SAWM - South Asian Women in Media (SAWM)

Media workshop on “Unsafe Zones: Stories of Violence and Vulnerabilities at Work.”
Journalist and SAWM member Neha Dixit receives CPJ Press Freedom Award and dedicates it to the journalists without resources
SAWM Kolkata member Anwesha Banerjee was awarded for Best Article on Child Rights on 20th Nov
Anuradha Bhasin the editor of Kashmir Times speaking in Kolkata on the situation of Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in a seminar organized by APDR on Human Rights Violation.
SAWM member Nasim Zehra delivering her talk at Harvard recently on her book Kargil to the Coup

'Teach them a lesson': Indian women accuse Delhi police of abuse

In the hypermasculine Hindutva project, when young women are Muslim protestors against CAA- a direct tool of Hindutva-police use violence against them. Like in Jamia. When the young women are assertive & negate the Hindutva narrative of Indian women, police watch as bystanders while they are subjected to violence. Like in the case of Gargi college. Journalist and SAWM India member Neha Dixit writes.
Ram Mandir Without Ram Rajya And a ‘Regime’ Driven By Fear of Loss

In Ram Rajya, King is “guardian of righteousness and glorious refuge of his people,” and “the protector of his subjects”. Can the BJP govt claim that they are the protectors of all their citizens after the chants of, “Goli Maaro Saalon Ko”? Journalist and SAWM India member Nishtha Gautam writes.
Satisfied with GoI Handling of Kashmir: Maldives Foreign Minister

In an exclusive interview with Maldives' Foreign Minister Abdulla Sahid senior journalist and SAWM member Smita Sharma finds out that Maldives consider the CAA and abrogation of 370 in Kashmir as India's internal matter and the ambassador from Maldives felt most satisfied with the ground situation of Kashmir during the recent visit there. Read the full interview to know what this neighbouring country feels about some of the most important political issues of present time.
Sri Lankan academics, activists ‘deeply concerned’ by CAA, NRC

Academicians from Sri Lanka have condemned the Government of India for introducing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizen. More than 50 academicians and researchers have expressed their shock and concern over the present undemocratic situation in India and attacks on democratic freedom in the country. SAWM Sri Lanka member journalist Meera Srinivasan writes from Colombo about this issue.

People may criticise us, but environment is top priority for Bhutan, says Lotay Tshering

11/02/2020, by Suhasini Haidar in Home Page Articles, Latest Article

This story first appeared in thehindu.com Bhutan Government's new decision may have an impact on the political relation with neighbouring countries like India, Bangladesh and Maldives. Prime Minister Lotay Tshering confirms that sustainable development of Thimpu and protecting the country's envir... Read more...

Davinder Singh embodies the dark, dirty underbelly of Kashmir’s security apparatus

04/02/2020, by Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal in Home Page Articles

This story first appeared in newslaundry.com SAWM member journalist Anuradha Bhasin writes how the arrest of Davinder Singh a deputy superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police has opened the dark side of the security apparatus in Kashmir. Beside delving deep into the layers of thus arrest she ins... Read more...

A beloved jurist passes on

04/02/2020, by Beena Sarwar in Home Page Articles

This story first appeared in beenasarwar.com Journalist and SAWM member Beena Sarwar writes about Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim whom the writer lovingly called Fakru Uncle. Not only an emotional tribute to the man who wore many hats in his lifetime but an in-depth discussion on why he should be... Read more...

Theatre of Violence: What Vijay Tendulkar Would Have Written Today

06/01/2020, by Nishtha Gautam in Home Page Articles, Latest Article

This story first appeared in The Quint Nishtha Gautam, journalist and SAWM member writes about how in today's time the exceptional play-write Vijay Tendulkar would have written. He who always defied propaganda and never sacrificed his empirical understanding of the society before any agenda. An i... Read more...

Just 48 hours into 2020, and PM Modi has already obsessed over Pakistan twice

06/01/2020, by Jyoti Malhotra in Home Page Articles, Latest Article

This story first appeared in The Print The New year has just begun. But Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has started to blame Pakistan for almost all the failures of his government. Jyoti Malhotra comments on not so surprising trait of the Prime Minister of India. Why is Prime Minister Na... Read more...

The Spoken Word

Wielding a pen amidst placards and pellet guns

20/12/2019, by Suhasini Haidar in Home Page Articles, Latest Article

This story first appeared in The Hindu SAWM member and journalist Suhasini Haidar pens down her own experiences of covering mass protests to elaborate on the points of what journalists should and should not do while doing their jobs of covering such situations. When tear gas first hi... Read more...

The new fault lines in the North-East

17/12/2019, by SAWM Team in Home Page Articles, Latest Article

This story first appeared in Live Mint The Citizen Amendment Act has become an issue which is of great concern to the people of Assam. SAWM member Patricia Mukhim writes in detail how and why the people of Assam are protesting against this Act. SHILLONG : On the night of 9 December, as Parliam... Read more...

The changing Bangladesh that Indians don’t like to know

05/12/2019, by Nilova Roy Chaudhury in Home Page Articles, Latest Article

This story first appeared on South Asia Monitor Sayed Muazzem Ali, the outgoing Bangladesh High Commissioner to India expressed his disappointment over India being disinterested to know about how Bangladesh is developing in almost every social parameter than India. How and why - explains SAWM m... Read more...

With Rajapaksa’s back at helm, past must not shadow India-Lanka ties: Shyam Saran

30/11/2019, by Smita Sharma in Home Page Articles, Latest Article

This story first appeared on www.etvbharat.com In an exclusive conversation with Senior Journalist and SAWM member Smita Sharma, former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran expressed deep disappointment in India’s decision to pull out of the RCEP and underlined that despite similar domestic arguments ... Read more...

Analysis | Will Gotabaya Rajapaksa make peace with India?

19/11/2019, by Suhasini Haidar in Home Page Articles, Latest Article

This story first appeared in The Hindu As Gotabaya Rajapaksha becomes the President pf Srilanka new speculations regarding his equation with the Indian govvernment and Prime Minister Modi starts to come up. An interesting analysis by SAWM member journalist Suhasini Haider. For many in South Bl... Read more...