Podcasts about Bundelkhand

Veer Chattrasal, the lion of Bundelkhand, who carved out an independent kingdom during the Mughal rule, against all odds. A truly great warrior after whom Chattarpur in MP is named.

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Dainik Bhaskar's Rajesh Sahu and independent Journalist Sneha Richhariya.Rajesh reported on the Jhansi hospital tragedy, in which a fire incident claimed the lives of 15 infants. He says that an overcrowded NICU, expired fire extinguishers, and negligence of the hospital administration led to the incident.Sneha has reported on the impact of migration in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. She shed light on how families of the migrants are impacted and the pace of migration leading to vacant villages.Tune in.Timecodes00:00:00 - Introduction00:01:28 - Jhansi hospital fire00:20:43 - Bundelkhand migration 00:33:20 - RecommendationsRecommendationsSnehaLIES OUR MOTHERS TOLD US: The Indian Woman's BurdenAnurag Minus Verma PodcastBasantEk Jindagi Kafi NahiProduced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shantanu Gupta is the founder of a leading youth based organisation, Yuva Foundation, which works with youth and spreads awareness among them, on policy, politics and social issues. In the past he has worked for a renowned think tank, Center for Civil Society (CCS). Shantanu has worked long in the hinterlands of Bundelkhand with UNICEF in Uttar Pradesh. He has also lead large-scale remedial education interventions with Naandi Foundation in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and New Delhi. Shantanu has worked for a decade as a process and management consultant in many cities in India, Switzerland, Cyprus, Hungry and Israel. He has represented India in many international conferences on economy and policy, in Germany, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. He is author of various books - 'The Monk Who Became Chief Minister', 'The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh', 'Teachings from the Ramayana on Family & Life' & others.

What does it mean to be a Muslim woman from Bundelkhand living through its socio-economic and political realities? What are their aspirations and expectations from the upcoming elections? How do they imagine their futures as citizens of this country?These are some questions that Main Bhi Muslim and Khabar Lahariya follow in this episode, speaking to Muslim women voters across Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh - mainly in Jhansi, Banda, Chitrakoot, Panna, and Ayodhya to listen to their aspirations, their hopes, and bear witness to their fears and anxieties.These women across all age groups are homemakers, recent graduates, working women, community builders and social activists, who offer a deeper understanding of the on-ground realities of their society.These interviews and recordings are mostly conducted by Khabar Lahariya's Senior Reporter, Nazni Rizvi, with additional recordings by KL reporters Kumkum Yadav and Alima. In the episode, Nazni later shares her own views on interacting with these women some of whom chose to remain anonymous, whose voices are often less heard in the gamut of electoral politics but are ever important, especially now. She also shares instances of her own experiences as a journalist and a Muslim woman observing the change in norms and sentiments within the society she lives and works in. Recent reports on issues and topics raised by women in the podcast:* Unemployment: बेरोज़गारी की मार झेलता छतैनी गाँव पलायन करने को हुआ मजबूर | UP Elections 2022 (Khabar Lahariya, February 2022)* Anti-Muslim violence and fear within community: “हिन्दू राष्ट्र” बनता भारत, लक्ष्य एक “मुस्लिमों को….”, सुरक्षा-आज़ादी सिर्फ एक धर्म के नाम (Sandhya, Khabar Lahariya, August 2023)* Price hike of gas cylinders: वाराणसी: महंगे सिलिंडर ने लौटाए चूल्हे के दिन (Khabar Lahariya, November 2021)* Vegetables price hike: हाय रे… महंगाई ने कमर तोड़ डाली (Khabar Lahariya, July 2023)* House tax prices: चुनाव जीतने पर ख़त्म करूँगा हाउस टैक्स -प्रमोद सोनी उम्मीदवार | नगर निकाय चुनाव 2022 (Khabar Lahariya, November 2022)* Absence of state support for people with disabilities: चित्रकूट : दिव्यांग परिवार को नहीं मिली आवास, शौचालय व पेंशन जैसी सुविधाएं (Khabar Lahariya, October 2022)* Intertwined Hindu-Muslim religious sites at Jhansi: झांसी के दरगाह शरीफ में बना मंदिर-मज़ार है हिन्दू-मुस्लिम के प्रेम व एकता का प्रतीक (Sandhya, Khabar Lahariya, February 2024)* Uttar Pradesh removes loudspeakers from religious sites (The Hindu, April 2022)* Delhi Police suspend official caught on camera kicking Muslim men offering prayers (Independent, March 2024)Do subscribe to MBM to receive more episodes and rate/review it wherever you listen to podcasts. This episode is in collaboration with Khabar Lahariya - India's only digital news network run by women from marginalised backgrounds reporting from the country's hinterlands. Subscribe to KL Hatke to receive on-ground reportage by women journalists in rural India. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mainbhimuslim.com

Bundelkhand region in Central India is infamous for its frequent droughts. The lack of water in the region.Farmers in this region have been either aligning their farming with seasonal rainfall patterns or are dependent on diesel or electricity operated pumps for irrigation. But the erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts and poor electricity supply have disrupted farming practices, making them riskier.  Pumping ground water using solar energy is now seen as the solution to these water woes. The Central government started the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-Kusum) scheme in  2019 to overcome challenges of irrigation supply. Through this scheme the government subsidises these solar pumps for the farmers. However, solar water pumps rely on existing or available groundwater, which is already scarce in the region. In this episode, Suno India's Sneha Richhariya travels in three districts of Bundelkhand to understand if solar water pumps can solve the issue of irrigation for the farmers of this region and figure if it possesses a threat to its groundwater levels.  Note: This report was produced with the support of Internews' Earth Journalism Network. It was originally published by Suno India on 28 September 2023. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

Water conservation is the need of the hour, and it requires both community-led initiatives and increased corporate engagement. In this episode, Shraman Jha, CEO at Hindustan Unilever Foundation, and Uma Shankar Pandey, a water warrior from Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh discuss how both communities and businesses can step up their water conservation efforts. Host: Saloni Meghani Produced and edited by: Saloni Meghani, Smarinita Shetty, Sneha Philip, and Shreya Adhikari IDR is an online journal that publishes cutting-edge ideas, lessons and insights, written by, and for the people working on some of India's toughest problems. For more information, visit www.idronline.org, or follow IDR on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and Instagram. This podcast is a Maed in India production.Donate: https://idronline.org/donate/

Back off, Slumdog Millionaire! Phoolan Devi er Indiens allervildeste underdog. Stakkels Phoolan Devi havde gennem hele sin opvækst været offer for Indiens belortede kastesystem, der gjorde at alle omkring hende konstant følte sig berettigede til at være nogle røvbananer. Men da hun mødte decoit-banditterne i Bundelkhand's bjerge, kom der lige pludselig nye boller på suppen. Det udnyttede hun til at gøre en forskel for de mange, der levede på bunden af det indiske samfund - samtidig med, at hun tog blodig hævn mod alle de svin, der vovede at træde på de allersvageste. I dagens afsnit tager vi på en phool-stændig magisk rejse til et konfliktpræget lan', når vi følger Phoolan Devis transformation fra ‘phool' (blomst) til magtfuld ‘devi' (gudinde). En rejse, der bringer os tæt på vanvidsbarometerets top… Og nå ja, bare lige et heads up: Dagens historie er til tider meget voldsom og indeholder omtale og beskrivelser af både mishandling og voldtægt af kvinder og børn. Vi har vurderet, at disse grusomme detaljer er essentielle for at kunne formidle Phoolan Devis historie og derfor har vi inkluderet dem i fortællingen. --------------------- REKLAME: Dagens afsnit er sponsoreret af og indeholder reklame for os selv! I 2024 drager vi nemlig ud på de danske landeveje med vores BY REQUEST-tour. Billetsalget starter mandag d. 21, august kl. 12.00. Se tourplanen allerede nu på vanvittigverdenshistorie.dk/tour2024 --------------------- Dagens Øl: FUR Mandarin (5,4 %) SKIP TIL 12:20 FOR HISTORIEN. Find billetter til live-shows på: vanvittigverdenshistorie.dk/live-shows Se Vanvidsbarometeret på: barometerbjarke.dk

Rob and Tim cover a long and short story today -An Adventure in Futurity  & The Justice of the Elephant.  We talk puns, futuristic names, time machines, Dr Who, the Rajput and Torrid Saffron. Plus listener feedback and latest news.Guest reader: Shelley de CruzFavourite words: polyandry,  over-preponderance, obulus, mahout, zenana, Bundelkhand, musth.Download MP3Sword & Sorceries        Great Library of Dreams podcast     Rob's new Youtube Gaming ChannelSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

गाना: बड़े भाग मानुस तन पायो... (An exclusive recording from Irfan's archives) Details to support this Podcast Channel i.e. Listen with Irfan :- Bank Name: State Bank Of India Name: SYED MOHD IRFAN Account No: 00000032188719331 Branch: State Bank of India, Sansadiya Saudh, New Delhi IFSC–SBIN0003702 UPI/Gpay ID irfan.rstv@oksbi PayPal paypal.me/farah121116 RazorPay etc https://irfaniyat.stck.me/ आवाज़ें: नाथूराम अहिरवार और साथी जब मैं वैशाली (Delhi NCR) में रहने आया तो यहां आबादी बहुत कम थी. नये मकान बन रहे थे. ऐसी ही एक इमारत जब ठीक हमारे घर के सामने बननी शुरू हुई तो उसके बेसमेंट में शाम को कुछ गाने-बजाने की आवाज़ें सुनाई देती थीं. दो-तीन शामें गुज़री होंगी कि मुझसे रहा नहीं गया और मैंने एक शाम वो महफ़िल ज्वाएन की. असल में मुझे अपने बचपन की शामें याद हो आई थीं जो बहुत पीछे कहीं छूट गयी हैं और उन तक अब पहुंचना असंभव है क्योंकि अब वह एक विस्थापित हो चुका सांकृतिक संसार है. बहरहाल वहां थोड़ी कोशिश के बाद अनौपचारिक संबंध बना सका और गोल बनाकर धुआं-पत्ती करते इन बुंदेलखंडी मज़दूरों की मस्ती का साझीदार बना. बहुत मामूली वाद्य यंत्रों और श्रम की मिठास से बना संगीत, जिसमें फ़लसफ़ा है और एक बेलौसपन भी. इन्हीं स्वरों से कहीं मालवा में पंडित कुमार गंधर्व भी कभी बंध गये होंगे और फिर उनका संगीत कभी वह हो सका जिसकी एक रॊयल फ़ैन फ़ॊलोविंग है. अब आपको इस बंदिश के कलाकारों से मिलवा दूं. तमूरा और भजन गानेवाले: नाथूराम अहरवार झेला: दसरथ अहरवार ढोलकी मास्टर: सुरेश अहरवार तार बजानेवाले: नंदलाल तो सुनिये नाथूराम और साथियों को...जो बीते सात-आठ बरसों में कई दूसरे मोहल्लों में शामें गुलज़ार करने के बाद ऐन इसी वक़्त, जब कि मैं उनका रचा सं‍गीत आप तक पहुंचाने की जद्दोजहद में हूं, वो एक नया संगीत रच रहे होंगे. बड़े भाग से ये तन पाये बोललियो रे मीठी बानी जग में आके गरब ना करियो थोरे दिन की जिंदगानी... Cover Image and Art: Irfan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sm-irfan/message

Writer Sudip Sharma (NH10, Udta Punjab, Paatal Lok, Laal Kaptaan) joins us for a Sonchiriya deep dive. Sonchiriya is one of my favorite films of last 10 years.  It's also my favorite Sushant Singh Rajput film. I believe his performance, much like the film, remains underrated and under-discovered. This episode is, in part, an attempt to help people discover and appreciate Sonchiriya. Sudip and I talked about key scenes and moments, conducting script research in Bundelkhand, casting Sushant and Bhumi, working with Sushant, the set pieces, and film influences on Sonchiriya. Sudip also shared how Sonchiriya is his tribute to Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen (1994), one of his all-time favorite Hindi films. Join us!Sonchiriya is currently streaming on Zee5. Feedback/comments/questions: loveofcinemasf@gmail.comCredits:Produced and hosted by: Himanshu Joglekar (@loveofcinemasf8)Editor: Devika JoglekarMusic: Nakul AbhyankarCopyrights © Love of Cinema 2022Support the show

Lucknow smart news mein RJ Raghu Raftaar ke saath suniyee, Keshav Prasad Morya ne kaha, MNREGA se rajya ki 61 nadiyo ka hoga punaruddhar, yojana mein Bundelkhand ki 20 nadiyaa bhi hogi shamil, UP: patri dukaandaro ka utpidan band karegi sarkar, shifting se pahale dukandaaro se baat karegi, Lucknow: nagriye shetro mein khali jameen per banenge park va khel maidaan, nagar vikas vibhag ne 25 may tak bhumi chayan ke diye nirdesh, mahila samasya samadhan divas per suni shikayate.

We discuss chapters 1-8 in RV Raman's latest Harith Athreya mystery 'A Dire Isle'. Liam Dunne has requested Athreya's aid in investigating possible financial fraud at an archaeological dig-site in Bundelkhand. When the dig's director is slain on a mysterious, haunted island nearby, the supernatural comes knocking, and Athreya finds himself put to the test in the investigation.We're also joined by PHD Student Ankita Rathour from Louisiana State University to talk about her dissertation in Indian Anglophone fiction, Bollywood, the dead girl trope, and positive developments in the subcontinent's creative arts.

Uttar Pradesh Elections appeared settled after Phase 2. After Phase 3, they look sealed in favour of BJP. Punjab Elections look supremely hung. Omkar Chaudhary, Dhirendra Pundir, and Abhishek Tiwary come together to review Phase 3 of UP Elections and Punjab Elections, and preview the Phase 4 of UP Elections in Avadh and Bundelkhand.

Rohit Jayaraman is a corporate lawyer who has also worked as a political consultant.

THE POLL WHISTLE: Politics of Development in UP's Bundelkhand A closer look at the poll dynamics of Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand region Hello and welcome to DH Radio, In this third episode of the Poll Whistle series, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan interacts with Deccan Herald's Political Editor Anand Mishra to get a ground level understanding of how the dynamics of the Bundelkhand region of UP responds more to development issues than Hindutva. Listen in...

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry's Ayush Tiwari and freelance journalist Saurabh Sharma.Ayush talks about his report on how the “Hindutva takeover” of the Indian Council of Historical Research is fuelled by nepotism. “The brothers, relatives, nephews related to Hindutva organisations are being hired on temporary jobs by ICHR,” he says. “And within weeks, they are promoted to posts like deputy manager. They are giving government jobs for free.”The discussion moves to Saurabh's Newsclick report on youths migrating out of Bundelkhand in search of jobs, and how this will influence voters in Uttar Pradesh. “Unemployment issue is too big to be avoided in the state,” he says. “There hasn't been a single week without lathicharge...on people protesting regarding jobs in UP in the last one month.”This, and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn't, and what shouldn't have.Tune in.RecommendationsSaurabhNewsclickThe Hindu's election coverageBasantOne big family: The Hindutva takeover of ICHR is fuelled by nepotismAyushOmprakash Rajbhar Interview में Saurabh Dwivedi से CM Yogi, Akhilesh Yadav, UP Election पर क्या बोले See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shantanu Gupta is the founder of a leading youth based organisation, Yuva Foundation, which works with youth and spreads awareness among them, on policy, politics and social issues. In the past he has worked for a renowned think tank, Center for Civil Society (CCS). Shantanu has worked long in the hinterlands of Bundelkhand with UNICEF in Uttar Pradesh. He has also lead large-scale remedial education interventions with Naandi Foundation in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and New Delhi. Shantanu has worked for a decade as a process and management consultant in many cities in India, Switzerland, Cyprus, Hungry and Israel. He has represented India in many international conferences on economy and policy, in Germany, Malaysia and Srilanka. His latest book on Yogi Adityanath is now available for purchase.

Dhirendra Pundir and Abhishek Tiwary join Sanjay Dixit to continue the analysis of Uttar Pradesh as it goes into the election mode. Today we focus on Awadh and Bundelkhand and on the recent actions of Yogi Adityanath.

A very popular folk singing style in Bundelkhand. Here some migrant workers on a construction site pass their time after the work is over. The song has a message for love and peace. It suggests one should not be greedy and jealous as in the short span of life there are bigger tasks to be done towards humanity. Singer/Tambura : Nathuram Ahirwar Jhela: Dashrath Ahirwar Dholki Master: Suresh Ahirwar Taar: Nandlal Ahirwar Recorded in NCR Delhi, 2001 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sm-irfan/message

In this episode, Main Bhi Muslim's producer and host, Mariyam Haider, spoke to Nazni Rizvi, Senior Reporter at Khabar Lahariya, India's only, all-women, feminist, hyper-local, video first news channel, reporting from within the country's hinterland. In this conversation, Nazni shares her story of belonging to the Muslim community in rural India where she fought social and religious prescriptions to leave an incompatible marriage, join Khabar Lahariya, train as a journalist, and over the years, cover some of the most pertinent issues including women's rights and equality, social justice, and organised crime, in Bundelkhand region. Nazni's reportage and her personal story deeply showcase the prejudices that women often face for making alternative life choices, not just from outside their social communities, but also from within, and how she has tackled them over the years. Her story also speaks for countless other Indian Muslim women who often live with community-prescribed gender and patriarchal expectations, failing to meet which can often lead them to become pariahs.This interview was conducted in Hindi and has been edited for clarity, but you can find the English transcript below. TranscriptMariyam Haider, Host - Thank you Nazni for joining us today at Main Bhi Muslim's podcast episode. I've been really excited to reach out to you and share your story through Main Bhi Muslim ever since I learnt about you. I want to deeply thank you for the kind of reporting that you've been doing through the years, especially on agendas that people do not wish to hear about and about topics that they are not open to understanding. It really motivates me, the kind of work you do, it's all a lesson for us. It teaches us about the kind of reporting that is essential and important today, and how we can express ourselves through our writing. Nazni Rizvi - “Mariyam, thanks to you as well because being a journalist our job is to bring out stories of other people, but sometimes even we wish to be heard, and that people get to know our story too. I've gotten my chance to be heard through this podcast at MBM, and I'm going to use this opportunity to open up and talk about the things that I go through, that often happen with me so that people realise that as journalists, we also go through a lot and have a story to tell.”Mariyam - First of all Nazni, let's start with your introduction. How did you start working with Khabar Lahariya, and what prior incidents of your life led you to Khabar Lahariya, which eventually turned tables for you & gave your life a new beginning?Nazni Rizvi “My name is Nazni. I am currently working as a senior reporter. My journey with Khabar Lahariya began in 2007. At that time, I was in a bad financial state. I had 5 little children. The notion of  belonging to a muslim family, and having to remain under the veil, kept me restricted. And to top it, I was also a woman. A muslim woman. There were a lot of difficulties. My condition was really bad and working outside was tough. My family was going through a tough phase. I was in desperate need of work. Because I have had formal education only till Grade VIII, I had never pictured myself as a journalist. I was ready for all odd jobs, and cleaning chores, daily wage-labour, or a petty job at any shop; anything but never a journalist.So, therewas this teacher who'd come to teach my landlord's kids Arabic. She informed me about an office at (Babu Lal Chauraha in Banda district ) that provided work to women, and was hopeful I too could get some work there. The lack of a basic educational background and no previous experience made me skeptical, but I gathered courage and went there from where I was directed to the Vanagna office. Because Khabar Lahariya had just recently launched, it wasn't very well known. When I reached the Vanagna office, Anita didi there informed me that because I was neither a graduate nor did I have any kind of prior work experience, there wasn't any work for me. She suggested I go to the nearby Khabar Lahariya office which had just begun functioning. She told me that Khabar Lahariya was training girls and women to be journalists. Even though I doubted I could do journalism, I mustered strength and went forward. Upon reaching the location after asking various people on the way, I saw two women - Kavita didi and Meera didi - my now Editor, walking in the scorching heat under an umbrella. I asked them if there was an office named Khabar Lahariya around there. One of them answered by asking me what work I had at the office, with a smile. I told them that I was looking for work. Hesitantly, they guided me upstairs. I thought they were leading me towards the office, turned out they were the office heads and unlocked the office welcoming me inside. They sat me down, asked about me, and told me about Khabar Lahariya. Then she asked me to write an application, and informed me that they weren't recruiting yet, but would get back to me once they started hiring. However, I told them that I was in desperate need of work because I had little kids to look after and was jobless. Two of my little girls had gone with me, one was still in my lap. When they understood that I really really needed a job, after learning about my financial condition, about my maiden family and my in-laws being unsupportive, Kavita didi asked if I could sell newspapers. She offered me to sell newspapers, keep its commission and deposit the sale proceeds at the office. She also assured me that they'd consider me for future recruitments. I did not think less of myself as a newspaper seller, it did not bother me. I just picked up the newspapers and that day onwards, I started selling newspapers. 2-3 months from then, recruitment started, and I applied. We had to undergo a 15 days' training programme. Out of the 35-36 females there, only 3 finally got selected, and I was one of them. From there on in 2007, I have been associated with Khabar Lahariya.Mariyam - Nazni, you've said a lot in your introduction itself. You've not only told us about your motive behind joining Khabar Lahariya, but also about your circumstances that guided you towards joining Khabar Lahariya.When we read your stories, we see that they cover many aspects other than just on-ground reporting. They also consider the domestic side of the women's story, that within their homes what are the women expected to do and how they fulfill their duty in society. But your story has been different. Like you said, you were in Moradabad after marriage and you were looking after your house and family, while you received no support from anybody. So when you are reporting now and you ask women about their perspective on life within their houses, do you see any changes where women see a possibility in having a life even outside their homes; do they get motivated watching you/ listening to your story?Nazni Rizvi - “Yes, there has been change, but a lot is yet to change. Some women go out to work, their husbands and in-laws support them, but there are still a lot of women who may have the freedom to go out to work but still have to come back to look after their households and families. Men are dominantly present in the journalists' circle. So when I meet people sometimes, they tell me that some fellow journalist brother told them about me and that I also travel to far off places, and some women take inspiration from these talks. It feels nice. Sometimes women do not want to move far from their places for training, but when they are told about me, these women agree to go for training programmes.”Mariyam - So how do you explain to people the concept of feminism? How do you tell women about their rights and their status of equality in society?Nazni Rizvi - “People talk about Islam and sharia each time we mention equality of women and men, but sharia also holds them equal. People don't believe in it. The law, the Constitution, both hold men and women as equal. It is on paper, and people merely talk about it; there's hardly any acceptance of equality. Each time I talk about feminism, people think that I am against men, I am talking ill about the masculine gender, and that I only favor females / women. Then I have to explain to them in detail that I have nothing against them, and that feminism only demands overall equality of men and women in all aspects, that women too should be allowed to wear and eat and do as it pleases them. Sometimes they understand, other times they argue.”Mariyam - From the videos that I have seen of you, you run two amazing programs with  Khabar Lahariya, and in one of them I heard your slogan ‘bolenge, bulwayenge, hans kar sab keh jayenge'. I love this slogan because it leaves no scope for argument. In that program, you question people, they answer, based on which you question again. There's a video in which you are talking about patriarchy and there's a young boy who said that ours has always been a patriarchal country considering all children are named after their fathers. While talking about paternal and maternal names, you mentioned that Kareena Kapoor has changed her name and talked about other renowned people that most of us know. Mariyam - During that talk, at some point the same boy said that now things are changing as they must, and there's no issue with women naming their children after themselves, they should if it pleases them. In that conversation of about 3-4 minutes, I felt as though the light talk changed at least one person's perspective. So, do you think that we can change people's mindset on such topics by bringing serious questions through these light talks?Nazni Rizvi - “The motive of the show was to allow people to talk out their hearts through funny talks. We wanted them to talk about what's in their hearts themselves. Usually our reports are on serious topics, which is why we kept this talk show funny.”Mariyam -  I'll now move towards the more serious topics. Some of your reports are based on such topics that people usually do not associate with women journalists. Women are usually thought to report on casual topics such as food and fashion. So can you tell us about some such topics which you reported on and what kind of an experience it was for you?Nazni Rizvi - “One of my reports is on Sadhna Patel who is a ‘daaku' (dacoit)'. Chitrakoot region is surrounded by a lot of dacoits and these areas are terrorised by their deeds. Such incidents are often mentioned in many well known newspapers and news channels. I have reported on them and their stories, about how dacoits often torment villagers and the police are troubled a lot by them too. So when I heard about this female dacoit in Chitrakoot, I had a weird feeling. I felt bad. I kept thinking about what could've possibly turned the woman into a dacoit. I accepted that she was a dacoit, doing wrong, but I wanted to know the story of her life, about what made her do so. I wanted to know how she became a dacoit. So when I learnt about the village that she belonged to, first I went alone. After searching here and there, I reached her house and talked to people around her place. Her house was far from the village, in the jungle under a mountain. She lived only with her mother and her uncle. After researching well, I put her story as part of our monthly plan. The story interested Kavita didi also, and she too decided to come along. We fixed a date, booked an auto (because it was a jungle area). When we got off the auto, the auto driver was so scared. He kept the auto's engine on all throughout the 2-3 hours that we were inside her house, so we could escape quickly once our work was done. When we entered her house, we met her ‘Mausi' (mother's sister) and ‘Mama' (mother's brother) who narrated her story to us. We then requested to meet her mother, who herself looked very young, we even thought it could be Sadhna herself, pretending to be her mother in a ‘saree'. We were even wondering what if this is Sadhna, and she pulls out a gun and lodges a few bullets in us? (laughs)Initially her mother expressed anger, she wouldn't tell us anything, or show us Sadhna's photo. But we eventually explained to her that we were there as women, other than just being journalists and we wanted to write a report on Sadhna's story from a woman's perspective, to understand why she joined the dacoits in the first place. Her mother then narrated to us that Sadhna had fallen in love with somebody who she later married, but was sold by her husband to dacoits for INR 50000. Somehow she came back and would loiter in the jungle. People and relatives saw her but outlawed her. Due to the lack of support from her family, she ended up being among dacoits again. She came back and this time her mother sent her to live with their relatives. There as well, she was sold to a group of dacoits. She was repeatedly being sold to dacoits, and she couldn't find a way out. By now, the police too had started troubling her. She then resorted to living in the mountains with the dacoits. We don't know who did what to her, but there were some who she had beaten up during nights near the village. She wouldn't beat up everyone. It's possible she did it because they had harmed her or because they didn't support her when she rescued herself from the dacoits. There must've been a story behind who she chose to beat up, her stories resonated with that of Phoolan Devi. We got her real photo, all other media reports gave file photos of her. When we wrote her story and published it, it created a stir amongst the media. They came to us asking for her photo and story. Nobody had talked to anybody from her family, they wrote only what the police told them. Even journalists from Madhya Pradesh called us for her details, but we had a fixed date for publishing our article and we decided to share the details with them after our report had been published.”Mariyam - So when people called you, they were only asking for Sadhna's details. It probably tells that nobody really had the courage to go to Sadhna's place.Nazni Rizvi -“Nobody went. We even gave them location details, but they all thought that her family wouldn't talk to them, or tell them anything about her. They didn't try. Getting to know about Sadhna made me feel like people just put women down, instead of trying to know what she was put through and why she turned out to be the way she did.Nobody was interested in really knowing Sadhna's story and why she became a dacoit. Mariyam - Within the Muslim community, how do poeple react when they hear about you going to various places and covering the less-talked-about topics in your reports? How do they see it? What have you heard, or what do you think they feel about your decisions?Nazni Rizvi - “I belong to a Muslim family. I am a “bad” woman among my relatives and those around me because I roam around without a ‘purdah'/veil, I wear a ‘bindi', I go places, and do not have a man by my side. There is a notion among Muslims that women must move around with a man, even if it is a small boy. I talk to anybody and I don't hesitate in asking any questions, hence a bad woman. Once I was at my Khala's (mother's sister) place, and we were talking about something and I mentioned that there had been a rape somewhere. My Khala got upset that I used a word as rape in the presence of so many men. During my early days, I wouldn't go out to my relatives, nor would they talk to me. But things are changing slowly. People do meet me now. However, they still expect me to wear a ‘chador' (large scarf) if not a ‘naqaab' (veil) during family events.”Mariyam - Like you said, people in your family, initially did not understand your work and wouldn't talk to you. But now that you've been reporting as a journalist for so many years and have submitted multiple amazing reports, in a manner that a lot of us have so much to learn from you, do you think you've now been able to change people's perspective about you in the Muslim community? On the outside, it often seems very easy, what you do. People think that all you have to do is listen and see and report, but that's not quite true. How do you gather the courage to report such issues with utmost honesty alongside maintaining a humanitarian approach? Nazni Rizvi - “Muslims who are not my relatives have been very supportive of me and are happy to see me grow as a journalist. Sitting beside them, I've often heard them proudly introduce me as Nazni Ji, saying I'm a journalist, who goes to various places for reporting and has done various amazing coverage. But sometimes I also hear people say that I should either wear a bindi or change my name. But this is completely my choice, I like to wear bindi and so I do. Earlier, when I used to post on Facebook, I'd receive messages and comments from people asking me why I wear a ‘saree' or ‘bindi'. But isn't saree too just another piece of clothing? Even if you believe that Allah or Sharia doesn't allow some things, back in those days, almost nothing existed, not even clothes. Should we all refuse to wear clothes then? These comments call for a lot of debates.”Mariyam - I can absolutely understand your arguments, because the reason behind me starting Main Bhi Muslim was to primarily present the meaning of Indian Muslimness through mine and other people's stories. I want to tell people that we, the Muslims of India, live and spend our lives in many different ways. Like you mentioned, you are expected to either wear a bindi or change your name, or how we aren't supposed to wear a ‘saree', people even outside the muslim community have a very generalised perception of us as Muslim women. They have a predetermined picture of how we are, and how we are not. So what you said actually represents the foundation of Main Bhi Muslim.Mariyam - As you said in our previous conversation, there are places where you'd go wearing a ‘bindi' and may not immediately give your name because that could be in a Hindu colony which may create some problems for you initially, but eventually they learn your name and accept it easily. Nazni Ji, please tell us a little about how you feel about your identity when you go to such places. Have you ever felt like you being a Muslim could be problematic?Nazni Rizvi - “I usually visit rural areas, backward areas, people are still of a conservative mindset. When I go to a Muslim or Dalit dominated area, introducing myslef to them is easy. But when I go to cover big news or to places where most people belong to the upper castes, like Thakurs, Pandits, and Patels, they immediately ask what caste I belong to. In Bundeli, they will say, “Kaun behni hoo?” Meaning which caste do you belong to? Seeing me wear a ‘bindi' and ‘bichiyas' (ornamental jewellery traditionally worn by married women) sometimes they suggest I should also wear ‘chudis' and apply ‘sindoor', assuming I'm a Hindu. But even if I'm wearing a ‘bindi' and ‘bichiyas', I still do not introduce myself and disclose my caste immediately. I first talk about random things, ask for some water even if I'm not thirsty and create an atmosphere. But because they are so habitual to knowing castes, they do not talk openly unless they know about one's caste. I then tell them that I'm a Muslim and explain to them that despite our differences, our blood is the same right. There are only two differences, men and women; you're a woman and I'm a woman, that's the community we both belong to. They then talk to me comfortably. Sometimes wearing bindi makes it easier for me, but because I like wearing it, I always do so.”Mariyam - I must say that your way of winning people's hearts and creating the atmosphere to talk is so interesting, I really think I should learn it from you. Sometime back you'd told me about a school whose story you'd covered, for which you also received a prize. Could you tell me more about that story?Nazni Rizvi - “I received a call from a group of trustees / local guardians of the Kendriya Vidyalaya (public school) saying that the dilapidated school building was risky for the students, especially after a cylinder burst in it. It could fall anytime. They had invited many journalists saying they were going to submit a memorandum to the DM. When I went to the school to report the issue, the teachers weren't ready to talk to me in the absence of the Principal. I asked for the Principal's number and upon receiving that I spoke to the principal who accepted that even though the building is severely damaged, they are unable to locate another building space for the school and that the guardians are deliberately troubling them. The guardians wanted them to at least try but looked like the Principal wasn't willing to shift the school building. We then went to submit the memorandum to the DM and we talked to him. The DM then came with us to survey the school building. A trustee then informed me about another school that had shifted to a new building, and was vacant. We, along with the DM, visited the vacant building and approved it for use for the school. I published news for the same, and interviewed the DM, principal, students, and the trustees/guardians. The building was then cleaned for use and was ready for a new beginning. The trustees organised a program where they honored me with an idol of Lord Ganesha. There was disappointment among other journalists as they weren't honored. However, the trustees awarded me for working on their story and getting it published. I hadn't noticed the idol too much and hung it as a showpiece in my house. When people from the Muslim community would come to my place and see the idol, they'd ask me if I had re-married a Hindu or changed my religion and often said that it's a sin to keep a Hindu God's idol in one's home. If a Hindu visited my place, he/she would say that the idol was of no use to me while some would be happy seeing that I also have a Hindu God's idol hung up. Seeing an idol which is usually seen within Hindu homes, makes some people including Hindus and Muslims link me with a Hindu person, that I might be having a relationship with someone in the Chitrakoot region. For me the Ganesh ji idol is a gift, and I respect the gift whatever it is.” Mariyam - What you just said is a matter of huge concern for me because this sense of discrimination is what drives me to raise questions as to why we cannot adopt other cultures that are practiced in our country. Muslims have been in India for centuries now and our cultures have a lot of similarities. Yes, we do have our own set of practices as Muslims, but that should not barr us from adopting practices from other cultures. Since you bring here an amazing amalgamation of Hinduism, Muslimness and womanhood, I'd like to ask you if you think that people's mindset pertaining to these Hindu-Muslim prejudices can be changed through any means?Nazni Rizvi - “I live in a Hindu dominated region. Here as well, there's a common practice of Hindus not touching Muslims and if they do, they'd have to bathe again. Not only Hindus but Muslims do such things. Recently, I was invited to my relative's daughter's wedding. It was a Muslim dominated place. I told my aunt that I don't wear a veil, how can I come? She asked me to wear a ‘chaadar', meaning I should have myself covered with something. We cannot do  everything completely as per our wishes. So when I went there, I saw that they wouldn't buy milk from a Hindu's store, they'd drink black tea instead. They'll search the entire market in they are hungry, but wouldn't eat if they can't find a Muslim-owned eatery or shop. There are a lot of biases, Hindu-Muslim biases and discussions along those lines that keep on occurring. I was with a cousin once who was travelling from Azamgarh to Raebareli. She (being an ultra-narrow minded person) wouldn't even drink tea, but only pre-packed cold drinks throughout the journey. Upon asking why, she said it was because it would be difficult to determine whether the tea was made by a Hindu or a Muslim. It amazed me how she believed that Sharia proclaimed pre-packed food as clean, which could have also been packed by a Hindu or a Muslim. It confounds me that people can believe in such actions as (wrongly) being part of Sharia, because all of these Hindu-Muslim shops didn't exist back in the times when Sharia was being written. What is all the cultural pretense for? Don't eat anything in that case then. I held myself back for a long time, but eventually ended up having an argument with the cousin over her discriminatory attitude.”Mariyam - I believe you've said this at a very right time, especially when Muslims in India are being targeted repeatedly. And these are happening at a level where we can clearly see that a campaign is being run to create resentment against Muslims among the Hindus. How do you try to clear such resentments in the larger community? Nazni Rizvi - “We try to convince people that we are all living in the same country and are Indians before being Muslims. We have a very old slogan saying Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian, we are all brothers. So if we are all really brothers, all this bigotry is not right. Even Hindus don't eat from Muslim-owned eateries here. If we're going to bring religion into everything, who packed what food, whether Hindu or Muslim, it is going to be very difficult to bring about change anytime soon.” Mariyam - But change can happen?Nazni Rizvi - “Yes, it can. If every family gets one fighter like you and I, we can together bring about change.”Mariyam - Absolutely, if there's a Nazni Rizvi in every family, we can definitely change things. My second last question to you would be, how do you deal with the identity confusion where whilst you live within the Muslim community, they don't identify with you, and while you work outside this community they're still not able to understand and resonate with you. How do you feel about this? Sometimes I also face this confusion and it is part of the reason as to why I started Main Bhi Muslim, because alongside being women, Muslimness is part of our identity too, irrespective of our lifestyle. So, how do you deal with this confusion among people?Nazni Rizvi - “I want to add something to this. My identity has more layers to it. Even within Muslims, there are two communities. I am a Shia Muslim. I was married into a Sunni family. When I'm sitting among Sunnis, they think I'm a Shia and they make nasty comments about Shias. But when I'm sitting among Shias, they think I'm a Sunni and they pass comments on Sunnis. They slander Sunnis and tell my children that they do not belong to the Syyed family. This is also a kind of violence that I am fighting where I've been divided into 3 different communities. Because I come from a Shia family, I don't like those things where there is flagellation (during Muharram processions) and unnecessary bleeding.And when I call out such things, I'm considered an atheist among my family, I'm a bad woman. Saying so about Maula makes them think of me as deserving hell. The Sunnis ask if I offer Namaaz as many times as Shias do and vice-versa, whereas for me, I do not offer Namaaz (smiles). Neither the Shias kind nor the Sunnis kind. When I'm among Muslims, my ‘bindi' and ‘bichiyas' don't make me a Muslim and if I'm among Hindus, my name makes me Muslim. I'm not doing anything Muslim enough to be a Muslim, but that's what I am. I'm dealing with all these things. A lot of Muslim girls these days have started wearing a ‘bindi' for they do not think doing so is wrong.”Mariyam - We are learning from you. I think it's very important for us to have many examples like you within our community so that more girls, who want to pursue journalism, who want to make their own life decisions, have such inspiring figures that give them courage. It is essential they understand that they are not alone. So, what changes are required in the Muslim community which are necessary to bring about independence and maintain individuality in the identity of women, especially in rural areas where changing mindset is most difficult and time taking?Nazni Rizvi - “Within Muslims, the Purdah system and dressing restrictions need to first change, which are more common in rural areas. They have reduced in urban areas, but even today, Muslim women in Mumbai do not move out without a veil, irrespective of what they're wearing inside. For example, I allow my girls to wear all that they like. They wear shorts, skirts, jeans, and everything they like. They do not like wearing suits, but considering our society, I ask them to wear one sometimes so that they are habitual to it, that too because of what people in the community will say. But I never stop them from wearing what they like. We have a lot of dressing constraints, we are always asked to wear dupattas, even at home, even with our family. These things, the purdah system needs to change. It's not fair that if we are not under a veil, we are looked upon wrongly. In rural regions, even during big family functions, meals are also served in different places for both the genders, unlike in urban areas where everyone is just enjoying themselves together. During the ‘bidaai' of my cousin, not a single man or boy could come to meet her at the end, to bid her goodbye, not even her father, because the purdah system is so prevalent. It's very important for people to change their regressive attitudes towards others' religions. You're drinking black tea with lemon because the milk available is from a Hindu-owned dairy only. What if the lemon also comes from a tree owned by a Hindu?Mariyam - You are absolutely right, it's very important. And I see these things in your way of reporting too where you're able to talk to anyone because you ask the same questions to everyone. When you're making your videos, you ask everyone the questions pertaining to feminism, misogyny, biases within communities against others, and untouchability, irrespective of gender, and it is very important we all ask these right questions to ourselves and to everyone around us in order to arrive at the right answers. We cannot expect to change mindsets towards creating oneness and unity among all, unless we are asking the right questions.I ask all my guests: ‘Main bhi Muslim', what value do these 3 words hold for you? Nazni Rizvi - “It doesn't occur to me that I am a Muslim. What matters most to me is that I am a woman, an Indian. Whenever there's a match or a competition, it doesn't bother people much which country is on the opponent team. But if it is an India vs Pakistan match, Indian Hindus and Muslims have the same enthusiasm to support our country. Pakistan was indeed a piece of our once India, but India is where we are now, India feeds us, India is my nation. As Muslims residing in India, India should matter most to us. Yes, we could all have favorite players from any team around the world, but I don't feel any extra excitement each time that there's an India-Pakistan match, unlike most people. Hindus have this thing where they do not care about other matches or countries, all they want is that Pakistan shouldn't win. Neither Muslims, nor Hindus should think and act that way.”Mariyam -  I think, as a woman myself, this entire episode has helped me understand what topics need to be really talked about and must be resolved first, in order to bring about a change in the bigger picture, to change other things that are often talked about. We must get to the roots of all the issues that exist in our society, and here, the root is patriarchy. All issues must be talked about with a feministic perspective. Thank you, Nazni Ji. I'm really excited to release this episode. I'm really thankful to you from the bottom of my heart. Nazni Rizvi - “Sometimes, people do feel these things (patriarchy) but aren't able to say it out loud. When we ask people these questions, it forces them to think about it, and that could maybe trigger change. Deep down, they do understand that what they're doing is wrong and unfair, but aren't able to act on it. Therefore, it's very important to ask the right questions.”Mariyam - Thank you Nazni, for your questions, and I hope you'll continue raising the same issues and asking the right questions. I am confident that very soon, we'll have a Nazni Rizvi in every family in our society. With that hope and confidence we keep moving forward. Looking forward to seeing you sometime, somewhere. Nazni Rizvi - Thank you. :) ... This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mainbhimuslim.com

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by the Wire reporter Dheeraj Mishra and Newslaundry's Ayush Tiwari.Dheeraj talks about his report on the Ken-Betwa link project in Bundelkhand. The project aims to solve the region's prolonged issue of water scarcity. Dheeraj explains that the problem lies with the government's claim that the Ken river has surplus water at all – a claim that “isn't backed up by any independent researcher or independent institute”. He also tells the panel that the project will require over 6,000 hectares of forest land, which will include the Panna tiger reserve.Basant and Ayush talk about their report on the Adityanath government spending Rs 160 crore on advertisements on TV news channels between April 2020 and March 2021. Ayush expresses his gratitude to journalist Umashankar Dube, who had filed the RTI that revealed this information. He also says he was “surprised by the results”. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn't, and what shouldn't have.Tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Aishwarya Iyer, a reporter with the Quint, and Monika Mondal, an independent journalist.They talk about Aishwarya's documentary Silencing Rape, which tracks the lives of four sexual assault survivors for over a year in Uttar Pradesh's impoverished Bundelkhand region. Reflecting on what she gathered from this reporting experience, she says, “As a society we have a long way to go. I honestly don't have much hope.” Uttar Pradesh is also facing a “hidden water crisis”, particularly in Muzaffarnagar. In this context, Akanksha highlights Monika's report on the Third Pole that tells us how sugar mills are responsible for the degradation of groundwater in the region. Monika collected water samples from a Muzaffarnagar home which the Third Pole had analysed in a lab. The water was found to contain the Coliform bacteria and very high levels of inorganic salts such as calcium, magnesium, sodium. “There are so many patients with tuberculosis there, so many patients who have gastrointestinal diseases, so many patients with kidney diseases. So if you go there, every house has some problem, every house has a patient,” Monika says.This and a lot more as Akanksha, Aishwarya and Monika talk about what made news, what didn't, and what shouldn't have.Tune in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

लखनऊ स्मार्ट न्यूज़ के इस एपिसोड में सुनिए , नए साल में चलेगी कई सारी नई ट्रैन , 10 जनवरी से हर रविवार फिरसे लगेगा मुख्या मंत्री आरोग्य मेला , और लक्ष से पांच महीने पहले तैयार होजाएगा लखनऊ बुंदेलखंड एक्सप्रेसवे। 

In this dramatized podcast, the origin story of the famous Captain Nemo gets a horror spin, when the anti-hero discovers that the imperialist powers he opposes are controlled by the monsters of the Mythos first described by H.P. Lovecraft.

History is a chronicle of struggles for the sake of power, but in that there have been people who fought not just for power, but also for freedom. And such men and women have been immortalized as bravehearts. In Medieval India, Veer Chhatrasal stands along side with Chatrapati Shivaji and Maharana Pratap, as one of the bravest fighters for freedom from the Muslim rule, a man who fought for freedom till the end of his life. Chhatrasal not only established an independent state in Bundelkhand, he was also a patron of fine arts, and a good writer himself. Of the 82 years he lived, Chhatrasal fought 52 battles during his 44 year old reign. From the Narmada to Yamuna, from Chambal to Tons, Chhatrasal's writ ran supreme.

Director Nishtha Jain joins UCSB’s Bishnupriya Ghosh (English and Global Studies) for a post-screening discussion of her 2012 film Gulabi Gang. The conversation includes Jain’s early career as a documentary filmmaker, the film’s examination of violence against women in India both as a result of the dowry system and a general social devaluation of women, and how she worked with Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal on location with individuals that were sometimes reluctant to speak on their own behalf or who felt conflicting familial loyalties. Jain addresses the film’s unusual three-part structure and her desire to let the complexities of the film’s subject shape the structure, rather than the reverse. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 34844]

Director Nishtha Jain joins UCSB’s Bishnupriya Ghosh (English and Global Studies) for a post-screening discussion of her 2012 film Gulabi Gang. The conversation includes Jain’s early career as a documentary filmmaker, the film’s examination of violence against women in India both as a result of the dowry system and a general social devaluation of women, and how she worked with Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal on location with individuals that were sometimes reluctant to speak on their own behalf or who felt conflicting familial loyalties. Jain addresses the film’s unusual three-part structure and her desire to let the complexities of the film’s subject shape the structure, rather than the reverse. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 34844]

Director Nishtha Jain joins UCSB’s Bishnupriya Ghosh (English and Global Studies) for a post-screening discussion of her 2012 film Gulabi Gang. The conversation includes Jain’s early career as a documentary filmmaker, the film’s examination of violence against women in India both as a result of the dowry system and a general social devaluation of women, and how she worked with Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal on location with individuals that were sometimes reluctant to speak on their own behalf or who felt conflicting familial loyalties. Jain addresses the film’s unusual three-part structure and her desire to let the complexities of the film’s subject shape the structure, rather than the reverse. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 34844]

Director Nishtha Jain joins UCSB’s Bishnupriya Ghosh (English and Global Studies) for a post-screening discussion of her 2012 film Gulabi Gang. The conversation includes Jain’s early career as a documentary filmmaker, the film’s examination of violence against women in India both as a result of the dowry system and a general social devaluation of women, and how she worked with Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal on location with individuals that were sometimes reluctant to speak on their own behalf or who felt conflicting familial loyalties. Jain addresses the film’s unusual three-part structure and her desire to let the complexities of the film’s subject shape the structure, rather than the reverse. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 34844]

Director Nishtha Jain joins UCSB’s Bishnupriya Ghosh (English and Global Studies) for a post-screening discussion of her 2012 film Gulabi Gang. The conversation includes Jain’s early career as a documentary filmmaker, the film’s examination of violence against women in India both as a result of the dowry system and a general social devaluation of women, and how she worked with Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal on location with individuals that were sometimes reluctant to speak on their own behalf or who felt conflicting familial loyalties. Jain addresses the film’s unusual three-part structure and her desire to let the complexities of the film’s subject shape the structure, rather than the reverse. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 34844]

Director Nishtha Jain joins UCSB’s Bishnupriya Ghosh (English and Global Studies) for a post-screening discussion of her 2012 film Gulabi Gang. The conversation includes Jain’s early career as a documentary filmmaker, the film’s examination of violence against women in India both as a result of the dowry system and a general social devaluation of women, and how she worked with Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal on location with individuals that were sometimes reluctant to speak on their own behalf or who felt conflicting familial loyalties. Jain addresses the film’s unusual three-part structure and her desire to let the complexities of the film’s subject shape the structure, rather than the reverse. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 34844]

इस बार की पुलियाबाज़ी भारत के एकमात्र ग्रामीण, नारीवादी न्यूज़ चैनल - ख़बर लहरिया - के साथ | २००२ में स्थापित हुआ यह नेटवर्क अपनी बेबाक रिपोर्टिंग के लिए मशहूर है | तो हमने पुलियाबाज़ी की दिशा मलिक (मैनेजिंग डायरेक्टर) और कविता देवी (डिजिटल हेड) के साथ | पहले हमने बात की खबर लहरिया की सफलताएँ और चुनौतियाँ के बारे में | फ़िर हमने समझने की कोशिश की उत्तर प्रदेश के पिछड़े इलाक़े - बुंदेलखंड - को, ख़बर लहरिया के दृष्टिकोण से | This episode of Puliyabaazi is on India’s only women-run rural media network - Khabar Lahariya. Employing women from Dalit, tribal, Muslim and backward castes, the network has won several national and global awards for their pioneering rural journalism. We spoke to Disha Mullick, Managing Director and Kavita Devi, Digital Head from the Khabar Lahariya team about: How did Khabar Lahariya start? What have been some stages in KL’s development since it came into being in 2002? What challenges do KL’s women reporters face while investigating issues in a patriarchal society? How is rural Bundelkhand like? What are some changes that KL has noticed in governance over the years? सुनिए और बताइये कैसा लगा यह एपिसोड आपको| If you have any comments or questions please write to us at puliyabaazi@gmail.com Follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/puliyabaazi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/puliyabaazi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/puliyabaazi/ Subscribe & listen to the podcast on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Castbox, AudioBoom, YouTube or any other podcast app.

नमस्ते!This week we take a long old flight to India! Kate kicks us off in Nithari with the infamous and gross ‘Noida Serial Murders’, before Georgie whisks us away to Bundelkhand to follow the badass journey of Phoolan Devi aka ‘The Bandit Queen.’Join us for a house full of horrors, a revenge-driven trek across country and once again, much murder...धन्यवाद!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uttar Pradesh is going through legislative elections, but the media has been busy with the political fiasco that's been unfolding in Tamil Nadu. The action in UP elections hasn't enjoyed as much spotlight on prime time news as a result. Independent journalist Neha Dixit joins us this week on Hafta to talk about the profile of Mayawati she wrote for The Caravan magazine and what is happening on the ground along in Bundelkhand. Our regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Deepanjana Pal and Manisha Pande are all present. We also discuss Indian Space Research Organisation's launch of 104 satellites in a single mission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking a dig at the media, asking scientists to be ready with proof. Sagarika Ghose's attempt at humour has everyone rolling their eyes and our panel has some strong words for the Guntur collector who said Rohith Vemula's mother must prove she belongs to a Scheduled Caste.All this and a lot more, discussed and dissected on this episode. Listen up! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Mint editor R. Sukumar looks at his top headlines including developments in Indian pharma, a new bankruptcy law and the drought in Bundelkhand.

In this episode of NL Hafta, Kanwar Sandhu, founder of Free Media Initiative, joins us as we discuss his cover story in Outlook magazine, “Confessions Of A Killer Cop”. Sandhu in his story gets Gurmeet Singh Pinky, a former “encounter specialist” of Punjab Police, to reveal in detail how hundreds were eliminated in staged killings as a preventive measure to tackle Sikh militancy after 1984. The team also discusses the uproar in Parliament over the National Herald case and whether the blanket coverage it received in the media was owing to a change in the government. We also discuss Delhi government’s recently-announced “odd-even formula” to tackle pollution in the capital and whether women should be exempt from it. Then we move on to discuss BJP MP Chandan Mitra’s remarks on Twitterati and NDTV’s report from drought-hit Bundelkhand. Finally, we discuss the Salman Khan verdict and dedicate a song to him. Please visit Newslaundry website for the reference links. http://www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

पॉडभारती के नवें अंक में आप सुन सकते हैं भारत में सामुदायिक यानि कम्यूनिटी रेडियो व कैंपस रेडियो परिदृश्य पर एक रपट, ‍लोकप्रिय पॉडकास्टर उन्मुक्त का एमपी-‍3 की बजाय ओग फार्मेट से लगाव के कारणों का खुलासा और, उभरते गायक और भाईबहन की जोड़ी “खुशी और नौज़ाद” के एल्बम “अमेरिका में इंडिया” से एक मधुर गीत इस अंक में उल्लेखित कड़ियाँ और अधिक जानकारीः भारत में सामुदायिक रेडियो सीआर इंडिया: सामुदायिक रेडियो विषय पर चर्चा करती सराय की एक मेलिंग लिस्ट अन्ना एफएम: देश के पहले कैंपस रेडियो स्टेशन का जालस्थल गुड मॉssssssर्निंssssssग भारत : “चाहे वह सुदूर सरगुजा का आदिवासी किसान हो या रायपुर का रिक्शा चालक, दोनों के पास उनकी गरीबी के अलावा कोई और चीज सामान्य है, तो वह है उनका ट्रांजिस्टर।” सामुदायिक रेडियो के उद्भव पर शुभ्रांशु चौधरी की रोचक रपट। रेडियो पर इंटरनेट: अब इंटरनेट दूर दराज़ के लोगों तक रेडियो के ज़रिए भी पहुंच रहा है। बीबीसी पर रपट।