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IWD2021 | Orphaned in Childhood, This Woman Fought Against All Odds to Educate Herself and...

 
/ March 8, 2021

Dr. Jaymati Kashyap has worked to preserve the Gondi language and rescued many women from human trafficking.

VV Correspondent’s Father Released from Jail After 113 Days; Was Booked For Forwarding a WhatsApp...

 
/ March 5, 2021

A video of the police brutality before the arrest of VV correspondent Zainab Siddiqui's father and brother went viral online.

Four Years Since A Man From Bengal Tea Gardens Moved Out To Work And Never...

 
/ February 24, 2021

Human trafficking in West Bengal's tea gardens continues to wreak havoc and destroy lives.

‘Democracy is Power of the People, Not Of Those Ruling’

 
/ February 19, 2021

Press freedom in Kashmir is increasingly under threat and we get a sense of it in an interview with the executive editor of Kashmir Times.

Correspondents Take Charge In Making Video Volunteers Into A Community Media Movement

 
/ February 9, 2021

Ever since the formation of Video Volunteers (VV), we always wanted to create an organization that was run by our most important stakeholders – the Community Correspondents (CC). We aimed for a structure that was non-hierarchical and where every CC played a role in shaping and transforming VV into a...

In West Bengal, One Woman Is Reviving A Centuries Old Tradition of Women Working As...

 
/ January 27, 2021

In modern India, it is unheard that a woman officiated as the priest of a religious event.

Folks From 18 Villages Cross This River Everyday, Yet There is No Bridge

 
/ January 22, 2021

Many applications later, hundreds of people continue to suffer.

Pregnant Women Deliver on Floor As Jharkhand Sub-Centre Has No Beds

 
/ January 21, 2021

Formal applications to get new beds have been sent thrice to the local administration. But the situation hasn't changed.