In response to the backlash received after they defended assault on a couple on April 30, the Kolkata Metro authorities posted another comment on their Facebook page today claiming that the screenshots circulating on the social media are fake. The comment posted at 3 pm on May 2 on the…
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“The 6 pm metro is a nightmare,” said 25-year-old Shinjini who left office a bit early to escape the rush. The train, cram full, crawling to a stop at the Rabindra Sadan metro station quickened her heartbeat. The doors were yet to open. “Guard your breasts with your bag,” said…
When the Kashmir valley is on the boil, and newspapers spew casualty toll, the tribe of journalists, covering the conflict in such hostile environment, remain forgotten. So, three mobile journalists ~ Archit Sinha, Shubhankar Basu and Ashish Joshi ~ travel across the state to meet the reporters who risk their…
Radheshyam Yadav, a potato grower in Hirminiya, a small town in Banke District in Southern Nepal, had never thought that flood waters could destroy his field. His patch of land was safe since it’s quite far from the river. But last August, he had his worst nightmare. Just three days…
The year 2015 changed a lot of things and it continues to go worse. Not just the political change but also newsroom dynamics. The news establishments are gradually turning into factories. They want to produce reporters who write the same, look the same, speak the same and think the same.…
Do you have a story idea? Do you want me or my friends to report on something that the ‘mainstream’ media doesn’t want to talk about? Please feel free to submit here. Please be patient and convince us that it is true. If you have documents, photograph or any screenshots,…
A death is what it took the police administration in Muzzaffarnagar to wake up to the security concerns of the Gupta family, whose family members have been hiding for a year fearing for their lives after giving statements against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu. Asaram has been accused of raping two…