October 2010

Riot: Who Benefits?

 
/ October 11, 2010

Dominant groups often use violent forms of protest to press their point. This video from Haryana, India shows how an entire community suffers during such riot.

Dam – Way To Develop Or Destroy?

 
/ October 8, 2010

40,000 tribal people face displacement, starvation as government builds mega dam in Manipur, north east India

School Is Here, Where Is Education?

 
/ October 7, 2010

The growing number of school going children hasn’t improved the standard of education. Here is an image of that from rural Orissa, India

Liquor Sans Bill Strategy To Kill?

 
/ October 6, 2010

Adulterated alcohol kills hundreds in India every year. This video highlights one of the reasons why it happens: Shops sell alcohol without a bill.

Apna Malak Ma Community Video Unit Field Visit: Aaditeshwar Seth’s field notes

 
/ October 6, 2010

Recently, our friend Aaditeshwar Seth of Gram Vaani Community Radio (and a fellow Knight News Challenge winner) spent a few days visiting Apna Malak Ma, the all-Dalit CVU in rural Surendranagar district of Gujarat set up by Navsarjan along with VV.     We thought his field notes captured well...

Green Poison On People’s Platter

 
/ October 5, 2010

Traders play with people’s lives in Punjab, India, sell vegetables laced with chemical dye that causes cancer.

Goan Island Fights Land Grab

 
/ October 4, 2010

Unholy nexus between a church and a real estate developer threatens to make hundreds homeless in Goa.