of Rural India (PAARI) and Rural India Online. We thank all the journalists, photographers, and contributors who created this valuable content documenting rural Indian life and culture.

### Contact

For questions about this dataset, please open an issue on the [dataset repository](https://huggingface.co/datasets/keplersystems/PAARI-Telugu).