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Ektara video magazine
May 2020

(See the list of previous issues)

A warm welcome to Ektara, the online video magazine of history, society and culture of India and South Asia. At the time of a global crisis like covid-19 pandemic and other political or economic issues, Ektara broadens its horizons to include features on current as well as historical issues. Ektara magazine comes out once every two months. We need your support to keep it running.

In this new issue, we bring you the following short videos and segments:

1. Epidemics and Disease in India's Past: Online Resources
2. Corona and Media's Defaming of Indian Muslims
3. Featured Video: The Caste System in India
4. Tasveer Ghar: Hypermasculinity in Bengali Comic Books
5. Campaign to Counter Online Hate

Epidemics
1. Epidemics and Disease in India's Past

Amid worldwide pandemic of Covid-19 that has taken the lives of thousands of people, we bring some historical resources and links on how various epidemics and diseases have affected India in its past. >>

2. Corona and Media's Defaming of Indian Muslims
This short video busts the fake news and hate-mongering carried out by many Indian TV channels blaming Indian Muslims primarily for the spread of Covid-19 in India. A Hindi version of this video is available at https://youtube.com/watch?v=eDfoYWdRu44

3. Featured Video: The Caste System in India
This film by Mateus Berutto Figueiredo shows how Indians are still being affected by a 3000 year-old system of social stratification.

4. New features on Tasveer Ghar, the House of Pictures

The following new visual essay appeared on Tasveer Ghar under its 'Manly Matters' series:

Hans
Hypermasculinity in Bengali Comic Books
By Hans Harder
http://tasveergharindia.net/essay/hypermasculine-bengali-comics.html

5. Campaign to Counter Online Hate

We start a campaign to prepare citizens/netizens to use the Internet with a critical eye for false or fake news, doctored media and hateful messaging and discussions that promote violence, disharmony and intolerance in society. Anyone can learn and join this campaign >>

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