Journalism from the Trenches

CASI Seminar
Dayamani Barla
Journalist, Prabhat Khabhar
Center for the Advanced Study of India 3600 Market Street, Suite 560 (5th floor) University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104

Dayamani Barla is a journalist hailing from the Munda tribe in Jharkhand, India. Dayamani’s reportage in the popular Hindi newspaper, Prabhat Khabhar, has brought attention to the displacement of tribal peoples from their native lands by developers, and the myriad other problems that face tribal communities. Her groundbreaking work has been instrumental in exposing the hazards posed by uranium mining to children in rural areas. Her work is constantly guided by her concern for the plight of the weakest and the most exploited sections of Indian society. Dayamani is the recipient of the Counter Media Award for Rural Journalism in 2000 and the National Foundation for India Fellowship in 2004. She is also the past National President of Indian Social Action Forum. She runs a local tea-shop which she claims is also one of the best places to listen to the 'voices of the people'! AID supports her work as a Saathi (Fellow).   In Association with AID (Association for India's Development)

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The Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series is an endowed public program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). Launched in the 2007-08 academic year, and made possible through the generous support of the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, the series brings renowned India specialists to the Penn community and serves as a critical forum for analyzing and understanding the complex economic, political, social, and cultural changes that the world’s largest democracy is experiencing, as well as the challenges that lie ahead.
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