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

The new worry of depleting diplomatic capital

Suhasini Haidar, SAWM membervand senior journalist pens down why it will not be right for India to not pay attention to the global reactions on the internal political issues of the country write now. It's not interfering in domestic affairs anymore.
Reclaiming the Republic! Does J&K figure in that imagination of India?

India is experiencing mass protest across the country against the BJP led central government. Editor of Kashmir Times and SAWM member Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal writes where exactly Kashmir stands and why the slogans and the resistance will ring hollow without Kashmir.
Sharad Pawar interview: ‘Public does expect alternative to Modi. Has anyone provided that? It’s Oppn’s fault…’

Senior journalist and SAWM member Nirupama Subramanian's in depth interview with NCP chief Sarad Pawar. The Maharashtra alliance, the role of NCP in the newly formed Maharashtra government, his equation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many other intersting aspects came up in this elaborate conversation.
What ails India’s premier liberal arts university?

Senior Journalist and SAWM member Nilova Roy Chaudhury brings up some of the most important questions in today's India - can India afford to alienate a major part of its students' community from subsidised education and name the universities as 'anti national' in right wing circles?

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...

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...

The Spoken Word

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...

A corridor of hope: Will historic India–Pakistan pilgrim initiative bring harmony to South Asia?

11/11/2019, by Nilova Roy Chaudhury in Home Page Articles, Latest Article

This story first appeared in South Asia Monitor The inauguration of Kartarpur corridor between India and Pakistan, a pilgrim initiative has given rise to many positive political ideas in these two countries. Senior journalist and SAWM member Nilova Roy Chowdhury writes about how it also generates... Read more...

Kartarpur Corridor: Blacklisted For 30 Years, This Sikh NRI Is Now Part Of The Official Indian ‘Jatha’

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

This story first appeared in HuffPost The inauguration of Kartarpur Corridor has changed the narrative of lives for many people in both the countries of India and Pakistan. Smita Sharma, journalist and SAWM member, told this story of the life changing experience of a Sikh from India who was black... Read more...

Nepal’s vital infra projects in China’s hands

31/10/2019, by Asha Thapaliya in Home Page Articles

The story first appeared in The Annapurna Express SAWM Nepal member journalist Asha Thapaliya speaks in this interview to Nepal expert and retired general of the Indian army Ashok Mehta. The role of China in Indo-Nepal political relation, some important political equations and how Nepal can maint... Read more...