The Moving Upstream: Luni program is a continuation of Veditum’s Moving Upstream fellowship program which we co-host with the Out of Eden Walk. For the Luni program, we are partnering with the School of Pubic Policy at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, and this effort is supported by A4Store & Out of Eden Walk. The aim is to document the river and life in and around it, the impact of man-made...
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Obituary: P.V. Satheesh, the Communicator and Idealist who Helped Marginalized Communities Find their Voice
P.V. Satheesh, founder and Executive Director of the Deccan Development Society passed away on 19 March, 2023. Periyapatna Venkatasubbaiah Satheesh – P.V. Satheesh to friends – was born in Mysore in 1945. He studied mass communication and television production at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and the Film and Television Institute of India. He joined Doordarshan as a senior producer and worked on programming related to rural development and...
More »What the Bangalore Floods tell us about our Democracy -Sushmita Pati
-The India Forum Urban floods as in Bangalore are not just a result of failed governance. They also reflect a failure of our democracy, where the citizen does not participate in decision-making and later sees spectacles like demolitions as signs of action. Neecha Nagar was the first Film from India to go to the inaugural Cannes Film Festival in 1946 and win the Palme D’or. Neecha Nagar, or the “Lowly City”, was...
More »Mohammed Zubair Moves Delhi HC Against Police Remand
-TheWire.in/ With PTI inputs Justice Sanjeev Narula has agreed to list the matter for hearing on Friday, July 1. New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has approached the Delhi high court challenging his police remand in a case where police has deemed his 2018 tweet of a Film still ‘objectionable’ and capable of causing religious animosity. The petition, which challenges a trial court’s June 28 order granting four days of custody of Zubair...
More »Zubair arrest: UN says journalists shouldn’t be jailed for what they write or say
-Newslaundry.com ‘Journalists be allowed to express themselves freely and without the threat of any harassment,’ a spokesperson for the UN secretary general said. Journalists anywhere in the world should be allowed to express themselves freely and without the threat of harassment, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday in response to a question about the arrest of Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair. “In any place around the world, it is...
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