#29 with Sumit Chauhan

Sumit is the Founding Editor of The Shudra Media and The News Beak. In the past Sumit has held various positions with ABP News, Zee News, India News and News Nation.

It’s a well known fact that there is close to nil representation of Dalits in Indian Media. In the recent by The Media Rumble in partnership with Oxfam India, it was revealed that out of 121 leadership positions surveyed in newsrooms, none are held by those belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Three out of every four anchors of flagship debates are upper caste. Not one is Dalit, Adivasi, or OBC. Only 10 of the 972 articles featured on the cover pages of the 12 magazines are about issues related to caste. No more than 5 percent of all articles in English newspapers are written by Dalits and Adivasis. (Source: Newslaundry)

In this podcast we talked about.

1. Sumit’s experience of working with India media and the ways in which he has seen the casteism that operates in these Upper Caste Castles.

2. The reason behind low representation of Dalits and Bahujan voices.

3. Why even the Upper Caste media personalities who claim to be progressive have failed in creating diversity in their organisation.

4. Is the new digital media bringing new hope in the area of social justice.

5. The flawed concept of TRP.

6. Advice for upcoming Journalists.

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Link to Sumit's Channel:

The Shudra: https://theshudra.com/

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