by NWMI | Dec 22, 2025
Looking at gender in mainstream cinema Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai: Is Representation Enough? This panel, which had screenwriter Ishita Moitra, director Kiran Rao, and two actors, Ratna Pathak Shah and Rajashri Deshpande, discussed how to make sense of gender portrayals on...
by NWMI | Dec 22, 2025
Cities in Crisis: A Look at Mumbai This panel focused on ‘Cities in Crisis’, using Mumbai’s struggles with infrastructure, housing, and pollution as a lens to examine wider national challenges of sustainable urban development. The panelists were all experts in various...
by NWMI | Dec 22, 2025
Reporting Agriculture: Are Journalists Missing Core Issues? A Crisis of Good Journalism The panellists in this session were Parth MN, independent journalist, R Ramakumar, Senior professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and Seema Kulkarni, feminist activist...
by NWMI | Dec 22, 2025
Of Dangerous but Necessary Intersections: AI and Journalism As Artificial Intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves, its impact on journalism sparks both fear and excitement. This session explored AI’s potential to fuel fake news and worsen societal divides, while also...
by NWMI | Dec 22, 2025
Can independent media survive in the new Bharat/India? The panellists at the public meeting were Dhanya Rajendran, editor, The News Minute, Meena Kotwal, editor, Mooknayak, Mihir Desai, senior lawyer, and Naresh Fernandes, editor, Scroll. The meeting was moderated...
