Ep 40: #MeToo, violence against migrants in Gujarat & more


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May 01 2019 52 mins  
This week’s Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, along with Ashish Chauhan, senior correspondent with Times of India, Ahmedabad, Christina Thomas Dhanaraj, co-founder of #DalitHistoryMonth and a volunteer for the #dalitwomenfight campaign, Amit Bharadwaj, our special correspondent, and Prateek Goyal, latest addition to the team.The conversation starts with Cherry asking Ashish about the violence against migrant workers in Ahmedabad. Ashish explains the ground situation, reason behind the violence and the role of Thakur Sena in the incident. Ashish also adds, "This gave fodder to some leaders and they started inciting sentiments in name of migrants vs local."Christina Thomas Dhanaraj weighs in on #MeToo movement, its inclusivity, and whether the movement can be called India's #MeToo moment. Prateek and Amit also weigh in. Prateek thinks that had the #MeToo campaign taken place at an earlier, our current reality could have been quite different.Moving forward, Amit talks his ground report from Haryana's Titoli village. For this and more listen up!!#MeToo #migrants #Gujarat

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