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India's Writing With Fire, on the story of Khabar Lahariya, nominated for Oscars

-The NewsMinute.com/ With inputs from PTI Directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, both debutants, 'Writing With Fire' chronicles the rise of Khabar Lahariya, India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Indian documentary Writing With Fire has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category at the 94th edition of the Academy Awards. The nominations were announced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan on Tuesday, February 8, via the Twitter page...

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Sulli Deals, Bulli Bai and the young and educated hatemongers -Alok Deshpande and Hemani Bhandari

-The Hindu Two apps — Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai — created by young engineering students sought to silence Muslim women by putting a price on their dignity. Hemani Bhandari and Alok Deshpande report on the investigation that led to the arrest of the brains behind these apps It was around 10:30 p.m. on January 5. The Bishnoi family had already turned in when a Delhi Police team arrived at their house...

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Portal puts Muslim women on auction -Anita Joshua

-The Telegraph 'Bulli bai' is taken down after the victims and several Opposition politicians launch a protest A portal called “bulli bai” sought to put vocal Muslim women on auction on New Year's Day by using their social media profiles, less than six months after a similar effort had been made via the app “Sulli Deals”. “Bulli bai” was taken down after the victims and several Opposition politicians spoke out against it. Late on...

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‘Health a major reason behind witchcraft-related violence’ -Satyasundar Barik

-The Hindu Dire need for awareness and education regarding the superstition, says study conducted in Odisha Health concerns continue to be a major underlying reason behind witchcraft related violence in Odisha while there is a dire need for awareness and education among the people regarding superstition, says a study that analysed 102 incidents of violence. The study ‘Witch-Hunting in Odisha’ conducted by State Commission for Women, Odisha and Action Aid Association, a non-government...

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Terrorists Killed 1,724 In J&K In 31 Years, 89 Kashmiri Pandits: RTI Reply -Mohammad Ghazali

-NDTV.com Data from a second RTI request showed that 88 per cent of the 1.54 lakh people, or 1.35 lakh individuals, who fled the Valley since 1990 - were Kashmiri Pandits Chandigarh: Terrorists in Kashmir killed 1,724 people - of whom 89 were Kashmiri Pandits and the rest were "people of other faiths", including Muslims - over the past 31 years, the Srinagar district Police HQ said last month in response to...

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