Varanasi is often touted as a focus point of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development agenda. However, the living conditions of the margninalised Chamar community remain bad as before. Our Community Correspondent Shabnam Begum reports that more than 140 families have not received their quota of free ration for more than one year now.
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Community Voice Is Hard to Define. We’re Trying Anyway.
This piece summarizes the key findings from eight research reports recently published by Video Volunteers exploring how community voice works, where it breaks down, and what it actually produces when it is taken seriously.
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A Call for Research on AI’s Role in Amplifying the Insights of the Systemically Unheard
The article argues that systematically ignoring and silencing the voices of the poor and marginalized worldwide does not serve society or democracy well and must be countered. While new technologies such as AI could provide an opportunity for change, we contend that these technologies need to account more effectively for...