Radio Local: Community Radio Narratives

<p>India’s community radio journalists sound the gong on what's really going on in suburban and rural India.</p>

Kitchen Garden

Despite growing various crops, farmer Meera Bargot’s family reeled under malnutrition. A simple solution provided her with food security and healthful meals.

11-18
17:56

छात्रा (Hindi)

Bhavna Kumari came from an indigenous community who grabbed the opportunity to study away from home in a hostel. It was a big achievement to fight gender norms and complete her education. She is sure that her children will not face such an uphill battle.

05-13
16:51

Learn(h)ers

Bhavna Kumari came from an indigenous community who grabbed the opportunity to study away from home in a hostel. It was a big achievement to fight gender norms and complete her education. She is sure that her children will not face such an uphill battle.

05-13
18:50

ड्राइवरबेन (Hindi)

Dipali hated the prejudices and stereotyping that worked against women. So she broke them.

04-09
18:22

Driverben

Dipali hated the prejudices and stereotyping that worked against women. So she broke them.

03-22
22:47

બચત (Gujarati)

Rangiben wanted to break out of the poverty cycle through entrepreneurship. This story has been reported out of Gujarat by Anita Patel of Rudi No Radio, which is part of the late and legendary Ela Bhatt’s Self Employed Women’s Association or SEWA.

03-20
13:58

Savings

Rangiben wanted to break out of the poverty cycle through entrepreneurship. This story has been reported out of Gujarat by Anita Patel of Rudi No Radio, which is part of the late and legendary Ela Bhatt’s Self Employed Women’s Association or SEWA.

03-15
17:36

टिकट टू रायड (Marathi)

A new service offered by Savita wheels in a host of changes in the life of village resident Sakhubai.

03-07
17:12

A Ticket To Ride

A new service offered by Savita wheels in a host of changes in the life of village resident Sakhubai.

02-09
17:08

पॉझिटिव्ह (Marathi)

Kamala (name changed) was readying for her marriage. But this was no ordinary wedding. (Marathi narration)

02-01
20:20

Positive

Kamala (name changed) was readying for her marriage. But this was no ordinary wedding.

01-24
23:40

Radio Local Talk with Fr Biju Thomas

Father Biju Thomas runs Radio Mattoli, a community radio station in Wayanad, Kerala. He talks about his forested region that sees a lot of human-animal conflict, faces the brunt of fluctuating prices for pepper and other spices, and is also witnessing a surge in the migration overseas of locals.

11-15
21:42

Radio Local Talk with Gayathri Usman

Panneerselvam is a 78-year-old farmer who has slowly watched brimming water bodies in his region dry up. Can this man-made catastrophe be undone?

11-01
25:17

Silt - Tamil

Panneerselvam is a 78-year-old farmer who has slowly watched brimming water bodies in his region dry up. Can this man-made catastrophe be undone?

06-06
17:06

Silt

Panneerselvam is a 78-year-old farmer who has slowly watched brimming water bodies in his region dry up. Can this man-made catastrophe be undone?

05-31
18:23

Unscientific - Kannada

Akshay aspired to be a doctor but he ended up studying finance and accounting. What stoked this change of mind? This is the story of India's public schools and what it offers children from poor families.

05-29
22:54

Unscientific

Akshay aspired to be a doctor but he ended up studying finance and accounting. What stoked this change of mind? This is the story of India's public schools and what it offers children from poor families.

05-19
16:50

Fishy Business - Telugu

Korangi village is an ocean of paddy fields. But in recent years blotches of fish farms are polluting water sources and hurting agriculturalists.

05-18
12:11

Fishy Business

Korangi village is an ocean of paddy fields. But in recent years blotches of fish farms are polluting water sources and hurting agriculturalists.

04-28
13:28

Starved - Tamil

Allauddin looked like he was 10 years old. Many children from impoverished families in India tend to be small-built. Allauddin was no different. He was actually much older.

04-17
22:13

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