Infochange-India has put out some alternative ("news and analysis on
social justice and development issues in India") on their website
http://infochangeindia.org/Audio-Files.html Please check it out, and
if interested you could get permission to reproduce the same (with
attribution):
Teach for India
Find out more about a unique programme that gets India’s best and
brightest to dedicate two years to teaching children in public and
private schools
Social responsibility in a corporate world
In this episode of the InfoChange Audio Files, Chhavi Sachdev of
Sonologue interviews Tanya and Pooja of Karmayog, the meta-NGO that
put out India’s first report on corporate social responsibility, last
year. Listen on to learn more about who is doing what about their
ecological footprint and what a CSR ranking really means.
Evangelist for open-source composting
In this episode of the InfoChange Audio Files, Chhavi Sachdev of
Sonologue interviews Poonam Bir Kasturi, who is an evangelist for
open-source composting. Poonam, who founded the Srishti School of Art,
Design & Technology, runs a company called Daily Dump that works with
local potters to create utilitarian but beautiful composting bins in
Bangalore. She’s taking her solution for basic waste management to
everyone who will have it.
Giant steps for Muslim women
Sharifa Khanam set up a Muslim Women’s Jamaat in Pudukottai, Tamil
Nadu, in 2003, encouraging a liberal interpretation of Shariat law,
and freeing women from patriarchal bias. In this interview she talks
about her long struggle for women’s rights and her dream of setting up
a women’s mosque.
Read an article about Sharifa Khanam here
Broken voices
An audio interview with Valerie Mason-John, author of a new book on
dalit women in Maharashtra. These women are twice oppressed – first as
women and then as dalits
Employment for the disabled: A slow change begins
Basic accessibility issues keep the disabled in India from meaningful
employment opportunities. An audio report
SEZs: The new battleground
An audio story from Pen in Raigadh district of Maharashtra where
farmers are opposing the development of a Special Economic Zone
http://infochangeindia.org/Audio-Files.html
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