SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN IN MEDIA - South Asian Women in Media

February 14, 2019 Press Release The steps taken by the prime minister KP Oli government to enact laws that regulate individuals who use social media has drawn serious attention of Nepal Press Union. Various clauses of the part 14 of…

In this episode of 'Arfa ka India', the controversy regarding the Rafale deal is discussed. New Delhi: A series of news reports have raised important and complicated questions revolving around the Rafale controversy. The Wire’s founding…

Here’s one thing almost every serial follows: For some reason, heroines switch to sarees after marriage, even if they have to go to medical colleges to continue their education. Watching Tamil serials can be a spiritually…

Facing hostility from Hindutva groups and the Indian government, some of them have been forced to seek the relative safety of Bangladesh. On January 18, at least 31 Rohingya refugees from Jammu were arrestedin the no man’s land…

The committee, which has set a deadline for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to appear before it, could have aimed to do much more than just enabling right-wing voices. Round one of the bout between the parliamentary panel on information…

The committee also resolved to summon officials from other social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and other tech platforms on the issue of “Safeguarding Citizens Rights on Social/Online News Media Platforms”. The…

However, he alleged that at present, the YSRCP chief is helping the BJP and PM Modi, which, he said, was evident from Sunday’s massive gathering in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.  watch video New Delhi: Staging a day-long dharna in…

I wrote this piece for a web dossier produced by Heinrich Boell Foundation for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights‘ 70th anniversary 2018 – Asma Jahangir – ein bedeutungsvolles Leben, ein inspirierendes Erbe. Sharing now, a year after…

Choking dust, bumpy and dug up roads, broken drainage lines, shoddy infrastructure – for Mumbaikars, this is the daily-lived reality. But in one particular area, the situation seems even grimmer, with potential health ramifications. The…

After 15 years, Madhya Pradesh was wrested from BJP by Congress. It was naive to believe that the change of power would also signal a halt to some of the hardcore Hindutva and essentially fascist policies followed by the BJP, especially in…