COMMENTARIES:

• A moment of Silence, Please (WNYC/Radio Netherlands)

PORTRAITS:

• Jagriti: Women sing out (Radio Netherlands/WAMU)
• Cinemawallah Salim (Radio Netherlands)
• Prabha Panse, India’s Yenta, matchmaker for the disabled
• Disability is dangerous in India, a portrait of a blind woman struggling to be self-sufficient despite society.

REPORTS:

• Kidneys for cash (Radio Netherlands)
• Pilfering Power in India (The State We’re In, Radio Netherlands Worldwide)

STORIES & FEATURES

• our most recent story was about how Mumbai, finance and bollywood capital of India, has raised its legal drinking age from 21 to 25. We spoke to the minister of housing who sits on the social justice ministry about it as well as a liquor store owner and a 21-year-old.

• Reporter Chhavi Sachdev profiles a matchmaker in Mumbai who helps people with disabilities to make a love connection.
  We’ve done a story about Prabha Panse before for European radio stations, we figured America should know about her too It’s just about 5 minutes long.

• my friend @b50 started the #bigloser hashtag on twitter as a way to keep accountable for his fitness and also donate to charity every time he lost weight. The movement has picked up momentum and Sonologue is happy to announce we’re doing their podcast. It’s a short ‘cast