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Sajid Raina - India Development Review

2 days ago | idronline.org | Tanupriya Singh

Sajid Raina is a Delhi-based freelance journalist who writes on politics, human rights, and social justice. His work has appeared in News International, Article 14, The Diplomat, The Polis Project, FairPlanet, and other platforms. He holds a master’s degree in mass communications and reports with a focus on marginalised communities and underrepresented narratives. Articles by Sajid Raina
Tauseef Ahmad - India Development Review

2 days ago | idronline.org | Tanupriya Singh

Tauseef Ahmad is a freelance journalist based in Kashmir. He has reported for a range of national and international publications including News International, Al Jazeera, TRT World, News Decoder, The Polis Project, FairPlanet, and Mongabay. With a background in mass communications and multimedia production, Tauseef focuses on stories from conflict zones, environmental issues, and underreported communities in the region. Articles by Tauseef Ahmad
In Kashmir, no TV drama means no livelihoods for artists

2 days ago | idronline.org | Sajid Raina |Tauseef Ahmad |Tanupriya Singh

For decades, Kashmiri artists lit up television screens and local stages with their humour, storytelling, and music. Much of this cultural vibrancy stemmed from DD Kashir, a regional branch of the national broadcaster Doordarshan (DD), launched in the year 2000. The channel provided a rare and crucial platform for local talent to perform, earn a livelihood, and reach wider audiences.
Preeti Prasad - India Development Review

1 week ago | idronline.org | Tanupriya Singh

Preeti Prasad is the COO at Catalysts for Social Action. She has had a 15-year-long career in broadcast media, was the founding director of Ahvaan Trust for Education, and continues to serve on the board as a trustee. She has also been a drama teacher with Barry John’s Young Actors Club and an English-language teacher for adults, and has taught at Stokes Memorial School in Shimla.
How village courts deliver justice

1 week ago | idronline.org | Anuradha Nagaraj |Zoya Hussain

In a sparsely furnished room with peeling wall paint, 69-year-old Ram Parvesh Bhagat was holding court. He wore a white kurta and pyjama, and leaned back in his chair, the only one with wheels in the room, as he listened to a poor couple and their daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law, Rashmi Devi, described the harassment she and her in-laws were facing from a relative over a small piece of land, in Ainkhan Bhimnichak village, in Bihar’s Patna district.
The five stages of securing funding: Tarot edition

1 week ago | idronline.org | Jasmine Bal |Tanupriya Singh

You’ve sown your seeds and pulled together all your internal resources (and some external ones too) to put together a fundraising proposal for a new programme. It’s peppered with all the right buzzwords and a healthy amount of ‘donorese’, and you’ve got three different Google Docs versions of it, one for each of three potential funders calling for proposals. So something will come through. Right?
IDR Explains | Commons

1 week ago | idronline.org | Tanupriya Singh

Commons are broadly recognised as resources that are shared by a community and managed for collective use and benefit. They are typically not owned by any single individual but can be used by all members of the community who have unrestricted access, and can encompass a wide range of resources, including land, water, and air.
Dating in the development sector: Part 2

2 weeks ago | idronline.org | Shriya Roy |Tanupriya Singh

Shriya Roy is a multimedia editor at IDR, where she is responsible for managing and building video content. Prior to this, she was a journalist for six years across print, TV, and digital newsrooms. She worked as a researcher at NDTV, as a correspondent with The Indian Express, and as a multimedia editor at Feminism in India. Shriya received the Human Rights and Religious Freedom (HRRF) journalism grant in 2022 and produced a documentary exploring caste bias in grassroots cricket in India.
Using technology to support early childhood education

1 month ago | idronline.org | Tanupriya Singh

Over the past few years, there has been a renewed focus on early childhood education (ECE) in India, with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 serving as a major impetus. The policy places particular emphasis on ECE, which focuses on children between the ages of three and six years, and links it to formal schooling. While the right to education has not yet been extended to children under the age of six, the NEP aims to universalise ECE by 2030.
How can renewable energy models put people first?

1 month ago | idronline.org | Tanupriya Singh

Three perspectives, one conversation. A developer, an investor, and a development professional unpack what it would take to make renewable energy truly people-centric. As with any large infrastructure push, renewable energy (RE) expansion can bring unintended consequences for the communities living in and around project sites, such as reducing access to arable land, disrupting livelihoods, and reshaping local economies.