Jaiman’s RSS Feed- Human and environmental effects of ‘mass-produced agriculture’
- Recent ceramics
- Street art
- Gurgaon Ki Awaaz starts streaming
- Buffaloes on zebra crossings – The Gurgaon story
- Manali to Leh cycling – What does it take?
- Water. For saving lives and changing lives…
- An argument against nuclear power in India
- Every Day Should Be an Earth Day!
- Hunger strike against corruption is over. Time for some introspection?
Author Archives: Arti Jaiman
Gurgaon Ki Awaaz starts streaming
Now, listen to Gurgaon Ki Awaaz sitting anywhere in the Net-enabled world. Our icecast link page is made possible by the collective efforts of Gramvaani and Nomad India Network and the support of the Radiophone project. Click here to listen: … Continue reading
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Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Community Radio celebrates three months on air
On Thursday, February 25, 2010, Gurgaon’s only community radio station celebrates three months of round-the-clock broadcasting to a community that has remained voiceless throughout the transformation of Gurgaon from a sleepy cluster of villages 20 years ago to a much … Continue reading
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Education in rigor mortis: a 10-year report card
Can anything possibily change in the Indian education system. A comparison between a survey done in 1996 and another done in 2006 seems to suggest that nothing much has changed in our education system. Read this brilliant report from Frontline … Continue reading
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Bringing in winds of change through Radio Ga Ga
So early on in the process of starting a community radio station, it is evident to me the transformation it is capable of bringing into communities and individuals. Here’s a story from “Media For Freedom” that is testimony to the … Continue reading
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Lalit Lokvani gets set to air
I’ve been hearing about Ideosync’s CR project in Lalitpur for a while now, but a news story finally suggests that they’re close to getting on air. Here’s the full story. Village Community Radio will give voice to people’s issues 10 … Continue reading
Radio: A companionable presence at the turn of a switch
According to Elise Nordling, “The primary function of radio is that people want company.” Assuming that to be true, what kind of company do people normally want? Who do you and I like to talk to? To listen to? To … Continue reading
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Radio for emergencies
The Mumbai tragedy has once again highlighted how the radio can be the most effective medium of communication in the time of crisis, be it floods, earthquakes, war, or terror strikes. With electricity supplies cut off, televisions switched off, one … Continue reading
The next step
We’ve taken the next step. Ideosync is going to be TRF’s technical partner in setting up the community radio station, and handhold us at least for the first six months to get us ready for broadcast. Beyond that, we have … Continue reading
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Will it be Lalu on radio next?
At the risk of being taken seriously, I look forward to the day I can hear Lalu Prasad Yadav, our right honourable Railways Minister, coming on in between some truly ribald Bollywood numbers playing on an FM channel and saying, … Continue reading
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Radio for the visually disabled
An excellent idea has just come downstream from Sajan Venniyoor. He suggests that we utilise the radio for making print available to the visually disabled. This would include everything from school textbooks to novels, short stories, plays and poems, to … Continue reading
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