F-Rated Interview

Nirantar Radio introduces a new show featuring F-Rated conversations aka, Feminist Rated Conversations.

10 years ago, F-Rating was created to help classify films which are written or directed by one or more female film-makers, or feature complex female characters who contribute significantly to the story.

But what if ‘feminist’ is not a noun but an adjective? What if the feminist lens lends itself to all practices and not only film-making? Nirantar Radio brings to you an interview show where The Third Eye team speaks to different practitioners about their practice - but with a feminist lens.

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Ep.06 Suneeta Prajapati: The Joys Of Reporting Crime

In the finale episode of Season 1 of the F-Rated Interview, Suneeta takes us through her childhood in the mining town of Mahoba where she went from reading whatever scraps of newspaper she could find to becoming an award-winning journalist with Khabar Lahariya. For Suneeta, crime reporting is a source of great pleasure as she gets to look powerful people in the eye, and ask them questions. Suneeta Prajapati started working with Khabar Lahariya as an 18 year-old in 2012, and is now the operations...

Aug 29, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Ep. 05 Safina Nabi : Reporting Outside the Newsroom

In this episode, Safina narrates bitter-sweet experiences of reporting within one's own community and listening to women who are so rarely heard by anyone, let alone the mainstream media. Having found her feet in freelance journalism without giving in to the temptations of sensational breaking news, she states how free she feels when she is not bound by the editorial processes and policies of the newsroom. Safina Nabi is a full-time, independent multimedia journalist from South Asia based in Kas...

Jul 11, 2024•37 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Ep.04 Neha Dixit : What does crime reporting tell you about society?

The fourth episode features Neha Dixit who claims that journalists need their legs more than their brains. As she narrates experiences from sting operations and press releases, she demystifies investigative journalism and reveals how it's not one mysterious tip but rather mundane legwork that breaks the biggest stories. Neha Dixit is an Indian freelance journalist covering politics, gender, and social justice. She has been awarded over a dozen awards including the Chameli Devi Jain Award (2016) ...

Apr 26, 2024•48 min

Ep.03 Nidhi Suresh : On Asking Slow and Quiet Questions

The third episode features Nidhi Suresh who takes us to Lakhimpur and Hathras, and makes visible the violence that takes place on the scene post the crime. She negotiates quid pro quo with local reporters and highlights the importance of slow and quiet questions even (and especially) when hordes of reporters are covering one story. Nidhi Suresh is a freelance journalist who has previously reported for Newslaundry and Deutsche Welle. After reporting in Kashmir for a year, she completed her Master...

Mar 21, 2024•55 min

Ep.02 Neetu Singh : Making of a Mukammal Story

The second episode features Neetu Singh, who built her career with Gaon Connection, and by consistently challenging the notion that a journalist’s job stops at the report. With tremendous insight into how to work with local structures to get a job done, Neetu Singh reminds us that it all begins - and ends with - details, details, details. Neetu Singh is an independent journalist and the founder of Shades of Rural India . Her consistent reporting on gender-based violence in rural India has led to...

Mar 01, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Ep.01 Priyanka Dubey - The Inner World of a Crime Reporter

The first episode features Priyanka Dubey, who talks to us about her journey of documenting violence and crime, her inner life and mental landscape after doing this job for the last 14 years, and how she carries grit and poetry to every scene of crime. Born in Bhopal and currently based in Indore, Priyanka Dubey is a multimedia investigative reporter and author of No Nation For Women - Reportage on Rape from India, the World’s Largest Democracy published by Simon & Schuster. Priyanka’s inves...

Jan 20, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Ep.00 Yeh ‘F-Rated’ Kya Hai?

Nirantar Radio introduces a new show featuring F-Rated conversations aka, Feminist Rated Conversations. 10 years ago, F-Rating was created to help classify films which are written or directed by one or more female film-makers, or feature complex female characters who contribute significantly to the story. But what if ‘feminist’ is not a noun but an adjective? What if the feminist lens lends itself to all practices and not only film-making? Nirantar Radio brings to you an interview show where The...

Jan 20, 2024•1 min

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