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Comment on Youth Writing on Para Livelihoods by Tania Mondol

Tania Mondol — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:10:02 +0000

Hi, my grandfather was from Calcutta, he migrated from India to the Caribbean almost a century ago. We never knew any person from his family so I always wondered if there were any Mondols left. Is this a very common lastname in India or are you all related? Regards, Tania.

Comment on Diaries’ Workshops in Photographs by Marissa

Marissa — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:29:41 +0000

I forgot to say that Indian and Asian kids are smart because their mom’s love them a lot. But the same Asian kids in USA are NOT getting love because moms WORK & stressed. There are ONE MILLION babies born every year to teenage single moms in the USA. A woman is raped every ten minutes in the USA. A female partner is beaten every 3 seconds in the USA. There is spiritual void and hunger for “normal” food (not pizza, fast food, & soda). In india they eat “spices” full of medicinal effects & micronutrients & vegetables & it makes their mind clear.
Also, there is vile in India where some HOARD money (learnt from British occupationists). There are 15 BILLIONAIRES in Mumbai alone while plenty others are very poor. The INDIAN government must solve its problems without outside intervention (not another Iraq!) . But US kids can help them to understand that this problem is even in US & people die of disease in US all the time & worse commit SUICIDE.
Why USA have a sanction on East Indian “immigration”? while allowing ONE MILLION white British every year to USA and also white RUSSIANS of Judaic origin flood the cities of USA by the THOUSANS monthly? Why “discriminate” Indian immigration.? Please post an answer to this. Thank a lots.

Comment on Looking Back: An Evaluation by Solanasaurus

Solanasaurus — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:24:06 +0000

It’s interesting to hear your reflections, and I think many other digital pioneers share your frustrations. You’re just ahead of your time, step by step it will happen

Comment on Looking Back: An Evaluation by Sahar Romani

Sahar Romani — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:35:45 +0000

hi joan!
thanks for your affirmation and ideas! i think what you say about getting tech experts is a good way to think about capacity building in terms of our digital challenges.

its great that we have this sense of community between projects to learn from each other and share resources!

Thanks again!
Sahar

Comment on Looking Back: An Evaluation by joan

joan — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:55:31 +0000

you have made amazing achievements in your community and even if there are still many challenges, your project is still one of the most promising in terms of citizen journalism.
Maybe you can reach to Indian Tech communities in your town to get help and maybe volunteering. Narijibon and Uruguay did the same by inviting bloggers with experiences or developers to help them with techincal difficulties.
The Barcamp experience was for Foko bloggers the best way to train in 12hours both their reporting and computer skills.
keep up the great work, friends!

Comment on Looking Back: An Evaluation by Weekly Newsletter » Blog Archive » Newsletter: 9/29 - 10/3

Weekly Newsletter » Blog Archive » Newsletter: 9/29 - 10/3 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:53:41 +0000

[...] Meanwhile, the Rising Voices grantees keep pushing on. Head to the Rising Voices website for videos of new bloggers from the South African township of Kwa Mashu, updates from the student and teacher blogs in Uruguay, and one-year reflections from Voces Bolivianas and Neighbourhood Diaries. [...]

Comment on The Journalists on Fashion by Aishwarya

Aishwarya — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:12:31 +0000

What fashion? There are millions live under poverty line in India, wake up people and smell the truth.

Comment on Street Food narratives by Rising Voices » Neighbourhood Diaries: Training Citizen Journalists in Calcutta’s Marginalized Communities

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:21:07 +0000

[...] about and the local personalities they interviewed. We even tried a hot kati mutton roll at one of the food stalls they featured. Rather than recording video of all this myself, I handed my video camera over. The first video in [...]

Comment on Day 13: Fashion by Rising Voices » Neighbourhood Diaries: Training Citizen Journalists in Calcutta’s Marginalized Communities

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:20:25 +0000

[...] Calcutta’s Bowbazar neighborhood. The group met a total of 13 times from November 2007 until June 2008 when Urbi fell ill and was no longer able to facilitate the citizen journalism [...]

Comment on Day One in Bow Bazaar: The Session by Rising Voices » Neighbourhood Diaries: Training Citizen Journalists in Calcutta’s Marginalized Communities

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:25:59 +0000

[...] people living in Calcutta’s Bowbazar neighborhood. The group met a total of 13 times from November 2007 until June 2008 when Urbi fell ill and was no longer able to facilitate the citizen journalism [...]