SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN IN MEDIA - South Asian Women in Media

It is ironic, and sad, that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) now has to increasingly defend India from adverse foreign commentary on the country’s internal processes. It is tragic that the country’s “independent judicial system,” once…

In a surprise move, the Chinese government opted to leave out Pakistan from a major global event on development – the High Level Dialogue on Global Development – that it was hosting. When questions were raised, several explanations came…

The South Asian Women in Media (India) condemns the arrest of Teesta Setalvad, secretary and co-founder of Citizens for Justice and Peace, and of Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt News, the fact-checking media organisation, and expresses…

Journalist narrates how former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri had been burnt to death by rioters in Gujarat

I have to admit it, I am becoming a fan of Ananta Jalil. Not because of the explosive, deafening trailer of his latest movie, Din: The Day – a Bangladeshi-Iranian joint venture shot in Iran where AJ ("A Zay") the superhero is performing…

It would be a simple common-sense call for the Pakistan government, to explore the possibility of buying cheap Russian oil. After all, the dollar has climbed to unprecedented heights and Pakistan's import bill for oil rushes ahead. Then why…

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Bangladesh has been transformed into an economic success story and Hasina is aware that victory at the 2023 polls lies through economic prosperity. Almost ten years to the day after the World Bank withdrew its financing of the bridge over…

As many as 20 countries and organisations have issued statements, but not Bangladesh. It has clearly understood at whose door the power lies in India.

The South Asian Women in Media (India) strongly condemns the FIR filed against senior journalist Saba Naqvi for what is purportedly a meme created by someone and which was openly shared over social media and which she had posted on her…