On Winning 'India's Pulitzer' !
Folks,
I would like to share a small good news with you. I received the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for Uncovering India Invisible on 12th April 2006. The Prime Minister had given away the award yesterday at a grand ceremony organised at the Hotel Maurya Sheraton.
As some of you know i had visited Dandakaranya in March 2005 and stayed with Maoist squads for about 15 days and captured the workings of India's first "Liberated Zone in making" where the Maoists run Revolutionary People's Government.After coming back i wrote an article in Andhra Jyothy Sunday supplement which received a state level DNF best journalist award. The same article has now won RNG award. The Indian Express is publishing the story again as it's next Sunday Magazine cover.The video I brought was taken by CNN-IBN for one of their big stories titled 'Red Corridor". And I am planning to do a full fledged documentary on Janathana Sarkar soon.
Check out these links...
- The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards announced
- Out of the Red (Indian Express article published Sunday, April 16)
- ‘I don’t draw any conclusions, I only document’ (Indian Express article published Sunday, April 16)
- 16 stories that needed excellence and how they got it (Indian Express article on the awards)
- A newspaper and bananas helped link up with Maoists (Article published in dailyindia.com)
- Award News on NWMI Site (Network of Women in Media, India)
posted by Vanaja @ 5:38 AM
14 Comments:
Hearty Congratulations !
We're looking forward for your 'Janathana Sarkar '
Congrats.... we are waiting for your film... complete it.... and keep bringing invisible india to the light...
Prakash K Ray
Congratualtions on you winning the award
You should post more often....
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BTW
I think you should have english subtitles for this film
Congrats Vanaja garu!
స్మరణ విడియో చూసాను. It is quite touching and insightful.
Kindly post the English script on your blog, if it is available, for your touching movie.
Thanks for the interest you have shown in the film and for your valuable comments. We are planning to upload the English version of Smarana soon.
Meekunna avakaasanni viniyoginchukoni daantho goppa veera naarimanila pose kotti awarda theesukunnavu. Aaa thaalula vusuru aa turban chuttukunna puli meesalodito paatu meeku thaguluthundi. Peetubadidaari vishaputrikaina Indian Express vaadi award theesukodaniki sigguga ledu. Karunakar.
Dear karunakar
I am neither the first or last one in the world to write on these kind of issues. I only treated as a professional issue. And the award is only is a professional recognistion. Not only Indian express but also this forum re also pettubadidaari vishaputrikalu if you want to call them and recognize them only so. But I see this as a needed democratic space. More than anything else as my profession.
Congratulations, well deserved.
DO you have any weblink to the article itself - Uncovering India Invisible.
Thanks,
Congratulations on this noteworthy recognition.
Could you provide a weblink of the actual article for which this prize was awarded. I dont seem to find it online.
Thanks & appreciate your help.
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Thanks Aloha. pls click the second link under the post "out of the red". Indian express had published in its sunday mag.
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