The world’s biggest beach clean-up—DW WorldLink

by Abhishek Shah | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

For two years, every weekend a group of volunteers converges on Versova beach, on the north shore of Mumbai, to collect the rubbish – by hand! The team has already collected over 7000 tonnes of waste – and it all started with one man. A lawyer who looked...

Fighting for clean beaches in Mumbai—DW

by Abhishek Shah | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

India has a coastline of more than 7,000 kilometers, but sadly, it’s not all pristine beaches and stunning cliffs. In fact, for Mumbai’s citizens, the shore is more like a landfill. The beaches are covered with trash — colourful plastic bags, bottles...

Supporting India’s ‘forgotten’ women—DW WorldLink

by Abhishek Shah | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

In patriarchal societies like India, women who survive their husbands are often neglected later in life. In Bangalore, a slum community center is hoping to improve the lives of these widows by providing a space where they can come to do yoga, crafts and make friends....

Game draws attention to India’s trafficked girls—DW

by Abhishek Shah | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

Leena Kejriwal’s art installations are hiding in plain sight across India. In small towns and big cities, stark black silhouettes of little girls are spray-painted on buildings, railway station walls, the boundaries of schools and in crowded markets. They tell...

Biking up the Himalayas blind—DW WorldLink

by Abhishek Shah | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

When Mumbai’s Ekinath Khedekar started to go blind at the age of seven, he knew he wouldn’t let his disability hamper his sense of adventure — even cycling up the Himalayas to the highest mountain pass in the world. Listen to the podcast. Ladakh is high...