“I want to be like Mehendi…”
Posted on: May 26, 2014
By: Antara Gupta
Categories: People, Social Awareness |Tags: Khirki Mehendiwali, Listeners' groups, Mass media, Radio programme
Last weekend, I was with 64 of my colleagues attending the Shaping Demand and Practices retreat. We looked back on the last three years of this enormous and complex project. We took stock of the highs and lows, the successes and challenges. Lots of people recounted their experiences and in the evening when we were […]
Read moreLife and death discussions in Bihar
Posted on: January 27, 2014
By: Peter Horrocks
Category: Innovation |Tags: Khirki Mehendiwali, Mass media, Radio programme
I’ve met audiences of BBC programmes in the UK and many parts of the world. But never have I met a group for whom a BBC programme inspired so much discussion as the women of the village of Vyapur in Bihar state in northern India. I was in Vyapur to join a listeners’ group to […]
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