Nearly four years after a 2021 disaster displaced families across Bajhang, Nepal, Dalit families have been ignored by the state, left off government beneficiary lists or granted partial aid at best.
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“Journalists who do not monger war, who are sick and tired of the lies and fabrication in the news, social media and by the state, must step forward with the courage to hold hands across the border and work together." -Badar Alam, co-founder of Earthwise.
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[When we approach people for actual journalistic work], people won’t talk to us because they have been mistreated by these social media creators,” said Gafira Qadir.
“They’re not reporting, they’re selling.”
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“We’re in these times when the health of the industry isn’t looking good, and people’s faith in the media is at its lowest. At the same time, great journalism is still happening and a lot of it’s coming from independent journalists,” said Karan Deep Singh.
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As propaganda and misinformation thrived during escalations between India and Pakistan in early May, independent journalists faced great risks and unequal access to get the truth out.
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Temperatures across India are rising, but number of heat deaths keep dropping.
India's secret? A narrow definition of what constitutes a heat death.
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ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਬਿਰਤਾਂਤ: ਇੱਕ ਜਕੜਿਆ ਹਥਕੜੀਆਂ ਦੂਜਾ ਬਣਿਆ ਲੋਥ
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पंजाब के गावों में लगातार बेरोज़गारी बढ़ने और कृषि से संबंधित संकटों में बढ़ोत्तरी के कारण विदेशों में बेहतर जीवन की उम्मीद में विदेश पलायन करने वाले युवाओं की संख्या राज्य में अपने उच्चतम स्तर को छू रही है |
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Young people in Punjab are being misled by 'agents' peddling false hopes, robbed of their family's life savings, duped into taking high-interest loans, just for a chance at immigration. And not all of them survive the journey.
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Survivors of the brutal 26-year long conflict and civil war in Sri Lanka who are mostly widows and mothers, are now dealing with their lands grabbed by authorities and climate change!
Rukshana Rizwie's piece in Asian Dispatch as part of our #OCRI digs deep. Read ⤵️
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In Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka, climate change and military occupation has robbed many Tamil women of their primary livelihood—farming—and forced them to seek solutions for survival.
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Girls from poor families and broken homes in Nepal are being raped and forced into prostitution with promises of work, trapped in an abusive cycle in massage centers, spas, parlors and restaurants.
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For many journalists in Asia, working for Western newsrooms is an enviable opportunity. But the reality for many local reporters reeks of discriminatory policies and extractive relationships.
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