[cr-india] Sangham Radio - pocket of cheer in 2008

[sajan venniyoor]

I came across this piece in the year-end issue of Outlook magazine (Special
Issue: 'Thank god it's over', Jan 12, 2009).
Sajan

Songs Sung True
There were some small pockets of cheer and life-affirming stories too...
DEBARSHI DASGUPTA

Andhra Pradesh: Finally, one about Dalits and how they are vociferously
using self-run newspapers and radio channels to better their lives. In
October this year, Sangham Radio, a community radio station managed by Dalit
women from Andhra Pradesh, went live. It became the country's first rural
community FM radio station. Its focus: women's issues, ecological
agriculture and preservation of cultural traditions.

Earlier, a group of Dalit women from Bundelkhand, UP, began a newspaper
called Khabar Lahirya that raises development concerns ignored by the
mainstream media.

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20090112&fname=Vxgood&sid=1
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