Documentaries India

A poem by Naveen Chourey on Mob Lynching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XinH-sIt2UQ

TV serial 'Bharat Ki Chhap' explores history of Indian science https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19890430-tv-serial-bharat-ki-chhap-explores-history-of-indian-science-816043-1989-04-30

Bharat ki Chaap: A 13 episode documentary showing actual Indian achievements and scientific feats, that are shown as it is without any outside influence or such. The documentary was awarded the Jules Verne prize. This documentary has been nearly wiped clean from many platforms (such as VHS, CDs) and might not stay up on YouTube for much long. Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ClkVo8X0s4&list=PLEeP_PyKPvAwRITzIt_EKKqbvecEgaZYD

Playlist of 7 episode series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsGWecOaU6hvNnbHLUigic7CwNEEpFWRB

The Anglo-Indians of Madras: Glimpses into city's dwindling community Shot by a three-member team, this documentary series covers different areas in Chennai which have the Anglo-Indian population, like Santhome, George Town, Pallavaram and so on. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/anglo-indians-madras-glimpses-citys-dwindling-community-108366

A Compilation of Useful, Free, Online Math Resources https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/2mkmk0 More list of websites, ebooks, and downloadable content to learn maths https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmath/comments/8p922p

A rich collection of documentaries by Films Division of India on Archive.org https://archive.org/details/digitallibraryindia?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22GoI+Films%22&sin=&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22movies%22

Secret life of Article 370: Nehru's use of ruthless force to integrate Kashmir behind veil of 'special status' offers lessons for today https://www.firstpost.com/india/secret-life-of-article-370-nehrus-use-of-ruthless-force-to-integrate-kashmir-behind-veil-of-special-status-offers-lessons-for-today-7187891.html

An Independent Hope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR7QKjXWBxE

Prisoners of memes, social media victims India is increasingly jailing its young for online posts that 'offend' politicians. The impact on their lives and families is devastating https://www.livemint.com/Politics/sWTiTg8jscRZpKwSPN25UN/Prisoners-of-memes-social-media-victims.html

Episode 133: Fighting Fake News #Podcast We live in a world besieged by falsehood -- but there is a growing resistance movement. Pratik Sinha of Alt News joins Amit Varma in episode 133 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about disinformation, misinformation and why the truth will prevail. http://www.seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/8/12/episode-133-fighting-fake-news

Johnson & Johnson pushed another ‘faulty’ hip implant in India, faces music in US, not here What slipped under the radar is a story of how Johnson & Johnson used a loophole in US laws to push into the Indian market without any clinical trials in the country, an investigation by The Indian Express has found. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/johnson-johnson-pushed-another-faulty-hip-implant-in-india-faces-music-in-us-not-here-5471772/

Govt panel findings: ‘Its hip implant recalled in Australia, in same month Johnson & Johnson got registration certificate in India’ However, the company did not inform authorities at the time that the product had been recalled in Australia in December 2009, a committee set up by the Union Health Ministry has found. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/its-hip-implant-recalled-in-australia-in-same-month-johnson-johnson-got-registration-certificate-in-india/

‘Johnson & Johnson buried key facts on faulty hip implant surgeries, kept regulator in dark’ The report by a government panel states that over 3,600 patients with the faulty implants remain untraceable and that at least four deaths have been reported from those who underwent surgeries using these devices. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/johnson-johnson-buried-key-facts-on-faulty-hip-implant-surgeries-kept-regulator-in-dark-5322149/

In US, Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $1 billion for faulty hip implants, in India brazens it out. Johnson & Johnson has claimed in India that it has received no adverse event reports on Pinnacle. Medical records accessed by The Indian Express show https://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-us-johnson-johnson-agrees-to-pay-1-billion-for-its-faulty-hip-implants-in-india-brazens-it-out-5852767

Implant files | How Johnson & Johnson pushed another 'faulty' hip implant in India What slipped under the radar is a story of how Johnson & Johnson used a loophole in US laws to push into the Indian market. An Indian Express-ICIJ investigation finds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT77wl5uqgw

Nestlé India is under scrutiny after they violated the law by conducting clinical trials for breast milk substitutes on 75 premature babies. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/infant-milk-nestles-clinical-trial-under-scanner/article28809296.ece

Section 377 Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju Come Out as a Couple Guruswamy and Katju earned international acclaim after the historic SC judgement in 2018 when they convinced the very court that had rejected their pleas in 2013 to decriminalise Section 377. https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/menaka-guruswamy-arundhati-katju-section-377-lawyers-gay-couple-2237281.html

Stories can change the law | Arundhati Katju | TEDxFerhadija How can telling a story overturn one of the longest standing laws in a country? Arundhati Katju shared her experience representing the rights of LGBT people in India and how coming out can help make a county more open towards everybody Arundhati Katju practices law before the Supreme Court of India. Her criminal litigation practice addresses the intersection of criminal law, gender and sexuality, poverty, and constitutional rights. She has acted as a legal aid lawyer on behalf of the Delhi High Court in nearly 100 appellate cases, represented trafficking and child sexual abuse survivors, and defended LGBTQ rights activists and transgender persons, aside from representing the lead petitioners in Navtej Singh Johar and others v Union of India. Arundhati has taught at the National Law University, Delhi, and worked with India’s National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to draft India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. She has also advised India’s leading public university and acted as a prosecutor for pollution regulators. Her writing has been published in the Times of India, Indian Express, Scroll.in, and constitutionnet.org. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-KAKdpEWNo

Religare, Jindal Steel & Power among companies that misused India's DTAA pact with Mauritius to save taxes: ICIJ The growing investments through Mauritian route led to several cases of round-tripping, abuse of the agreement, thus forcing the Indian government to finally impose capital gains tax in 2016 by amending the 1983 DTAA agreement https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/religare-jindal-steel-power-among-companies-misused-india-dtaa-pact-mauritius-save-taxes/story/366849.html