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The social sector typically uses art for awareness and behaviour change. Going against the grain, a Marathi comedy show emerges with some valuable lessons. by SEEMA NAIR Art and activism have always been closely linked. Think of Kabir and his dohe, Basavanna and… Continue Reading →
Aunohita Mojumdar was based in Kabul from 2003 to 2012. ByAunohita Mojumdar25 Aug, 2021 “Terror sells,” the young TV journalist told me. And with that succinct statement, my career in Indian television was over before it had begun. I remembered… Continue Reading →
As US troops leave Afghanistan, Billy Joel drops new hit single, “Who tf started the fire?”. by- Piyush Joe Biden has sparked several debates across ideologies due to his recent decision of withdrawing American troops back from Afghanistan, leaving the… Continue Reading →
August 18, 2021 By Frud Bezhan Tolo News reporters in their newsroom in Kabul. (file photo) Prominent female news presenter Shabnam Dawran is one of Afghanistan’s most recognizable faces. But after the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghan capital on August 15,… Continue Reading →
ऐसा न था की हम से बनाई ना गईबात इतनी तल्ख थी,की सुनाई ना गई वो कहता रहा मैं अदल का मुहाफीज हूंजब खुद पे बात आई तो निभाई ना गई हमने अक्सर कहा,मुख्तलीफ है हम तुमसेहां कह दिया,मगर ज़ेहन… Continue Reading →
AUGUST 4, 2021 NWMI member Divya Arya has been telling people’s stories for almost two decades now. Navigating video, audio and text mediums across English and Hindi languages, Divya Arya explores human rights and social justice issues with a gender lens. An… Continue Reading →
SEEMA SHARMA 04 Aug 2021 The rape of a 38-year-old widow by an assistant sub-inspector who implicated her son under the Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act to coerce her for sexual favours is the latest in a flood of cases… Continue Reading →
Female journalists and activists say they had their private photos shared on social media by governments seeking to intimidate and silence them. Aug. 1, 2021, 3:30 PM ISTBy Olivia Solon Ghada Oueiss, a Lebanese broadcast journalist at Al-Jazeera, was eating dinner… Continue Reading →
Jul 30th 2021 Indians have a particular love affair with WhatsApp. With roughly 400m active users, India is the messaging app’s biggest market BY NIKITA LALWANI One spring day in 2018 the police chief of an agricultural district in southern… Continue Reading →
The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, welcomed the adoption by the General Assembly on 21 July of resolution A/75/L.115 on “Promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech”. The resolution… Continue Reading →