Monalisa Jena is a well-known storyteller, poet and translator.As a journalist,she iswidely acclaimed for her reportage on Odia society and culture.Her poetry and stories largely focus on human relationships and (through her deeper reflections) andmeditations she reveals the grief and ecstasy that inform human loveand entanglement.
News media produced by, for and about women have long been crucial mechanisms by which women can define the alternative visions of womanhood and cultivate new socio-political landscapes. Alternative news media advocated versions of women’s social, political and cultural roles that were quite different from those proposed by or imposed by mainstream media. Such media have enabled women to exchange and share news unlikely to find a home in mainstream media ...