[The Coop] Little Children Walking Home, Locker Room Chats & Other Crises
Some Crises Are Worse Than Others
but we hope that you & your loved ones continue to persist, resist and tide it over. More power to you & Welcome to Edition 6 of The Coop.
Last week, the Aarambh folk, even as we worked from home, had an intense & eclectic ramble-chat on the #BoisLockerRoom incident. Thoughts were expressed, positions taken, lines drawn & it even got personal. But in the aftermath, minds have expanded & it has given us a lot to mull over. Notes from incident have been collated and edited into a blog.
And that bit where it got personal, that’s when someone in the team asked if we had our priorities straight. In the middle of an unprecedented child rights & child safety crisis, it seemed like we were spending too much time discussing the online safety of a privileged few. Even when not completely agreeing, those thoughts are, in hindsight, timely & sobering. We will have news from the field soon & until then, do take a look at the short video we edited on the unfolding crisis.
We have a reading list to recommend & also, an award winning short film from Kashmir.
#BoisLockerRoom
Notes On #BoisLockerRoom & Other Maladies
We take a collective deep dive into the complexities & complicities of India’s latest online sexual abuse scandal.
Child Rights Crisis
Some Crises Are Worse Than Others: Scenes from a Child Rights Crisis
Some searing footage of the child rights crisis unfolding in our streets. Earphones recommended.
(Trigger Warning: Images of Police Brutality)
Reading
The Arun Kumar Articles at IDRSince the lockdown, Apnalaya has been doing robust relief work in some of the most precarious neighborhoods in Mumbai. Their uncompromising approach to the privacy & dignity of their beneficiaries has been commendable. CEO Arun Kumar has written a series of insightful articles on their perspectives & experiences. We recommend starting with this.
Short Film
The Dharamshala International Film Festival has been offering free films through the lockdown. They have excellent curation & left-of-field choices. Part of their new roster is ‘Nooreh’ a fictional short film about an eight year old Kashmiri girl who believes that she has discovered a solution to end the relentless cross border firing. Best Short Film at the Busan Film Festival 2018.
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A reminder again that our donation page to help families of child victims of sexual abuse survive in lockdown is still accepting funds. We appeal to you to donate or just share it with someone who may be interested in donating.
(Notes on #BoisLockerRoom & Other Maladies was put together by Aarti, Aditi, Arjun, Mallika, Minal, Priyanka, Sawleha, Shefali, Sid, Sudipta, Teemol & Uma)
That’s it for this Week. See You In the Next!
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