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Dear Reader,
It has been a matter of particular gratification that over the past few years, the Foundation’s grantees' impactful journalism has always been at the forefront of bringing citizens' issues to the public eye and to the authorities concerned.
The Probe’s reporting reversed the injustice meted out to a 52-year-old resident of Wathoora village in Budgam district of Kashmir. A couple of years back, for the Srinagar Semi Ring Road project, the government had acquired more than half an acre of Gulzar Ahmad Akhoon’s paddy and mustard farms, his only source of livelihood. With no compensation in sight, The Probe’s diligent and persistent follow-up meant that Gulzar had his recompense.
ThePrint investigates the “shadowy” world of over 2,700 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs) – now the target of the election commission and tax agencies for suspected tax evasion and dubious financial transactions. Its visits to the registered addresses of these political parties in Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi managed to cull out “ghost addresses and empty offices”.
With the launch of the indigenously developed vaccine for cervical cancer in India - Cervac - Feminism in India delves into its efficacy in preventing the malady, which is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among women in India. It also focuses on the critically important prevention aspects of cervical cancer, which has largely to do with creating awareness, especially among rural women.
And, when the revamped National Register of Citizens was published in 2019 in Assam, it left out more than 1.9 of the 33 million applicants. It excluded those who were deemed to have settled after the cut-off date of 24 March 1971, mostly Bengali-speaking members of the minority community. They have been forced to endure extended procedures at the Foreigner’s Tribunal (FT) -- forfeiting their livelihoods and facing severe emotional trauma. Their only hope, as Article 14 reports, is a small group of lawyers, based in Assam's capital, who are providing the “illegal immigrants” legal advice at the FT and at the Gauhati High Court, completely pro bono.
For more stories from the grantees this week, please read on.
Warmly,
Sunil Rajshekhar
IPSMF
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