SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN IN MEDIA - South Asian Women in Media

The real picture of today's Kashmir is carefully kept out of the sight of the rest of the population. The government of India is doing everything in its power to present a supposedly 'normal' Kashmir. But in the name of economic empowerment…

In his own words Biyathhil Moideen Kutty left his home ‘in God’s own country’ Kerala & went to Pakistan. Mr. Kutty as he was widely known, was a Communist, a nonconformist. This is an incredible story of living with one’s political…

How exactly does it feel when after one month the landlines start to ring in a media office? The complete information shutdown in Kashmir for the last one month is barring to get the real picture. Journalists never felt such an isolation…

South Asian Women in the Media (SAWM) pledges its support to  Anuradha Bhasin, editor of Kashmir Times and a member of SAWM, for standing firm in her petition in the Supreme Court demanding that all curbs on the media in Jammu and Kashmir…

August 9th is celebrated as International Day of World’s Indigenous People. SAWM India member Stella Paul visited Gadchiroli district’s Korchi village in the state of Maharashtra.  She writes about the local tribal women who are accessing…

SWAM India member Anubha Bhonsle recently visited Kashmir. Here is her report.

“You are now free to use your cellphones”, my first despatch from #Kashmir filed on the 10th of Aug (2/2) pic.twitter.com/xk1LMfdDen — Anubha Bhonsle (@anubhabhonsle) August 14, 2019

370 has strong emotional overtones. People used the words status, privilege, trust, humiliation, trickery, confusion to describe how they felt about the Art and the Aug 5 move. My despatch from earlier in the week (filed now)…

A Hyderabad-based group says lakhs of households may be affected. New Delhi: In addition to several reports about EVMs malfunctioning, new reports suggest that names of Dalit and Muslim voters are missing from voting lists. About 12…