For some time there has been a buzz about regressive content on national television and local channels. Even if these fall under the purview of entertainment, watched by millions including families with children, they show a very skewed perspectives about women and their role in society. The Bengal Network has discussed this issue from time to time and this has also been criticised in the media.
Reporting from conflict areas is dominated by men and often gets reduced to the more ‘adventurous’ and ‘dangerous’ world of ‘war zones’. But it’s much broader and encapsulates many other kinds of wars as Divya Arya brings out…
NWMI member Vidhu Vincent won the Kerala government’s award for Best Film Director, and her feature film Manhole was declared the best film – the first time that the awards were bagged by a woman in their 47-year-old history.
Journalists who take on the establishment are routinely abused and intimidated. In this environment, the unconditional support of her colleagues in NWMI has had a special importance, said Neha Dixit in her acceptance speech for the Chameli Devi Jain Award 2016, dedicating her award “to the unacknowledged journalists who have suffered and survived repression and still told stories that need to be told.”
