June 2018 to Engage with the Audience in Never- Before Ways

“Social media has made journalists more powerful” Even as technology has lowered entry barriers to journalism, social media has given professional journalists the power Issue No.005 June 2018 to engage with the audience in never- before ways. This, according to Shekhar Gupta, veteran journalist and Editor-in- Chief of ThePrint, a Foundation Grantee, Mainstream media does not step has made journalists more powerful. into villages, says Meera Jatav

undelkhand is known for two things rural women journalists in their teams. In a – drought and caste-based violence. conversation with IPSMF, Meera Jatav airs B This region, which comprises small her views on a range of issues. Below are districts spread across the states of Uttar excerpts from that conversation in the origi- Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, is plagued by nal Hindi: socio-economic backwardness. As a result of On women in journalism four consecutive years of drought and crop Below are ex- failure, combined with fewer jobs under रोगⴂ को रगता है, कक भहहरा कैसे ऩत्रकारयता cerpts from the MGNREGS, at least half the families have कय सकती हℂ। मह सभस्मा कोई नमी नह ॊ, interview: We are members who have migrated. It accounts for चरती आ यह है। ऩय रोगⴂ की सोच ह फन गई doing With entities a little over 30% of all the caste-based vio- थी कक ऩत्रकारयता भᴂ तो ऩझ셁ष ह होते हℂ। like ThePrint lence in इसलरए much that doing stories the coun- ऩत्रकाय की is edgy that the main- try and is ऩहचान stream media far from फनाने भᴂ, and it’s does not gender- अफ भℂ सपर working… touch, how do sensitive. हो गई ह ॉ। you create a खफयⴂ की presence? In this गझणवत्ता औय society ववशेष होने The challenge is to draw attention and steeped in के कायण create stickiness or reader loyalty in a patriarchy, अफ रोग हभᴂ heavily saturated market. If your content Meera 煍मादा जगह is distinct enough it is possible to do so. Jatav has देते हℂ औय made her voice heard. She is one of the first Social media has fundamentally खफयⴂ के लरए फरझ ात े हℂ। मह बी एक फात है reporters of Khabar Lahariya, since its in- changed the way news is con- कक, जजन भझददⴂ को अन्म भीडडमा कवय नह ॊ ception in 2002 and today its Chief Report- कयता, हभ उन खफयⴂ को प्राथलभकता देते हℂ, तो sumed. How has the response on er. Meera has seen Khabar Lahariya, an social media been, so far, for The- रोगⴂ के अॊदय एक ववश्वास फना है, कक हभ IPSMF Grantee, transition from an eight- Print? असर ऩत्रकाय हℂ। page local newspaper in Bundeli dialect to On mainstream media It‟s a fact that nobody goes to news any a video-only news platform run by an all- more. News has to come to you. Social women team. भेये औय अन्म भीडडमा भᴂ अगय अॊतय की फात media is, therefore, not just a vital tool, कयᴂ, तो फहत अॊतय है। भ ℂ सझनी सझनाई खफयⴂ ऩय According to Meera, working with Khabar झ but an essential vehicle. ThePrint has काभ नह ॊ कयती हॉ,खफयⴂ की जाचॉ ऩड़तार कयन े Lahariya gives her a sense of liberation and done brilliantly on social media, both के फाद ह कवय कयती हॉ । भ ℂ उन भझददⴂ को satisfaction. She cherishes her independence Twitter and Facebook. We have just be- अऩने चैनर भᴂ राती हॉ, जजनकी खफयᴂ कबी as a journalist which allows her to raise im- gun developing Instagram. अन्म भीडडमा नह ॊ लरखती है| भℂ जो काभ portant questions around policy-making, कयती हॉ, जभीनी स्तय ऩय कयती हॉ उन इराकⴂ Social media has replaced “serious governance and social issues in the region. की खफयᴂ जो कबी रोग जाते बी नह ॊ हⴂगे। news” with what is trending, going Initially, Meera was nervous about calling viral and creating a buzz. How does 煍मादातय भेनस्र भ भीडडमा गाॊव स्तय ऩय out people in power. But today, her job has ThePrint match up? काभ नह ॊ कयती है। अगय उनको कयवाना बी है instilled in her a sense of confidence and तो वह जजरे, तहसीर, ब्राक से जानकाय रेते It is true that everybody has to look at freedom to openly discuss issues that impact हℂ, गाॊव नह ॊ जाते हℂ| मा रोगⴂ से खफय रे Google trends before starting the day. So, the backward classes and women. As a jour- कय चराते हℂ | जो की खफय रहरयमा you align with that as much as possible nalist, she feels responsible towards the peo- के ऩत्रकाय खझद जा कय हय तयह की रयऩोहटिग but within the fundamental definition of ple as she and her colleagues continue to call कयते हℂ| अगय हभ अन्म भीडडमा की फात कये news value. ThePrint is doing much that out issues of poor infrastructure, economic की फझन्देरखण्ड जसै े इराके भᴂ ककतनी फाय गए is edgy, on politics as well as social issues backwardness, gender and caste bias. हⴂगे तो जीयो नॊफय कहॉगी। वह भझ े बी कहते हℂ and attitudes. Our growth is evidence She believes that the credibility and success की गाॊव क्मा कयेगी जा कय, हभ से खफय रे that it is working. of Khabar Lahariya’s journalists will com- कय फना र जजमे, जो भ ℂ कबी नह ॊ कयती ह ॉ| Continued on Page 2 pel every mainstream media house to recruit Continued on Page 2 June 2018 “There is a fine line, between truth In conversation with and half-truth” Meera Jatav Continued from Page 1 29-year old Prashanth Hulkodu is a strong believer in the independence of media which is On what makes news answerable only to the audience it serves. Yet, early on he realized that there was an inher- ent conflict between public-interest journalism and a media venture driven by profits. “In भℂने अबी हार भᴂ एक खफय की थी जो दलरत any media that is motivated by just profits, there cannot be a space ऩरयवाय जानवयⴂ के चभड़ा छिरने का काभ for public-interest journalism,” he says. Prashanth has launched कयते थे औय आज बी कझ ि रोग है जो कय यहे Samachara, a Kannada digital portal aimed at producing investi- है। ऩय उनको सभाज औय ऩरयवाय के रोग गरत कहते हℂ शाद भᴂ न शालभर कयना| इस gative stories and news analysis around topics of public interest. तयह की खफय को रोग कहते मह क्मा खफय Samachara operates in the not-for-profit space and is a Founda- है| जफ भैने इस खफय को ककमा तो हभाये tion Grantee. दशिकⴂ को इतनी 煍मादा मह खफय ऩसॊद आई Prashanth let-go of a comfortable salary in 2017 to launch his own की कयोड़ⴂ की सॊख्मा भᴂ रोगⴂ न े म ट मफ औय पे सफक भᴂ देखा औय शमे य ककमा| इसी तयह venture from scratch. “Without losing something, you can‟t gain झ सपाई कभी स े जझडी खफय बी भनै े की जो की something,” is the adage he lives by. सपाई का काभ कयवाने के लरए रोग जभादाय Starting out को ह फझराते है। ऩय जहाॊ नौकय लभर यह वहा ॉ ठाकझ य सहहत अन्म जाछतमा ॉ बी नौकय भᴂ रग े When he started out, Prashanth was surprised to see more than 3000 views for each of his है ऩय काभ के लरए आज बी जभादाय ऩरयवाय stories and realized that the readers had an appetite for good and unbiased content. He को ह फझराते हℂ। मह खफय बी कापी चर regularly writes stories questioning the state‟s political scions and religious mutts, taboo मह तो एक दो उदाहयण है खफय का | subjects for some mainstream media. “We have faced a lot of online abuses. However, at On future of Khabar Lahariya one point when we stood our ground, people stopped trolling us,” he said. भै चाहती ह ॉ खफय रहरयमा अऩना ऩयचभ Importance of being independent स्वतॊत्र, ववश्वसनीम औय नाय वाद भीडडमा के 셂ऩ भᴂ देश के हय जिरे भᴂ रहयाए। गहयाई “I am not saying that Samachara alone can make a difference. Karnataka is known for its वार खफयᴂ औय कामिक्रभ हभ हभेशातैमाय कयᴂ, alternative thinking on different topics. There is also alternative thinking in the field of जजसभᴂ कोई याजनीछतक दखर न हो। हय जिरे journalism. Samachara is trying to create a new model not only with content, but also भᴂ खफय रहरयमा की भहहरा ऩत्रकाय भौज द हⴂ गﴂwith its business. If one person can make a difference by working independently, imagine जो रोकर स्तय की गहयाई वार रयऩोहट the impact 50 independent journalists can achieve,” he says. “For every issue there is a कयती हⴂ। औय हय जिरे के दशिक सफसे ऩहरे fine line, between truth and half-truth – right from the Cauvery issue to atrocities on Da- खफय रहरयमा की ऽफयⴂ को देखᴂ। इसका असय lits. What mainstream does is just surface level exploration and does not go deep,” he देश बय के भीडडमा ऩय ऩड़े जजससे भेनस्र भ adds. Samachara is a little over a year old and Prashanth is learning the ropes of running भीडडमा बी ग्राभीण ऽफयⴂ को जगह दे औय the whole business, which is a new area for him. ग्राभीण भहहराओॊ को ऩत्रकाय के 셂ऩ भᴂ अऩने भीडडमा हाउस भᴂ शालभर कये। The challenge is to keep sanity and balance, says Gupta

Continued from Page 1 of governance? What is ThePrint doing differently in terms of covering It is essential that young people become politically aware and un- politics and policy, government and governance? derstand that there is no governance without politics and unless politics improves, governance won‟t. Politics, in turn, will only im- ThePrint covers these areas, especially politics, comprehensively. prove if the citizens, particularly the younger ones, become more More importantly, it is non-partisan and goes entirely by facts. Even aware. the opinion section is like an open tent providing space for all kinds of opinion, irrespective of whether it coincides with ThePrint‟s view How has news consumption as well as coverage changed or not. As for ThePrint, its institutional view on the day‟s key issues over the years? is contained in an innovative product, The 50-Word Edit, that we The biggest difference is, the audience now gets an immediate have just launched. choice of many platforms and channels to get news on the same You have a few other initiatives like the Democracy Wall. issue. It is easy, therefore, to draw comparisons. On the downside, How has been the response and what do you aim to there is an increasing tendency to only read/watch/hear what you achieve through it? agree with. It is also an easy and tempting formula to achieving success in terms of numbers. It‟s a challenge, therefore, to keep sanity Our Democracy Wall, which currently has FB as the largest sponsor, and balance. is essentially a brand-building venture to evangelise the ideas of free speech, good politics and constitutional awareness among the What should be the next course of action for journalists young people on India‟s most prominent campuses. The response so across the country? far has been excellent. We now have universities writing to us, re- Journalists must realise how technology has reduced entry barriers questing that we take Democracy Wall there. It‟s also a source of in their profession. Also, that social media has now given them a healthy revenues. Encouraged by the response, more sponsors have power they never had before, of being able to carry their audiences joined in. with them even if platforms change. On another level, they have to How important is it for the youth to participate in issues all focus on being read in languages other than English. June 2018

Who, Where & Why

The map below is a colour-coded representation of the Foundation’s Grantees. While there are areas of high-octane coverage, the pockets of influence are dynamic and wide-ranging.

The Caravan, New Delhi Coverage: National news, AREAS OF COVERAGE Policy, Investigation Influence: Pan-India NATIONAL / POLICY / INVESTIGATION SOCIAL CHANGE CATALYST IN URBAN INDIA REPORTAGE ON BUSINESS-SCIENCE-TECH COMMUNITY RADIO / GENDER RELATED DownToEarth, New Delhi REGIONAL / CITIZEN LED COVERAGE Coverage: Social change in ALTERNATIVE / FEEDERS TO MAINSTREAM urban India Influence: Pan-India

The Print, New Delhi Coverage: National news, Khabar Lahariya, Delhi & Chitrakoot Policy, Investigation Coverage: Regional, Citizen-led Influence: Pan-India The Wire, New Delhi Influence: Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh Coverage: National news, Policy, Investigation Influence: Pan-India

Alt News, Ahmedabad Coverage: Tracks Fake News Influence: Pan India

CGNetSwara, Raipur, Chattisgarh Coverage Regional, Citizen-led IndiaSpend, Mumbai Influence: Adivasi and Tribal areas Coverage: National news, Policy, of central India Investigation WTD, Mumbai Influence: Pan-India Coverage: Social change in urban India EPW, Mumbai Influence: Pan-India Coverage: National news, Policy, Investigation Influence: Pan-India

The Better India, Bangalore The Ken, Bangalore Coverage: Positive news Coverage: Reports on Business, Samachara, Bangalore Influence: Pan-India Science & Technology Coverage: Regional, Citizen-led Influence: Pan-India Influence: Pan Karnataka

Think Pragati, Bangalore Swarajya, Bangalore Coverage: National news, Policy, Coverage: National news, Policy, Investigation Investigation Influence: Pan-India Influence: Pan-India

Dool News, Kozhikode LiveLaw, Kochi The News Minute, Bangalore Coverage: Regional and Coverage: Legal News Coverage: Regional news, Investigation Hyper-local news Influence: Pan-India Influence: South India Influence: Pan-Kerala June 2018

Grantees reach new milestones As the space for independent media picks up steam, some of the Foundation’s Grantees are going places, picking up laurels individually and collectively.

Abby award for TBI Shorenstein award

The Better India won the Abby Award Siddharth Varadarajan, the for the branded content series founding editor of The 'Breaking Barriers' in partnership with Wire, has been named the Unilever. Nieman Foundation for 2017 recipient of Journalism did a write-up highlighting the Shorenstein Journalism TBI‟s unique approach to journalism. Award. The award, given annually by Stanford Best legal news portal University‟s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), is Live Law was awarded conferred upon a journalist who has produced outstanding the Best Legal News Portal of the reporting on Asia and has contributed significantly to the Year 2017 by the Indian National western understanding of the region. Bar Association [INBA] in November 2017. Each year, INBA felicitates individuals, in- Special jury award house counsels, law firms and subject experts who perform exceptionally in their respective fields. In April 2017, in a three-part series, IndiaSpend examined what living with The Ken turns profitable disability in India Eighteen months after its 2016 launch, The Ken turned profitable means, particularly with in April 2018. It has 15 regard to access to full-time employees education and and offices in employment, 22 years after the Persons with Disabilities three locations, and (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full just one revenue stream - subscriptions. Lately, The Ken is seeing Participation) Act was passed. This series won the Special 3-4X more subscribers sign up each day, on an average, compared Jury Award at the Press Institute of India-International to when it started out. Committee of the Red Cross Awards. Gondi workshop Recognition for TNM Chhattisgarh-based CGNet Swara in collaboration with the The News Minute won the Kerala Media Award for Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi, Reportage on Child Rights 2016-2017, organised jointly by organised a five-day Gondi UNICEF and standardisation workshop in Kerala Child March of this year. The Rights workshop saw 60 adivasis Observatory. This is for their joint story on child marriages participating from six Gondi- in Malappuram. Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Dhanya speaking states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Rajendran was also featured under the Forbes 40 (under 40 Pradesh, Telangana and Orissa. years of age) list this year.

TIMELINE OF GRANTS MEETINGS GRANTEE NAMES

Swarajya, The Caravan, Alt News*, Samachara, The Wire (Urdu and Marathi), Think Pragati, Dool News, FY 2017-18: 7 Meetings Khabar Lahariya*, The Print, Down to Earth, Covai Post*, Satyagrah*

FY 2016-17: 7 Meetings The Better India, LiveLaw, Gaon Connection, Economic & Political Weekly, WTD News, The News Minute, The Wire (Hindi), The Ken

FY 2015-16: 5 Meetings IndiaSpend, The Wire, CGNetSwara TOTAL COMMITMENT – Rs 28.60 Cr *Entities yet to complete pre-funding formalities June 2018

GRANTEE NEWSROOM As 2019 approaches, Grantee Spotlight on stories focus on the economy Vakrangee sends The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), In- dia‟s 12-year-old rural jobs programme, is a safety net for millions who do not have a reg- share prices ular source of livelihood. Yet, the government has curtailed funding for it at a time of seri- tumbling ous rural distress. As part of an investigation of flagship government programmes in the run-up to the 2019 elections, IndiaSpend assessed MGNREGS in a three-part series. The Ken‟s highlight this quarter was a two- The first part analysed budget allocations to part story on a listed company Vakrangee. find that despite heightened farm unrest, this It said that things don‟t add up at the year the government has set aside the least company - its business model, its proportion of money for the scheme–48% of purported deal with PC Jewellers, its share the budget of the rural development ministry price and the open-and-shut Sebi –in the three years since 2016-17. investigation into the company‟s affairs. The reduced funding has resulted in 48% After The Ken‟s first article, Vakrangee‟s fewer projects getting completed over the six stock has been locked in lower circuits till years to 2016. Although expenditure on wag- now. When the first article was published es now constitutes 73% of expenditure the price was at Rs 186/share, which has against the stipulated 60:40 wages-to-materials ratio under MGNREGS guidelines, delays now gone down to Rs 57/share. The in wage payment are frequent, as the second part showed. management released a clarification on its website which was deemed as “a weak The final part focussed on how women in Kerala have benefitted from MGNREGS, and 3,400-word response with large excerpts what lessons that holds for policymakers. of the original article and its explanations,” Fall in Rupee value by Moneylife. The Indian Rupee (INR) has seen a fall in its value in the past few PwC resigned as Vakrangee‟s auditor and months. Since January, the currency has dropped over 3% in its value the company also removed the list of against the dollar. Such downgrade was last seen four years ago, be- 44,000 centres from its website after the fore the Lok Sabha elections, when Congress‟s term was coming to an first article. Both the articles were also end. heavily discussed on investor chat forums. The WTD published an article on the day the rupee fell to its lowest Exclusive on Cisco value in the past 15 months pointing to 6 Reasons For Downfall In Cisco has been heavily downsizing and The The Rupee Value. It also drew parallels between the economic down- Ken was the first (and turns out, the only turn before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and now, before the 2019 one) to report on it. The company sat on elections. The article received 12.8% of the total views on the website during the period of the questions sent for days, sent a one-line March to May and has had an average of 1.44 minutes per session. statement but co-ordinated with other WTD also did a series of articles on non-performing assets (NPA) in the context of the media to publish a „positive‟ story on the rising financial crisis facing public banks. Since the NPA problem is weighing on India‟s same subject the same day. Interestingly, economy, the articles are still as relevant. The articles discussed some major mistakes people on social media took note of this. made by the banks. Environment stories: Why does Kosi cause floods so often?

Kosi, the sorrow of Bihar, has remained an cause stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, chron- something like this at a young age,” he told enigma for engineers and policymakers for the ic obstructive pulmonary diseases and respira- TBI. He said he received calls from over a number of avulsions it has had till date causing tory infections. But the most disquieting fact is hundred people with offers of help. One huge floods every time. It was as recent as that Indian cities top the list of the worst af- person from Chennai even wants to help 2008 when it breached the embankment in fected. Down To Earth‟s report on WHO‟s him construct his house and they are now Kushaha (Nepal) and shifted 108 km east- release on air quality says that 14 of the world‟s sharing all the required details. wards. The answer lies in the 1082 million top 20 polluted cities are in India. Kashi becomes wireless tonnes of silt that has been deposited in the Unique garbage collection cart Chhatra to Birpur stretch of the Kosi river in Around 700 people, 150 engineers, and 25 the last 54 years. The study was extensively The Better India‟s report on a 15-year consultants worked for months to lay 1,500 reported by Down To Earth. old boy from Mathura, Sikanto Man- km of cables underground in the 16 square dal‟s innovation for garbage collection India’s air is toxic km area. Facilitating over 50,700 service evoked an overwhelming response. Si- connections, Swarajya carried a detailed As many as 7 million people are dying every kanto, a class 12 student, invented the account of how the ancient city of Benaras, year due to ambient and household air pollu- Swachhta cart. "I got many calls, emails, better known as Kashi, got rid of its even tion as exposure to fine particles that go deep and messages from people in Mumbai, Pune more ancient maze of electric wires, which into the lungs and cardiovascular system, and Haryana congratulating me for doing until now hung overhead.

05 June 2018

GRANTEE NEWSROOM Where there are Indians, there is caste

Who is Avneesh When a US based organization, Equality Labs released data from a community-driven survey showing caste-based practices are prevalent in South Asian institutions and society in the USA, it Kumar Rai? was met with surprise and shock in many quarters. A comprehensive reading list from Engage listed out the various studies across the years in EPW, piecing together the story of how caste manifests He is the fourth director of itself in the diaspora. It was one of the most read articles of the month, getting 1200 shares on Face- Strategic Communication La- book. It generated interaction and debate outside of EPW‟s usual readership on social media. boratories Pvt Ltd, the Indian partner of Cambridge Analyti- Is there occupational mobility? ca. He is so low-profile that the In another initiative, EPW Engage created an interactive tool which allowed readers to apply large- internet will barely tell you survey data to themselves. Based on a recent paper studying IHDS-II data on inter-generational oc- anything about him. In an in- cupational mobility, this feature lets readers compare and contrast their chances of moving up the terview with ThePrint, he nar- social ladder with other caste groups and scheduled tribes. Through the interactive process of finding rated how SCL India started, and selecting what their father's occupation is and what they aspire to be, it reiterates the compound- what it tried to do, and why it ed privilege of forward caste groups. failed. This report spoke of what the controversial firm Justice system failing lowest castes Cambridge Analytica actually did in India. Even as more and more Dalits complete school and enrol in colleges, even as their incomes increase and poverty rates reduce, opposition to inter-caste marriages still rears its head in urban areas like Tollywood’s Me-Too Navi Mumbai--where 15-year-old Swapnil Sonawane, a Dalit, was murdered in 2016, allegedly be- cause of a romantic relationship with a girl from an upper caste. IndiaSpend‟s story shows how this In Tollywood, the Bottom of the case is a manifestation of a deeper conflict simmering within Indian society, and of India‟s failure to Pyramid Is Leading the provide justice to its lowest castes, who comprise 16.3% of India‟s population. #MeToo Movement Female character artists and In Kerala, tribal children are sold junior artists have raised dis- turbing questions about the This story reveals that slave trade is still very active in Kerala‟s tribal area. Children are being sold exploitative culture and politics out of Wyanad tribal settlements as domestic outside Kerala. After the story in Dool News, social of the Telugu film industry. You activists and politicians have visited the settlements and made sure that children who have been res- can read more on this in this cued and released from slavery are getting proper treatment and and their needs are being met. report by The Wire. The inside story of Kathua True face of education The rape and murder of an 8-year old from the nomadic Bakharwal community at a local temple in Jammu‟s Kathua district this January The Wire also wrote an in- assumed communal overtones and fed a raging contro- depth article about the pitfalls versy in an area said to be deeply polarised. And it‟s these deep fault lines that allegedly lie The child‟s abduction and murder, according to police, was part of of the education system in In- at the heart of this sordid saga. dia. Young minds in India are a plot to drive out members of her community from a village named Rasana. ThePrint looks at the being destroyed by a faulty pat- inside story of how one of the most horrific rape-murders was planned and executed. tern of education, parental am- Bringing molester to book bitions, the aggression of hyper -competitiveness and a flawed A girl child was sexually harassed by a man with powerful connections on a train. The News Minute idea of 'success'. In such a sys- reported the story first and put the spotlight on him. The story forced the organisations and political tem that brings about the death parties that he was part of to denounce him. The magistrate, while denying him bail, mentioned that of creativity, there is no real she had read the „viral story' on him. winner. High-handed officer Positive news: Forgotten stories on postcards This story saw a record number In an attempt to curate and revive original artistic the Sarpanch. He recorded his problem on of page views, the highest so far creations, two young women are on a mission of CGNetSwara and his certificate came a month on Samachara on a single day. collecting unknown stories and repackaging them later. Similar is the story of Anturam from Khan- The story recounted the action on postcards with customized stamps. This story jhar village. Though the construction of toilets of an IAS officer who went to in The Better India helped the duo get access into was approved in the name of his father, no money the busy Majestic area in Ben- mainstream regional language publications. “The had come for a long time. He then recorded his galuru and beat up sex workers. TBI article helped us reach out to an untapped message, 15 days after which he got the money. While other media have chosen segment. We got emails for collaborations, ” one The village will now have toilets. to callhim 'Singham', Sa- of the founders, Onaiza, said. machara took a stand opposing Midnight court hearing Recordings bring results the action, which the readers LiveLaw‟s coverage on the Supreme Court‟s mid- welcomed. There was a lot of This is a story from the Singhpur panchayat of the night hearing on the decision of Karnataka Gov- discussion on social media, Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh. Mithilesh ernor and editorials regarding the Governor's which went on for days. A fol- Manikpuri was unable to get his disability certifi- powers gained tremendous response from other low-up report also got good cate for two years despite multiple applications to mainstream media players. traction.

06 June 2018 REGIONAL LANGUAGE MEDIA MATTERS A recent Nasscom study has shown that India is expected to have 730 million internet users by 2020, with 75 per cent of new users coming from non-English speaking rural areas. As if on cue, IPSMF has been supporting a host of language media initiatives which report on a range of issues. In the next two pages, we are showcasing some of those stories in their original languages.

बिहार से ग्राउंड ररपो셍ट: नीतीश कु मार की शराििंदी का नशा गरीिⴂ को भारी प蔼 रहा है

जहानाफाद येरव े स्टेशन के ऩास भझख्म सड़क स े जगह भᴂ घय है, वह उनकी कझ र जभीन है. बाड़ े एक ऩतर गर फामी ॊ तयप भझड़ती है. इस गर शयाफफदॊ ़ानन के तहत अफ ऩय ठेरा चराकय वे ककसी तयह ऩरयवाय की गाड़ी भᴂ 6-7 लभनट ऩैदर चरने के फाद फजफजाती तक कझ र 1 राख 21 हिाय ठेर यहे हℂ. ठेरा जजस हदन नह ॊ चरता, उस हदन नालरमⴂ, ऊफड़-खाफड़ यास्ते औय क ड़ⴂ के फीच च 쥍हे से धआझ ॊ बी नह ॊ उठता. 586 रोगⴂ की गायफ्ताय हझई दड़फेनझभा घयⴂ की फते यतीफ कताय शझ셂 हो जाती दोनⴂ बाईमⴂ को 29 भई 2017 की दोऩहय शयाफ है. मह ऊॊ ट भझसहय टोर के नाभ से जाना जाता है, जजनभᴂ से अगधकाॊश फेहद ऩीने के अऩयाध भᴂ ऩझलरस ने गगयफ्ताय कय लरमा है. ाय फ तफके से आते हℂ. था. गगयफ्ताय के भहज 43 हदनⴂ के बीतय मानी इसी भोह쥍रे भᴂ ऩᴂटय भाॊझी औय भस्तान भाॊझी 11 जझराई को जहानाफाद कोटि न े दोनⴂ को 5-5 यहते हℂ. दोनⴂ बाई हℂ. ऩᴂटय भाॊझी का घय ℂटⴂ सार की कैद औय एक-एक राख 셁ऩमे जझभािने को लभ絍ट से जोड़कय फनामा गमा है. खऩयैर की सजा सझनामी थी. की ित है. एक जजिय दयवाजा कभये की तयप

खझरता है. कभये भᴂ खखड़की नह ॊ है जजस कायण कड़ी ध ऩ भᴂ बी बीतय घझप्ऩ अॊधेया है. ऩᴂटय भाॊझी अऩने तीन फ楍चⴂ व फीवी सॊग इसी कभये भᴂ यहते हℂ. This is a ground report from Bihar which ऩᴂटय भाॊझी के घय स े बफ쥍कझ र सटा हझआ भस्तान talks about how the poor are paying a भाॊझी का घय है. भस्तान भाॊझी के घय भᴂ लभ絍ट heavy price ever since the Nitish Kumar का रेऩ नह ॊ चढा है जजससे नॊगी ℂटᴂ साप government imposed prohibition in the हदखती हℂ. भस्तान भाॊझी का घय बी एक ह state in April 2016. कभये का है. इसी एक कभये भᴂ वह अऩने चाय फ楍चे, एक फह , ऩोत े औय अऩनी ऩत्नी के साथ जजॊदगी काट यहे हℂ. दोनⴂ ब लभह न हℂ. जजतनी Click here for the full report

!ದ಺ದ 炿.಩ಯಮೇಶ್಴샍 ಩ುತ್ರﲂಗ ಫದಱ಺ವಣೆ峆 ಭುﲂಅವನಲ್ಲ; ಅವಳು’: ಲ‘‘

ಟಗಳಲಲ ಸ್ೂತಿತಯ಺ಗಫಮಸುವುದ಺岿ಮ್ ಶ್ನ಺ﲂರ಺ಜಕ಺ಯಣಿಗಳ ಭ响ಕಳು ರೆಸ್ಟೇಯ

ಗ ಩ರಿವತ್ತꃆﲂ蒿ದ಺ಿರೆ. ತ಺ವು ಲﲂಗಱ಺糆 ಮ಺蒿, 响ು蒿ದು ಕ಺ಯು ಓ蒿ಸಿ ಅ಩ಘ಺ತ್ ಹೆೇಳಿಕೆ್

ದ಺ದ಺ಗ ಅವಯﲂಮ಺蒿 ಸುದ್ದಿಯ಺ಗುವುದು ಮ಺ಭ್ಲಯ಺岿飆. ಮ಺蒿ಸಿಕೆ್ಳಳಲ್ು ಭು

ಡಯುﲂಆದರೆ, ಕೆಪಿಸಿಸಿ ಅಧಯಕ್ಷ ಡ಺. 炿. ಩ಯಮೇಶ್಴샍 ಸುತ್ುಲನವರೆೇ ಅವಯನುು ಹೆೇ峆响 .蒿ದ಺ಿರೆﲂ梿ಕೆ್ﲂಫುದನ್ು ಶ್ನ಺ ಹﲂಗ ಩ರಿವತ್ತꃆ ಭ್ಲ್响 ಈಗ The report on former KPCC president and ಎﲂಭಗ ಲ ಸುದ್ದಿಯ಺岿ದ಺ಿರೆ. ಸಮ಺ಜದ 响糍ುಟಪ಺ಡುಗಳಿ峆 current deputy chief minister of ತೆ ಇದಿವರೆಲ್ಲಯ್ﲂKarnataka G Parameshwar‟s son‟s sex “ನನು ಜ್ತೆ峆 ಸುೇಹಿತ್ಯ .ದ ದ್ರ಺ದಯುﲂದ಺岿 ನನಿುﲂತ್ಲೆಕೆ蒿ಸಿಕೆ್ಳಳ飆 ಹೆಣ್಺ಾ岿 ಫದಱ಺ಗುವ ದ್ದ糍ಟ change first appeared in the English ನನು ಈ ನ蓆ಯ 蒿ದ಺ಿರೆ ಶ಺ನ media. This Kannada follow-up had a ನ಺ವು ನಭಮ ಸುತ್ು ನಭ峆 ಆಗದವಯꃆುೇﲂನಿರ್಺ತಯ ತೆ峆ದುಕೆ್ 蒿ದಿರೆ ನಭ峆 ಬೇಕ಺ದವರಿ峆 ಜ಺ಗವೇﲂಡ much higher readership and went viral. 响ಟ್ಟಟಕೆ್ﲂ಩ಯಮೇಶ್಴샍. ಶ್ಸರ梿咿ತೆೆ ಮ಺蒿ಸಿಕೆ್ ಥﲂದ್ದದ಺ಿರೆ ಶ್ನ಺. “ಇﲂ಩ಯಮೇಶ್಴샍 ಩ುತ್ರ ಶ಺ನ, ಈಗ ಶ್ನ಺ ಆ岿ದ಺ಿರೆ. ಇಯುವುದ್ದಲ್ಲ” ಎ ದಲ್್ﲂ飆 ಶ಺ನ 响ಷ್ಟಗಳನುು ನ಺ನು ನನು ಬ಺ಲ್ಯದ್ದﲂಗಳ ಹಿﲂಆ糆್룊ಬೈಲ ಸ್ಪೇಟೆತ ನಲಲ ಶ಺ನ ಪಸ್ಟ‟ ಮ಺ಹಿತಿ ಩ರಕ಺ಯ, ಕೆಲ್ ತಿ ದ್ದ飆ಿೇꃆ ಭತ್ುುﲂಡು ಫﲂಗ ಩ರಿವತ್ತꃆ ಅನುಬವಿಸಿಕೆ್ﲂಗ ಆ 岿ತ್ುು. ಈಗ ಩ಯಮೇಶ್಴샍 ವಿ飆ೇಶ್ದಲಲ ಲﲂ蒿ﲂ಩ಯಮೇಶ್಴샍 ಹೆಸಯು 糆ರ ತೆ ಈವರೆಗ್ﲂಗ ಩ರಿವತ್ತꃆಮ ಫಳಿ响 ಸಮ಺ಜದ 响糍ುಟಪ಺ಡುಗಳಿ峆 ತ್响ಕﲂ蒿ದ಺ಿರೆ. ಲﲂಗ ಩ರಿವತ್ತꃆಮ ಕ಺ಯಣಕೆಕ ಶ್ನ಺ ಮ಺蒿ಸಿಕೆ್ﲂಲ ದಲೆೇ ನꃆ್ುಳ岿ನﲂದ್ದನಿﲂ಩ಯಮೇಶ್಴샍 ಹೆಸಯು ಭತೆು ಶ಺ನ ಹೆಸಯು ಶ್ನ಺ ಆ岿飆. ಈ ಭ್ಲ್响 ತ್ಭ峆 ಫದು咿飆ಿೇꃆ. ದಶ್响ದ ಹಿ .ದ್ದ飆ﲂದಫಮಸುವವರಿ峆 ಶ್ನ಺ ಩ರಿವತ್ತꃆಮ ಩ರ咿ರಯ್ಕ ನ蓆ಮುತ಺ು ಫﲂಗತ್಴ ಹೆ್ﲂಗ ಬೇಕ಺ದ ಲﲂ蒿ﲂದರದಲಲ飆. ಈ ಬ಺ರಿ 糆ರﲂಸುದ್ದಿಕೆೇ 岿ಮಲ್ಲ. ನನು ಩ರಿವತ್ತꃆಮﲂತ಺岿ದ಺ಿರೆ. ತ್ಭಮ ಈ ಆದರೆ, ನ಺ನು ಸಲﲂಗ ಩ರಿವತ್ತꃆ ವಿಚ಺ಯದಲಲ ಮ಺ದರಿಮﲂಆದಯ್, ಅದು ಲ ದು ಶ್ನ಺ﲂಹೆ್ಸ ಚರ್ಚತಮನುು ಹು糍ುಟಹ಺响ುವ ಸ಺ಧಯತೆ ಆಯ್ಕಕಮನುು ಶ್ನ಺ ಸ಺ಮ಺炿响 ಜ಺ಲ್ತ಺ಣದಲಲ ಫ峆ೆ ನನ峆 ಹೆಮಮ ಇ飆” ಎ .蒿ದ಺ಿರೆﲂ蒿ದ಺ಿರೆ. ತ್ಭ峆 ಸರಿ ಹೆೇಳಿಕೆ್ﲂಇ飆. ಸಭರ್ಥತಸಿಕೆ್ .岿ಲಷ್ ಸುದ್ದಿತ಺ಣ „낿 ಅನಿಸಿದಿನುು ಆರಿಸಿಕೆ್ಳುಳವವರಿ峆 ತ಺ವು Click here for the full reportﲂಗಳ್ಯು ಭ್ಲ್ದ ಇﲂಬ

07 June 2018

‘ചൂഴ്നെടുത്ത വത്തക്ക പ ോനല മുലയുԂ കോണിച്ച് നടക്കുകയോണ്’ ;ഫോറൂഖ് പകോപളജിനല ന ണ് കുട്ടികനള അ മോനിച്ച് അധ്യോ കന് സԂസോരിക്കുെതിന്നറ ഓഡിപയോ ുറത്ത്

ക ോഴികകോട്: ഫോറൂഖ് മുറിച്ചുട്വകുന്നതു കപോട്ല മോറിടം

ട്രടയിനിങ് ക ോളജിട്ല അധ്യോപ ന് ോണികുന്നു ‘എന്നോണ്

ട്പണ് ുട്ടി ട്ള അപമോനിച്ച് അധ്യോപ ന്ട്റ പരോമര് ശനം. This exclusive report on a comment by a സംസോരികുന്നതിന്ട്റ ഓഡികയോ ഭൂരിപക്ഷവും മുസ് ലിം ട്പണ് ുട്ടി ള് teacher of The Farooq Training College പുറ്. ‘ചൂഴ് ട്ന്നടു വക that “girls in our colleges are now പഠികുന്ന ക ോകളജില് അവരുട്ട കപോട്ല മുലയും ോണിച്ച് showing their breasts like a watermelon വസ്രത ധ്ോരണം മത ശോസന ള് ക് vendor cuts the fruit to show how ripe it നടകു യോണ് ട്പണ് ുട്ടി ’ള് is”, had become the most discussed വിരുമോട്ണന്നും അധ്യോപ ന് എന്നോണ് അധ്യോപ ന് പറഞ്ഞത്. news in Kerala and the country for a പറയുന്നു. പര് ട്പോകിപ്പിടിച്ച് ഫോമിലി ൗണ് സിലിങ്ങിനിട്ട week. The report evoked protests by ലഗിന് സും ോണിച്ചോണ് student groups and women‟s ഫോറൂഖ് ട്രടയിനിങ് ക ോകളജിട്ല organisations. Based on this report, a ട്പണ് ുട്ടി ള് യോമ്പസില് അസിസ്റ്റന്റ് രപഫസറും ഫോമിലി girl student filed a police complaint നടകുന്നത്. ഇങ്ങട്ന വസ്രതം leading to the teacher‟s arrest. ൗണ് സിലറുമോയ ജവഹര് മുനവര് ധ്രികുന്ന ുട്ടി ക്ള് സവര് ഗം നടിയ രപസംഗിലോണ് ലഭികിട്ല്ലന്നും രക്ഷിതോകള് വിദ്യോര് ിനി ട്ള അപമോനികുന്ന കബോധ്വത്കരികണട്മന്നുമോണ് അധ്യോപ ന്ട്റ പരോമര് ശങ്ങളുള്ളത്. ഉപകദ്ശം. വിവോദ് രപസംഗിട്ല പരോമര് ശങ്ങള് ‘മുസ് ലിം ട്പണ് ുട്ടി ള് മകന ട് ോണ്ട് മോറിടം ഇതോണ്. മറയ്കുന്നില്ല, വകയുട്ട ചുവപ്പ് ോണികോന് �ംണ For the full story click here.

नयैनी तहसीर के वकीरⴂ ने भ्रष्टाचाय को योकने के Below is a screenshot of a report cum लरए भॊडरामक्त को हदमा ऻाऩन interview, originally written in Urdu (The Wire झ Urdu) by Yasmeen Rashidi, about a colloquium titled „Pathbreakers: The Twentieth Century Muslim Women of India‟ organised by Muslim Women's Forum in partnership with UN Women.

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