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| J&K scribes bag Charkha fellowship award | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Dec11: Charkha Development Communication Network, an NGO working to highlight issues of the rural marginalized communities via the media to reach policy makers has awarded the Sanjoy Ghose Media Fellowship 2008-09 and the Sanjoy Ghose Ladakh Women Writers' Award to women writers.
The awardees were announced at a simple but impressive function held on the foundation day by Usha Rai, senior Developmental journalist and convener of the Fellowship Jury of the Sanjoy Ghose Media Fellowship 2008-09. The awardees included Nusrat Ara, Freelance journalist contributing to Women International News Gathering Service, Canada and Kashmir Images, Srinagar, Tanveen Kawoosa Sub Editor 'Features' in English daily 'Etalaat' and Deepika Thussoo, Human Rights activist and freelance journalist contributing to Hindustan Times, Kashmir Times , Jammu. The Fellows shared the importance of their chosen themes in a region which has experienced conflict and thus impacted these very issues which need to be delved into and brought out into the media.
Each of the three awardees is re required to send in six articles on their chosen themes on developmental issues, over a period of 6 months. The themes reflect a society that has witnessed turmoil and is yet seeking a positive change, a chance to build on pools of harmony and peace for the betterment of society. It will be Charkha's effort through it Trilingual Feature Service in Hindi, English and Urdu to place the articles generated by the Fellowship in the national mainstream media.
The first ever Sanjoy Ghose Ladakh Women Writers' Award was presented to Rinchen Dolma, News Reporter, Reach Ladakh news website and radio presenter, Thinlas Chorol Social Worker, teacher and freelance writer and Zainab Akhter freelance writer contributing to Kashmir Images, Greater Kashmir. They will be writing on social issues from the region over a period of six months.
This Award signifies Charkha's concern to connect a region which is remote and difficult to the mainstream through the writings of women in the media. This Award represents its first step to explore and build on such a pool of writers in the region. The Awardees expressed their sense of having a window open to the rest of India to articulate issues from a region which remains isolated and needs to open up. This opportunity to share their perspectives and link with the mainstream national media was something of value not only for each individual but to the region as a whole.
The Fellowship and Award have been supported by Unniti Foundation, India an organization which promotes projects for empowerment of rural communities focusing on women and girls in India and Nepal. |
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