Documentaries India

IL&FS and the Indian Financial System #Podcast The crisis at IL&FS reveals just how rotten India's financial system is. Vivek Kaul and Ashutosh Datar join Amit Varma in episode 91 of The Seen and the Unseen to demystify the problem. http://www.seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/10/22/episode-91-ilampfs-and-the-indian-financial-system

Over 43% India facing drought; situation grim in Maharashtra, Karnataka. A deficient monsoon has also led to over-usage of existing resources leading to 91 major reservoirs across India left with a mere 21 percent of the total storage capacity. https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/over-43-india-facing-drought-situation-grim-in-maharashtra-karnataka-4074511.html

Earth Witness: Reflections of the times & the timeless Four common people – a teacher, a farmer, a shepherd, a father – find themselves on the front line of the earth’s biggest, most complex crisis: climate change. Belonging to India’s ancient tribes, they bear witness to the science behind the changes that affect their day to day life. Living in diverse climatic regions – the mountains of Nagaland, the grasslands of Kutch, the Gangetic delta and the forests of Central India – they use this challenge as a part of their art with nature. Their lives journey through the dark labyrinths of the multidimensional crisis, reflecting stories of our times – of trees, mining, monkeys, logging, rivers, seeds, waterfalls, flowers – and the spirit of the timeless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdxQEaxoiMo

Summary of IL&FS scam https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/byikyu

Life expectancy in India down by 2.6 yrs due to air pollution: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Study. Air pollution is now the third highest cause of death among all health risks ranking in India https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/life-expectancy-in-india-down-by-26-yrs-due-to-air-pollution-study/article27812942.ece

Weaving the Future | Chinthakindi Mallesham | TEDxHyderabad (English subtitles available) Born in a weaver’s family, Mallesham is a traditional weaver of Pochampalli silk sarees in Sharjipet. With a strong desire to relieve his mother’s pain, he went to design a machine to mechanise the Asu process. While working at a workshop in Hyderabad, he noticed a machine’s movement and quickly returned home to give the final touch to his Asu machine that brought a revolution for the weavers in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana. He named it after his mother, the Laxmi Asu Handloom Machine https://youtu.be/qSpjfurPjus

“The time of vasectomy”: how American foundations fueled a terrible atrocity in India — The Ford and Rockefeller foundations funded “population control” programs that went horrifically awry. #Podcast On this episode of the Future Perfect podcast, we look at Douglas Ensminger, an official at the Ford Foundation who created infrastructure for large-scale sterilization programs in India, where millions of men in urban and rural areas alike could receive vasectomies in the hope of taming the population threat. Historian Gyan Prakash and sociologist Savina Balasubramanian walk us through the horrifying end result of Ensminger’s efforts. In 1975, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ordered the declaration of a national emergency. She seized dictatorial powers, imprisoned her political rivals, and embarked, with the help of her son Sanjay, on a mass, compulsory sterilization program that registers as one of the most disturbing and vast human rights violations in the country’s modern history. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/6/5/18629801/emergency-in-india-1975-indira-gandhi-sterilization-ford-foundation

Making, viewing and sharing child sex abuse material is illegal under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Further, reporting child sexual abuse is also mandatory under section 19 of the same law. And with more awareness about the same, it has also become easier to report it, from the comfort of your privacy and home. You can do so in the following way: 👉🏼 1. Go to https://cybercrime.gov.in 👉🏼 2. On the right side, you will see the option to report CSAM and/or media containing sexual violence such as rape, anonymously. You can also create a login with your phone number, report and then track a complaint. 👉🏼 3. If you are reporting anonymously, fill out the form and provide as many details as you can. Note that you have the option of choosing where you found the offending media. You can choose from social media platforms. If you choose attachments, another option will appear where you can upload the media to go with the complaint as well. 👉🏼 4. Enter the characters, and press ‘submit’. For more details, refer the link below: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/come-across-child-sex-videos-online-here-is-how-you-can-report-them-102864

Why Mumbai Has Slums: As experts argue over the implications of Mumbai's latest Development Plan 2034, a look at why half of the city lives in slums, even as five lakh houses lie unoccupied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPZp_ICmfhE

Trashopolis: Mumbai Trash fuels a vast recycling economy in the fabled slums of Mumbai, the real-life inspiration for the hit film “Slumdog Millionaire”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ2NzpG_gQ8

An interactive multi-level analysis of the MPs in 17th Lok Sabha Each circle represents an MP. You can zoom the visualisation to get a closer view. Use the Group by option to group the circles according to a parameter. For example, if you would like to see how many MPs are graduates, just select group by education. Similarly, you can colour the circles according to a parameter by using the Shade by option, size them or compare them with the other two dropdowns. https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/386121/

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India Untouched It exposes the continuation of caste practices and untouchability in Sikhism, Christianity and Islam, and even amongst the Communists in Kerala. Dalits themselves are not let off the hook. Spanning eight states and four religions,’India Untouched’ will make it impossible for anyone to deny that untouchability continues to be practiced in India. In an age where the media projects only one image of “rising” or “poised” India, this film reminds us how far the country is from being an equal society. Traveling through eight states and four religions, this film is a serious exploration of caste oppression. This documentary is the most comprehensive look at the "untouchables" in India. Motivated by ancient religious edicts, no amount of governmental encouragement has been able to stem the tragic custom that separates human beings according to their birth. Those considered untouchable suffer more than isolation, they are forced to fulfill menial tasks in their communities, drink from separate containers, remove their shoes on the street as a sign of respect and perform or exhibit many other outward signs of their perceived inferiority. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgDGmYdhZvU

Conjectures: Ramanujan’s spiritual realisation in Mathematics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzP4HQpzLYM

43% of 539 MPs declared cases against themselves, 11 of murder Of the 539 MPs in 2019, 159 (29%) have declared serious criminal cases relating to rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc. The BJP has 116 MPs or 39% of its winning candidates with criminal cases, followed by 29 MPs (57%) from the Congress, the Association of Democratic Reforms said. https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/telling-numbers-43-of-new-mps-declared-cases-against-selves-11-of-murder-bjp-nda-pm-modi-5749587/

How a deadly fungus colonized India’s ICUs . — A mysterious fungus that behaves like bacteria has put India at the centre of a global public health battle https://www.livemint.com/science/health/how-a-deadly-fungus-colonized-india-s-icus-1557933863122.html

In Depth - Euthanasia : Death With Diginity Euthanasia is a matter of debate the world over. Only a handful of countries grant citizens the right to choose how they should die in cases of terminal illness. On March 9th, 2018, India joined this list of countries - giving countrymen the right to die with dignity. The Supreme Court ruled in favour of allowing passive euthanasia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHd7v58A350

Passive Euthanasia: Kahaani Karuna Ki The Film tells the story of Aruna Shanbaug who has been in a persistent vegetative state for 40 years, following her rape. It tracks Pinki Virani’s Public Interest Litigation to allow her to die. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRmEqCaCTvk