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Experiencing community media with Video Volunteers

 
/ May 18, 2010

– Séverine Lenglet “We don’t write to delight or to blame people but to put the pen inside and reveal the lives of others”, said Albert Londres. This famous French writer left his foot print on the 20th Century travelling the world while pioneering the field of investigative journalism. When...

No Justice for Juveniles

 
/ May 18, 2010

The Juvenile Justice Act provides for the establishment of separate facilities

One Room Schooling

 
/ May 17, 2010

In Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh, there are many schools where education takes place only in a single room.

 
/ May 16, 2010

– “TJ” Rampersaud Through a scholarship program, I, “TJ” Rampersaud, migrated for two years from the Land of Many Waters (Guyana, South America) to the City of Pearls (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, Asia) – almost half way around the world. Now, I am at Video Volunteers’ office as an intern...

Interning with Video Volunteers – a Guyanese student’s experience

 
/ May 16, 2010

– “TJ” Rampersaud Through a scholarship program, I, “TJ” Rampersaud, migrated for two years from the Land of Many Waters (Guyana, South America) to the City of Pearls (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, Asia) – almost half way around the world. Now, I am at Video Volunteers’ office as an intern...

On the road, but not at the end of it

 
/ May 16, 2010

— Stella Paul That Bhagwanpura village is just 100 km away from Ahmedabad – capital of the largest and supposedly the richest Indian state is hard to believe. For reason one, there is no running water, no toilets and no tar road. The only mode of transport for common people...

Tradition Limits Development

 
/ May 13, 2010

In India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya tradition in West Garo Hills dictates the Gaonbura

Artisans Seek Local Market

 
/ May 14, 2010

Mukesh Rajak tells the story of bamboo artisans who lack a proper market to sell their goods.