In rural India, a hub for tech, mobile innovation gives isolated people a voice

Booting up my laptop in an open-air concrete building on the outskirts of Bhopal, India, I'm astonished. As soon as my computer turns on, I have high-speed Internet access. The former mushroom farm where I sit is now Hackergram, a tech lab and the new hub of the CGnet Swara mobile news service.

 

More at :

http://ijnet.org/blog/rural-india-hub-tech-mobile-innovation-gives-isolated-people-voice

In their voice

AJOY ASHIRWAD MAHAPRASHASTA
CGNet Swara in Chhattisgarh is a mobile radio platform that has helped bring tribal issues to national attention.

The Swara team, with the help of many volunteers, has been conducting media workshops where citizen journalists are trained in recording voice, reporting and editing.

Read the Frontline story here :
http://www.frontline.in/stories/20110812281608900.htm

Can India rise up through radio?

Pioneering broadcasters use mobile phones and creative programming to push the limits of India's ban on news radio.

More at :

www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/india/110420/india-radio-news-freedom-of-speech

Giving a voice to India's villagers

In a remote corner of rural India, a new experiment using mobile phones is bringing people news made by local villagers. The BBC's Geeta Pandey travels to Rajnandgaon district in the central state of Chhattisgarh to see who is tuning in.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8617943.stm