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Video Volunteers Trainings: The Adivasis of Songadh, Gujarat

 
/ October 6, 2011

“Even in the age of information overload, it is surprising that so little information is available on the tribals. So many histories- personal, political, oral, visual, gastronomic, medical, linguistic, are tucked away in little pockets of the country. During the Songadh trainings, I realized that these pockets are not the...

Student Elections Turn Violent

 
/ October 5, 2011

Student election campaigns in Solan, Himachal Pradesh, have increasingly been associated with rioting and hooliganism.

IU Impact: Community Video Brings Wage Equality

 
/ October 4, 2011

600 female laborers in Maharashtra get equal pay because of our Community Correspondent Rohini Pawar’s video

Hobby Classes Empower Women

 
/ October 3, 2011

Women in Rajasthan help each other help themselves.

Villages Lit Up By Solar Lanterns

 
/ September 30, 2011

In a village in Cuttack District, Orissa, a village now has access to sustainable light after sundown due to solar technology.

Barefoot and Grassroots: The Story of Apna Malak Maa

 
/ September 30, 2011

“Some of the places we work in are not even marked on the maps,” says Jeetu Makwana, former manual diamond polisher turned firebrand dalit activist and community video producer. Along with his wife Niru and colleague Girish and a few others, he has been working relentlessly for the past 5...

Video Volunteers on ViewChange: Local Stories Go Global

 
/ September 29, 2011

We’re excited that our videos can now be seen on a new platform, called ViewChange. ViewChange is a website created by Link TV, with support from the Gates Foundation, to bring together the best web video related to development issues and the Millennium Development Goals. But it is more than...

Kohima Buried Under Garbage

 
/ September 29, 2011

Litter lines the streets of the State Capital.