Documentaries India

What Really Goes On At Mother Teresa's Mission In India? (2001) Shaming Mother Teresa : As Mother Teresa is declared a saint, we re-visit this 2001 report which exposed allegations of child abuse as well as questions about the allocation of donations at the nun's Calcutta Missionaries of Charity order. “I've seen smacking, yanking around babies by their arms, letting their heads wobble”, says a volunteer. Mother Teresa’s successor, Sister Nirmala, defended the mission but admitted she has no idea how much money it has. “Nobody knows, it’s God’s maths.” Critics argue that funds were going to religious campaigns rather than poverty relief. https://youtu.be/wl9arzVuZbA

Hells Angel (Mother Teresa) - Christopher Hitchens Christopher Hitchens investigates whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image. He probes her campaigns against contraception and abortion and her questionable relationships with right-wing political leaders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJG-lgmPvYA&t

Is Watching News Affecting Your Mental Health? | Faye D'Souza According to a survey by Digital Third Coast, 68% of people said the news has left them feeling anxious during the pandemic. Meanwhile, 65% and 67% of respondents reported feeling overwhelmed and burnt out by the news respectively. 54% even said they were cutting back on their news consumption to escape these feelings. Given the sensational nature of the 24-hour news cycle, most media outlets end up reporting on crisis, disasters, or other stories that are likely to shock and draw in readers and viewers. We talk to our guests about the impact of news on our mental health and how we can tackle it. The guest list includes: 1) Dr Harish Shetty, Psychiatrist 2) Dhanya Rajendran, Editor In Chief, The News Minute 3) Sagar Mundada, Consultant Psychiatrist and De Addiction specialist, Healthspring Mumbai 4) Shaheen Bhatt, Author https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBfSvFguD5g

3 Days that Stopped the World | Al Jazeera Investigations Mid January, 2020. Two Chinese journalists were sent to Wuhan to investigate a mysterious virus outbreak. This is their account of the three days before Wuhan entered lockdown. The World Health Organization held meetings to decide if the epidemic was a global health emergency. It did not consider it so. When the journalists arrive, locals were busy preparing for upcoming Chinese New Year celebration. At the time, not much was known about the virus that was just days away from changing the world. Then came a pivotal announcement: human-to-human transmission was confirmed. The journalists witnessed a city of 11 million people transform overnight. Initial nonchalance was quickly replaced by panic. People started wearing masks, shops were shuttered. They shuttled between the increasingly saturated hospitals and Huanan Seafood Market, at the time thought to be the epicentre of this contagion. And they were stopped at every juncture. Their reports were censored and their investigations blocked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abeYukTNmj0

Rajaram Joshi- The real hero who saved many lives at Vashi’s creek Rajaram Joshi saves those who jump off the Vashi creek bridge. He doesn’t seek money or recognition. Rajaram Joshi clearly remembers the first time he saved a person from drowning -he was 12, and the boy he saved, seven. “My father, who was also a fisherman, taught me how to swim. During a swimming class, he told me that while drowning, a person clutches on to you and transfers his body weight to your shoulder. He also taught me how to handle such a situation without putting my life in danger,“ recalls Joshi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oJuFi7PMvk

The Suicide Bridge of Mumbai The bridge between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai is increasingly gaining a reputation for becoming the city's suicide hotspot. Lucky for the jumpers, it's also 5 minutes from the home of fisherman Rajaram Joshi, who has saved up to 37 people from drowning in the dangerous creek. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrKfWs3GIoA

The Accidental First Responder A spate of suicides have plagued the bridge featured in Aashiqui 2 since the film's release in 2013. No one knows this better than Rajaram Joshi, a former fisherman who has devoted much of his life to giving people a second chance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R0znA_qbPc

"Two" by Satyajit Ray In 1964, renowned filmmaker Satyajit Ray was asked to create a short film for ‘ESSO World Theater’, a cultural showcase presented on television and funded by the American oil company Esso. Asked to write and direct the film in English, Ray opted instead to make a film without words. The result is a poignant fable of friendship and rivalry. As he did for many of his films, Ray composed the music for the film, including the haunting tune played on the flute. After Satyajit Ray was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1992, the Academy embarked on an ambitious endeavor to preserve the works of the Bengali filmmaker. “Two,” also known as “Parable of Two,” is part of the Academy’s Satyajit Ray Collection, which includes 18 feature films directed by Ray and preserved by the Archive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zACGLjd9JNY

Clandestine employment of Indians in Italy In Italy, thousands of Indians are employed as cheap labor in the agriculture sector. It’s an exploitative system that includes human smuggling. The working conditions are inhumane. But they enable cheap vegetables in supermarkets. Some 30,000 people originally from India live in the province of Latina. Many do not have papers. Most work in one of the 10,000 local companies that produce wheat, fruit and wine. The conditions are often terrible, with working days lasting 14 hours - for three euros an hour. Many of the recruiters are themselves from India and they’ve developed a human trafficking scheme to bring more workers from India. They exploit the fact that many Indians are hoping to escape poverty at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MaQs3AjhdI

Italy's Sikh Slaves | People and Power The vast agricultural plains of the Agro-Pontino in central Italy is now one of the country's main areas of food production. Yet it was not always the case. This 100 mile-long stretch of land facing the Tyrrhenian Sea was marshland until a century ago when fascist dictator Benito Mussolini organised a mass migration from northern Italy to drain the swamps and turn them into fertile farmland. But many of those who live today are not Italian, they are Indian - at least 11,000 of them, and possibly up to four times more. Mostly Sikhs from Punjab in northern India, they are economic migrants who have come here to work in local farms and send money home to give their families a better life. Some manage to do just that. But for many others, their dreams are crushed. Instead, they face abuse and exploitation from both profit-driven agri-businesses and organised crime - labouring for pitiful wages, often without official documentation, and trapped in a system from which there is no escape. Filmmakers Alessandro Righi and Emanuele Piano went to investigate for People & Power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk_uDyuZbdg

How India's covert Tibetan unit has been mauling terrorism all these years https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/how-india-covert-tibetan-unit-has-been-mauling-terrorism-all-these-years-1719518-2020-09-07

Special Frontier Force | Blooded in battle and fighting in the shadows LAC tensions have turned the spotlight on the elite force that played pivotal roles in the past, from liberating Bangladesh to the Kargil war https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article32532182.ece

Special Frontier Force (SFF) - The forgotten Tibetan soldiers who faught for India. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gholnTGa28U

Disabled and Dating in India | Unreported World India's Blind Daters: In India, marriage is a national obsession, everyone's expected to get married - yet one group finds themselves ignored as suitors - India's 70 million people with disabilities. But things are starting to change, Marcel Theroux met three disabled people in Mumbai as they navigate religion, caste and their families wishes in the quest to find someone to marry. https://youtu.be/3XLU2bpXGRY

The marriage market for Indian HIV patients | DW Documentary One doctor in India gave many of her HIV/AIDs patients hope by helping them find partners. More than two million Indians are HIV positive. Many conceal their illness because of the stigma. Doctor and microbiologist Suniti Solomon was a pioneer in India in the field of HIV and AIDs. She diagnosed the first AIDs cases on the subcontinent among prostitutes in Chennai. But she also made a name for herself because of her matchmaking. She gave new hope to patients who had become isolated because of the social stigma attached to the disease, bringing together countless couples, such as Karthik and Manu. With the doctor’s help, they found each other, a new life, and a new outlook on living with HIV. Suniti Solomon died in 2015. https://youtu.be/gqJo6kC5q_M

26/11 terror attacks | Mid-day photo journalists recall the fateful day in Mumbai On 26th November 2008, Mumbai saw one of the worst terror attacks in the history of the city. India's financial capital was held ransom by a group of Pakistani terrorists who entered Mumbai via sea. The Mid-Day photographers who were on duty on that fateful night recalled a series of incidents that are sure to send chills down your spine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzqkqeBJEZw

The cost of Success | Pratik Gandhi | TEDxGCET An Engineer turned into Gujarati Movie actor, who rendered his services to few other jobs before finding his path to passion and fame. Success wasn't a cake walk for him with many hurdles in between. He was determined to stand out of the crowd and show the world his agreement to disagree. The star of “Wrong side Raju”, Pratik, landed up on the correct side of life, where passion met career, where life met theatre. His journey as an artist began as a 2nd grade toddler and isn’t going to end any sooner. His father being a classical dancer-cum-teacher, art made its way through his veins. Soon after his graduation, Pratik knew his destiny called him to Mumbai, where he joined Manoj Shah, one of the most cherished theater directors across the nation. Soon, opportunities flooded in and he knew how to swim through them. Playing Gandhi in Mohan’s Masala, he carved his name through the Limca Book of Records for performing the monologue most number of times in a single day, that too in Hindi, Gujarati and English. His role in Gujarati film “Bey Yaar” accelerated his ride which soon halted upon the lead role in “Wrong side Raju”. Recreating Gujarati cinema with youth, Pratik refines drama. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taDCjl29pzw

Gray: Documentary on Elderly Gray delves into the plight of one of the most vulnerable sections of our society today - the elderly. Bereft of love and treated with contempt; they deserve better. The treatment meted out to them by their own ones has taken a greater toll on them than old age itself. Gray ultimately seeks to uplift and offers hope to our elderly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-5-F0IvedA

The Death of Indian Journalism, Explained | Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoi6vVGVubI

The Death of Indian Journalism, Explained | Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzkmEMXPQ3E