Ladybird Writes
Sexual harassment at the workplace can assume a myriad chilling and predatory forms. Siliguri-based Independent journalist Anuradha Sharma describes the decade-long stalking and telephonic abuse that she was subjected to by her senior.
Where was #MeToo three decades ago?
As the flood of painful stories about sexual harassment endured in media workplaces shared by Indian women journalists continues unabated, memories of similar trauma endured over several years in the mid-1980s bubble to the surface. Rajashri Dasgupta recalls the dark days, decades after she managed to heal herself and move on.
Conviction for rape hinges on evidence
A meeting organised by the Network of Women in Media, Bangalore (NWMB) took forward the conversation on rape convictions, focusing on the need to demand better policing and reforms.
The girl from Serpally who conquered journalism
Jayanti Buruda, recipient of the first NWMI Fellowship (2017-18), describes her challenging journey from a village in the remote Malkangiri district of Odisha to becoming the first Adivasi girl to study and become a journalist. She feels the NWMI Fellowship recognised her potential and allowed her to follow her dream.
My name is Jayanti Buruda. I am an Adivasi girl from the Koya tribe. My life started in Serpally, a small village in Odisha’s Malkangiri district. Since my childhood, it was a dream to pursue education somewhere outside but my father used to say if you have the desire to study, you can do so in any place. In the school that I studied there were hardly any teachers or any competition among the students, which was quite discouraging for me. But, anyway, with the guidance of my teachers I passed my tenth standard exam – the only student to pass, out of the 11 students in my class.