Kalpana Sharma
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Terror is a matter of fact. Globally. Long before the attacks on the World Trade Center on September, 11, 2001, large parts of the world had lived with and resisted terrorisms that often masqueraded as liberation struggles: Sri Lanka, Bosnia, Rwanda, Northern Ireland, Algeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Palestine/Israel… Women across the world have spoken out against terrorism, militarism and violence of all kinds as an unacceptable strategy for resolving ...
Whose News? : The Media and Women's Issues (1994) quickly became an international classic which was widely used. The decade that has passed since its publication has witnessed dramatic developments in the media environment across the world. As a consequence, the coverage of gender issues in the media today has to be viewed and evaluated against the background of globalisation in general and media globalisation in particular. This is just what this new and updated ...
Written with rare sensitivity and empathy, this book is a riveting account of the triumph of the human spirit over poverty and want and challenges the conventional notion of a slum. Spread over 175 hectares and swarming with one million people, Dharavi is often called Asia's largest slum. But Dharavi is much more than cold statistic. What makes I special are the extraordinary people who live there, many of whom have defied fate and an unhelpful state to prosper ...