Picture this: You see a boy and girl hugging for a ‘long time’ in school. You think it’s inappropriate. You ask the students to disengage. The boy refuses. You get enraged at this open act of defiance. You warn them and demand a written apology. Despite both actions, you suspend them. Students admonished for such…
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When Men entered the Women’s compartment of the Delhi Metro
On Misogynistic memes, women reinforcing patriarchal norms and why we need separate spaces for women in public spaces. It was around 10 o’clock on a Monday morning. I made my way to the Noida sector 18 metro station, hurrying up the escalator as I heard the Delhi Metro pulling into the station. I raced towards…
Spring Valley High Violent Police Arrest
This in-house package was created as part of the TV Journalism course at the Asian College of Journalism (ACJ), Chennai. It was edited using Avid Media Composer. Material has been sourced from CNN, RiseUpOctober, Fusion.com, Boise PD and other users on YouTube. I do not claim ownership over any material in this video other than…
The Climate Change Champion Trio: #KeepItInTheGround, Alan Rusbridger and The Guardian.
CHENNAI: Stating that the media worldwide had largely ignored climate change, Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of The Guardian, spoke about the role of the public in combating climate change during a public lecture titled “Climate change: Has journalism failed?”, organised by The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy at The Music Academy, Chennai on…
Is Music Activism a Farce? : #KodaikanalWont and Sofia Ashraf
In the 23 days the “Kodaikanal Won’t” music video has been on YouTube, it has gotten (as of 21 Aug): 3,051,728 million views 86,692 signatures (just short of its 100,000 mark) asking Unilever to own up, on jhatkaa.org, the organization that launched the video. #kodaikanalwont and #unileverpollutes trending on Twitter. Written and performed by rapper Sofia…
Satshya (n.) Being Witness 