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<title><![CDATA[Village stories find a platform]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Gaon Connection a newspaper about farming and other rural concerns has struck a chord in Uttar Pradesh. ANUBHA YADAV finds that there are ambitious plans to expand its reach.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unexplored potential of CR]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As on November 2011 there are 121 functional community radio stations in India of which the north east operates only two. Northeastern States are in urgent need of this medium says PRIVAT GIRI. Pix Launch of Radio Luit in Gauhati University]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Community Radio eliminating voice poverty]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Free speech and freedom of expression are the raison dtre of CR anywhere in the world and they are going well beyond their mandates to do so in India but it is imperative they are given a boost says DR. KANCHAN K. MALIK]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio combats HIV and violence against women]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Violence against women is rampant in Nepal and violence has also been a cause of spread of HIV here. Samajhdar a weekly grassroots radio programme is addressing that. PAROMITA PAIN says men are beginning to change their outlook towards their wives.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mothers and daughters give voice to tribals]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There are at least 15 tribal women and girls reporting from Bastar and other areas of Chhattisgarh. SARADA LAHANGIR describes the march of the citizen journalists. Pix Bhan Sahu recording an interview.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Youth Speak sheds a new light on slum kids]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A UN funded newsletter  project aims at giving voice to children from the red light districts of Calcutta who say Our right is to be heard. RINA MUKHERJI reports on the initiative.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Women Radio Jockeys usher in a new era in Uttar Pradesh]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lalit Lokvani the first community radio station that has women handling the microphone is bringing about an attitudinal and behavioural change. ANJALI SINGH reports from Lalitpur Uttar Pradesh on an initiative that is proving to be the real voice of the people.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An unreported Korean invasion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The most watched channel is Arirang shops are overflowing with Korean goods and the youth of Nagaland flaunt hair styled on Korean actors and actresses. All this and not a pip out of the media reports STELLA PAUL Pix Wokha town.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio reporters of Jadavpur]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Child Radio Reporter a joint Jadavpur University Unicef initiative empowers children to talk about their everyday lives    focussing on subjects like child labour human trafficking broken marriages and their effect on children and alcohol related violence. SUSHMITA MALAVIYA reports from West Bengal.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Varsha breaks the silence ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Varsha a reporter with the IndiaUnheard community news service talks about her fight against domestic violence to STELLA PAUL. Photo credit Video Volunteers]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=3&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=4594</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate change via FM]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Families in remote areas of Meghalaya are now getting information about climate change via a popular FM radio music programme in Khasi. The initiative has caught on with local musicians with similar environmental interests says TERESA REHMAN.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making learning easy through videos]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Videoshala an innovative program in Gujarat that trains community members in producing educational videos with local content has helped rural students absorb lessons that are otherwise difficult for them to understand. It should be replicated in other states says STELLA PAUL]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Working for Khyber Radio]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Radio stations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas FATA started by the Pakistanl government in 2006 use womens voices to counter the militants propaganda. ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM  describes the women in Peshawar who are spearheading a media movement. Womens Feature Service.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Community radio in Nagappattinam]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The community radio station was inaugurated on July 12 2009 and covers a community within 10 kilometers around Vilunthamavadi. When we had the funds we did not have the licence and now we have the licence but no funds its team told  SUSHMITA MALAVIYA.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping the Mahatmas ideals alive ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A group of teenagers is keeping alive Mahatma Gandhis ideals through its work on the quotThe Yamunaquot newspaper but not many want to pursue a career in journalism reports SHOBHA S.V. for Womens Feature Service.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Indias only magazine for slum dwellers battles for survival]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Slum Jagatthu published from the countrys tech hub failed to come out with its December 2008 and January 2009 editions for lack of funds. MAITREYEE BORUAH reports for IANS.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stories from sex workers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A magazine for women trapped in prostitution Red Light Despatch is a window into the feelings and traumas of those living in red light areas. CHANDANA BANERJEE describes this experiment in grassroots journalism]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Airwaves  of  hope]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From a decrease in dowry deaths to an increase in girls education Chala Ho Gaon Mein is helping the villagers help themselves . CHANDANA BANERJEE tracks the numerous success stories of community radio in Jharkhand.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Voice of Little Lhasa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Funded completely by ads the paper is then printed and distributed for free at shops across Mcleod Ganj. CHANDANA BANERJEE profiles Contact Dharamshalas grassroots community paper.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Good Morning Chennai]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The woman on the radio was speaking slum Tamil unlike the anglicised Tamil common on the FM channel. HEMA VIJAY visits a radio station which understands its audience.]]></description>
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