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EG, PCI and IWPC concerned over violence
The Editors Guild of India expresses serious concern over the manner in which journalists assigned to cover the violence in Delhi have been targeted for physical attack. There are reports of journalists being hospitalized after such attack.…
SAWM strongly condemns mob attacks on Media
The South Asian Women in Media (India) strongly condemns in unequivocal terms the brazen and direct attacks on media professionals in Delhi while they were performing their duty.
It is extremely disturbing that reporters / camerapersons…
Dear Melania, know the Amdavad that welcomes you!
SAWM member and senior journalist Sheela Bhatt writes about the history of the old Indian city Ahmedabad also lovingly called Amdavad in a letter to the First Lady of United States of America Melania Trump, who is all set visit the city…
People may criticise us, but environment is top priority for Bhutan, says Lotay Tshering
Bhutan Government's new decision may have an impact on the political relation with neighbouring countries like India, Bangladesh and Maldives. Prime Minister Lotay Tshering confirms that sustainable development of Thimpu and protecting the…
Davinder Singh embodies the dark, dirty underbelly of Kashmir’s security apparatus
SAWM member journalist Anuradha Bhasin writes how the arrest of Davinder Singh a deputy superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police has opened the dark side of the security apparatus in Kashmir. Beside delving deep into the layers of thus…
A beloved jurist passes on
Journalist and SAWM member Beena Sarwar writes about Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim whom the writer lovingly called Fakru Uncle. Not only an emotional tribute to the man who wore many hats in his lifetime but an in-depth discussion on why he should…
Just 48 hours into 2020, and PM Modi has already obsessed over Pakistan twice
The New year has just begun. But Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has started to blame Pakistan for almost all the failures of his government. Jyoti Malhotra comments on not so surprising trait of the Prime Minister of India.
Theatre of Violence: What Vijay Tendulkar Would Have Written Today
Nishtha Gautam, journalist and SAWM member writes about how in today's time the exceptional play-write Vijay Tendulkar would have written. He who always defied propaganda and never sacrificed his empirical understanding of the society…
Wielding a pen amidst placards and pellet guns
SAWM member and journalist Suhasini Haidar pens down her own experiences of covering mass protests to elaborate on the points of what journalists should and should not do while doing their jobs of covering such situations.
The new fault lines in the North-East
The Citizen Amendment Act has become an issue which is of great concern to the people of Assam. SAWM member Patricia Mukhim writes in detail how and why the people of Assam are protesting against this Act.