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Writing on COVID19 and the lockdown

  • 5 Reasons Digital Financial Services Need Accessible Grievance Redress Mechanisms – https://www.ictworks.org/fintech-grievance-redress-mechanisms/amp/
  • Systemic Gaps in India’s Social Protection Delivery Architecture – https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/systemic-gaps-india-s-social-protection-delivery-architecture?
  • Lost jobs, lower wages and stigma – how the pandemic has hurt domestic workers in India: https://scroll.in/article/1002753/lost-jobs-lower-wages-and-stigma-how-the-pandemic-has-hurt-domestic-workers-in-india
  • India’s COVID-19 response limited by strong urban and tech bias: https://idronline.org/indias-response-to-covid19-second-wave-limited-by-strong-urban-and-tech-bias/
  • Illustrated video of ‘A call that keeps me grounded’: https://youtu.be/Y4X9hvt42cU
  • Black and white magic: https://www.storycenter.org/covid-stories-india//black-and-white-magic-by-vani-viswanathan-new-delhi
  • How has NREGA fared during lockdown?: https://idronline.org/nrega-performance-in-lockdown-social-protection-migrants/
  • Our welfare system is broken: https://idronline.org/our-welfare-system-is-broken/ 
  • Lockdown stories from the Hindi heartland highlight gaps in public services that need fixing: https://scroll.in/article/960845/lockdown-stories-from-the-hindi-heartland-highlight-gaps-in-public-services-that-need-fixing 
  • A Call That Keeps me Grounded: https://www.storycenter.org/covid-stories-1//a-call-that-keeps-me-grounded
  • ‘What Covid-19 Means To Us’: Voices from the Indian Hinterland: https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/what-covid-19-means-us

Gender, sexuality and feminism

  • “Be like Belinda” – Lessons in Pleasure from a Porno Protagonist: http://agentsofishq.com/be-like-belinda/
  • Free porn and the lives of ‘porn people’ and their fans: Jon Ronson’s ‘The Butterfly Effect’: http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/the-butterfly-effect-free-porn/ 
  • “Do you get what I’m saying?” – Discussing sexual and reproductive rights in Indian regional languages: http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/get-im-saying-discussing-sexual-reproductive-rights-indian-regional-languages/
  • “Your next cycle seems to be late”: The period (tracking) drama: http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/voices-period-tracker-drama/
  • Money, money, money – must be funny: http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/money-money-money-must-funny/
  • Lust, sex and pleasure: Is there a ‘female gaze’ in Tamil cinema? http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/review-female-gaze-tamil-cinema/
  • Ah, the seductive lure of Instagram! #outfitoftheday: http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/i-column-instagram-outfit-of-the-day/
  • The Internet: Helping us dream up a better world for women: https://keepingcount.wordpress.com/tag/slutwalk/ 
  •  Did the Teachers Learn? Measuring the Effectiveness of Online Learning in CSE: https://iwhc.org/2017/04/teachers-learn-measuring-effectiveness-online-learning-cse/ 

    Community media and development: 

  • Writing on Gram Vaani and Mobile Vaani: https://gramvaani.org/?s=%22vani+viswanathan%22

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