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  • Floods Maroon Community Radio Promoter in Uttarakhand

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    21 June 2013 | The New Indian Express

    Saritha Thomas recounts being stranded by the torrential floods that hit Uttarakhand in June 2013, damaging life and property, iterating the crucial role that community radio can play in disaster management.

  • World Radio Day 2013: Community Radio's Centrality to International Development

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    13 Feb 2013 | Metro News, UK

    ‘As long as you can speak and listen you can take part, illiteracy is no bar, which is huge in places such as India and Africa.'

    - Saritha Thomas, PPC, discusses the importance of community radio in developing countries, and PPC's pilot project in an isolate village in Uttarakhand, India.

  • How Can Community Radio Make a Difference in India?

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    August 19, 2012 | The Hindu

    "Once, I was speaking to a lady in a ghoonghat (veil) about radio. ‘All that is for big people like Amitabh,’ she said, little realising I was recording her. I played it for her. The ghoonghat came off. ‘Is that my voice? It sounds so good. Can I be on radio? Will my in-laws listen to me?’ That’s the power of one single line!”

    In an exclusive interview with The Hindu, radio activist and founder of People's Power Collective ('PPC'), expounds upon her love for radio, PPC's pilot project in Uttarakhand, and why she believes community radio can make a difference in India.