Smart Step to Help Indias Rural Poor
A series of government initiatives have added up to a real — if still incipient — sense of possibility, especially in the countryside.
BBC airs controversial documentary Indias daughter early.
London, March 05: A controversial documentary ���Indias Daughter��� based on the gang-rape of a young woman in Delhi has been aired by the BBC despite protest from the Indian government. According to the Guardian, Delhi��.
India Asks, Should Food Be a Right for the Poor?
India is debating whether to dismantle an inefficient, decades-old food distribution system and try something radical.
Abuse Case Rouses India’s Middle Class
The case of a girl who was molested by a police official has become a symbol of middle-class rage at a broken system.
UK director gets star backing for daughters of India campaign
Indias Daughter, made by Leslee Udwin, tells the story of the brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh, 23, a medical student, in Delhi in December 2012, and the month-long street protests that followed to demand n end to��.
Delhi Gang-Rape Convict Blames Victim - India Real Time.
In a soon-to-be-released documentary by a British filmmaker, one of six men who raped and murdered a young woman on a bus in Indias capital in 2012 blames the attack on his victim and her male companion.. The BBC is to air the film, ���Indias Daughter,��� directed and produced by Leslee Udwin, on March 8, International Womens Day. On Monday, the victims father called Mr. Singhs reported statements ���perverse and derogatory.��� He said: ���I hope these devils are��.
As Cricket Grew in India, Corruption Followed
The allegations of graft in the India Premier League of cricket highlights how much the often corrupt elite still dominates the country.
Indias Daughter: Nirbhaya documentary taken down from.
The government of India has finally got its way and managed to convince YouTube to take down BBC documentary Indias Daughter. Its amazing, the amount of effort the Narendra Modi-led government actually put in to get��.
A Conversation With: Actor-Director Naseeruddin Shah
. The veteran actor on his career, Indias cultural scene, and the need for the youth to appreciate literature.
Overnights: Indias Daughter delivers 300k viewers
The last-minute addition of Indias Daughter to the BBC Four schedule last night brought in nearly 300,000 viewers at 22:00. The one-hour long documentary, based on the gang-rape of Jyoti Singh in Delhi in 2012, was watched by 286,100 viewers .
Indias Daughter: Government asks YouTube to remove gangrape documentary
Despite the Indian Governments protest, BBC went ahead and released the documentary on Wednesday night in the UK and also uploaded it on the YouTube. According to sources, Communications and IT Ministry has told Youtube that the issue is very .
Amid outrage over Indias Daughter, Kiran Bedi compares rapists to pigeons
The country is outraged by the remarks made by the 16 December gangrape convict Mukesh Singh in film maker Leslie Udwins documentary Indias Daughter. And this ourrage has resulted in some kneejerk reactions as well.An FIR has been lodged against .
Blocked Documentary Appears Available in India on YouTube
The documentary, ���Indias Daughter,��� by filmmaker Leslee Udwin was banned in India by a judge who said that remarks in it by one of the perpetrators of the 2012 gang rape could cause ���huge public outcry.��� The court order��.
BBC airs controversial documentary Indias daughter early despite protest.
London: Even as the Indian government was pressing it not to show the controversial documentary on the December 16 gangrape, BBC decided to go ahead with its telecast, saying that the film had handled the issue responsibly.
Government moves to remove documentary Indias Daughter from online.
NEW DELHI: The controversial documentary Indias Daughter, was available online within hours of it being screened by the British Broadcasting Corportion on its channel BBC4 on Wednesday, and the government is considering a way to get it blocked.
India Edwards Dies; Advocate of Women In Politics Was 94
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Freida Pinto Urges Lift of Ban on BBC Documentary Indias Daughter
BBCs documentary Indias Daughter, revolving around the Delhi gang rape of Nirbhaya, which was to be aired on Indian TV channel NDTV March 8, has now been banned by the Information and Broadcast Ministry following an order from the court.
Tackling a CM, separatist: why a journalist stands by Indias Daughter
Indias daughters know--from their own experiences and from those of their many friends--that the problem is not us. I was not out at night, I was not skimpily dressed. I couldnt have been in a State in the throes of a militant insurgency. No, this.
Indias Daughter on YouTube: Nirbhayas father and B-town.
India has banned the telecast of Indias Daughter ��� the BBC documentary which features an interview of Mukesh Singh, one of the rapists of the 23-year-old Delhi girl nicknamed Nirbhaya. The promos of the documentary��.
Bollywood Gets Real, Taking On the Modern Indian Marriage
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Indias Daughter: Prepare to be disappointed
I watched Indias Daughter on YouTube this morning, and was left with mixed feelings. None really positive, but mixed in their degree of being disturbing. The film is supposed to be the story of Jyoti Singh. And I get the story in the first few minutes.
Indias Daughter review ��� this film does what the politicians should be doing
Indias Daughter doesnt malign India, but Naidus statement about a ���conspiracy��� does demonstrate, with an acute lack of self-awareness, what lies at the heart of the nations rape crisis. Naidu isnt implying that rape is shameful; but that talking.
A Small Charity Takes Lead in Fighting a Disease
Filling a void created by for-profit drug companies, one group hopes to stamp out black fever.
Ex-Police Chief Is Sent to Jail for Molesting Indian Girl
A ex-police chief who evaded prosecution and prison for years after molesting a 14-year-old girl who later committed suicide was sent to prison Monday.
BJPs Poonam Mahajan Writes Against the Ban on Indias Daughter Documentary
Her name means light, which faded away because of the torture and suffering inflicted by her perpetrators. The heinous act ignited impassioned pleas for womens safety across the whole country. The recent furore over an interview of the rape convict in.
On India’s Farms, a Plague of Suicide
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Indias Daughter ��� A Review | My India
This one is actually for the Oscars. Rarely do we come across a film so complete and credible at the same point of time. This movie is not just about Indias daughter Nirbhaya or Jyoti Singh, as her parents named her.
Indias Daughter: I made a film on rape in India. Mens brutal.
Leslee Udwin spent two years making a documentary on the horrific rape and killing of young medical student Jyoti Singh. And it asks, has the attack really spurred a sea change for gender equality in India? Indias Daughter:��.
A New University Offers Liberal Arts as Higher Education Alternative
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BBC releases ���Indias Daughter��� on YouTube despite Indian.
The documentary ���Indias Daughter���, by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin, carries an interview with Mukesh Singh, one of the six men who brutally raped a 23-year-old woman on December 16, 2012. The documentary has��.
Indias Daughter: Govt stalls telecast of Nirbhaya accused.
There was a huge row when British filmmaker Leslee Udwin went ahead to interview one of the accused Mukesh Singh and document it as Indias Daughter, a BBC Storyville documentary. Mukesh Singh who was considered��.
Nirbhayas Parents Talk to NDTV About Documentary on.
Nirbhayas Parents Talk to NDTV About Documentary on Indias Daughter. Posted on March 4, 2015 by Indian Homemaker. Let me share this talk from NDTV last evening. Please do watch. Leslee Udwin says the documentary shows why the��.
The Virtual Middle Class Rises
The access to technology has expanded the expectations of many Indians, and others around the world.. Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column examines rise of so-called virtual middle class that has come about in India due to dramatically lowered costs of connectivity and education; notes that those in this virtual middle class, while still poor, are making their voices heard about governments failure to respond to their needs.
Indias Daughter: The Nirbhaya gang rape BBC.
This statement by Mukesh Singh, one of the convicts in Delhi gangrape case, in the controversial BBC documentary Indias Daughter perhaps reflects how rapists see a woman. Singh gives chilling details about the��.
Modern Ways Open India’s Doors to Diabetes
In India, alongside the stick-thin poverty, the malaria and the AIDS, the number of diabetics now totals around 35 million, and counting.
Tihar DG Alok Verma meets Rajnath Singh in. - India
However, after the controversy, the government asked media not to telecast the interview. (Indias Daughter: Govt stalls telecast of Nirbhaya accused BBC documentary by Leslee Udwin). Home Minister Rajnath Singh on��.
Retailer Knockoffs Abound in India
As Western brands try to enter the country’s market, foreign companies and governments alike are protesting the country’s lack of intellectual property protections.
The villainy needs to be told
Today, some people feel a similar sense of victimhood about Leslee Udwins documentary film ���Indias Daughter.��� The documentary was originally slated for release on March 8, International Womens Day, and is based on the December 16 2012 rape and .
India Gets Caught Short as Sugar Prices Soar
To meet growing demand, India will probably have to import 20 to 30 percent of the sugar it needs in the current fiscal year.
Indias Daughter: How Arnab Goswami insulted Nirbhaya.
Titled Indias Daughter, the documentary was made by Leslee Udwin (whos experienced rape herself), to understand the mindset of a rapist. She said in the NDTV Dialogue episode: First let me tell you that my integrity and��.
How India Became an Outsourcing Magnet
A new book explores the way a trade group created the myth of Indian software genius and influenced government policy and journalism to favor Indias software industry.
India Finds Corruption in Fast-Growing Aviation Industry
More than a dozen commercial pilots have lost their licenses and a top airline safety official has been suspended after a government investigation uncovered widespread fraud.
The Last Person
An affordable iPad-like tablet in India may be the start of something big. Stay tuned.. Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column describes the development of the Aakash tablet computer by a team led by two Indian Institute of Technology professors; notes that the Aakash was designed to sell for a price low enough that many poor Indian families could afford it; asserts that the creation of this tablet marks the beginning of cheap, innovative devices finding their way into the hands of many more people and opening paths to greater opportunity.
Indias Daughter: Ban on Delhi gang rape accuseds.
A court here on Wednesday directed continuation of the ban on broadcasting a documentary based on an interview with a convict in the December 16 Delhi gang-rape case.
At Indian Preserves, Tigers Remain King as People Are Coaxed Out
Efforts to convince people to leave forests raise the question of the price to pay to save the forests and for whom — humans or animals.
The Ink Fades on a Profession as India Modernizes
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Virtually impossible to block content of Indias Daughter documentary, say.
New Delhi: Armed with a judicial order, the government has stepped in to prevent the viewing of the controversial documentary, Indias Daughter, on the internet but cyber experts believe it may be virtually impossible to block its content. BBC.
The problem with Indias Daughter is not just the narrative
The question really is that when an accused is under the protection of the State, and when such recording is made by any person, by a visitor who receives the authorisation from the State, is there no duty to ensure that the accused is according his.
Indias Daughter - A Young Womans Open Letter to the Prime Minister
This letter is in response to the ban in India on the documentary Indias Daughter made by Leslee Udwin, who is herself a victim of rape. This is also a response to Arnab Goswami who described the planned screening of the film on NDTV as Voyeurism.
Indias Daughter | The Toynbee convector
http://youtu.be/fLg131SZk1o Leslee Udwins film, shown on BBC television yesterday. Banned in India. Delhi Noir.
Indias Daughter Raises More Questions with Less Answers
Leslee Udwin put up Indias Daughter from different perspectives, and not to forget all these views are seen from her feminist ideology. Of course, it is tragic and difficult to hide the moist in your eyes when watching the documentary. The documentary.
Indias Daughter: BBC documentary on Nirbhaya gang rape banned by Indian.
Heres why the documentary has stirred an outrage in India - in the interview, instead of showing any remorse whatsoever, Mukesh Singh, who was driving the bus when a group of men savagely raped a 23-year old girl (who later died from her injuries) and .