Technology
No Google for Village Girls
In Uttarakhand, lack of teachers in technical institutes leaves students helpless.
My Videos, My Voice, My People
In Cotigaon, Goa Videoactivist Devidas G. screen his videos for his community
Watching The Watchmen:Community Correspondent Mani Manickem on Media, Corruption, Caste and The Politics of Science
M. Mani is a dalit activist, a budding scientist, a social worker, a community journalist, a teacher, the host of a weekly live tele-quiz science on Tamizh channel Makkal TV and the IndiaUnheard Community Correspondent from Chennai. With his family, he lives in Chennai’s Nallambakkam slum which borders a very...
3rd IndiaUnheard Training Camp: Leaps of Faith
Jackie Sawiris is a half Jordanian, half Egyptian, Libyan-born, American-raised, Jordan-based writer, filmmaker, and actor. She discovered how truly powerful film can be when she initiated objecDEFY Harassment, an Arab world-based, self-perpetuating initiative that empowers people of all gender identities to combat harassment and regain agency over their bodies and...
Video Volunteers Trainings: The Adivasis of Songadh, Gujarat
“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...
Villages Lit Up By Solar Lanterns
In a village in Cuttack District, Orissa, a village now has access to sustainable light after sundown due to solar technology.
Video Volunteers on ViewChange: Local Stories Go Global
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...
3rd IU Training Camp, Day 1: Video + Activism
“When I joined the IndiaUnheard program, I was a wanderer. My house and community was anywhere where I pursued my activism, where I choose to lay my head for a good night’s sleep,” says community correspondent Ajeet Bahadur. “I used to make my IndiaUnheard videos while travelling from one place...