The Usha Rai papers consist of books authored by Rai related to humanitarian projects, research references for the writings, and newspapers and newspaper clippings written by or pertaining to Rai.
The following biographical note has been included verbatim from https://www.projectempathy.org.in/usharai. The Archives at NCBS will develop an updated note in late 2025.
"Usha Rai is a veteran journalist and a pioneer in reporting on social issues. She has worked for mainline newspapers like the Times of India, Indian Express and Hindustan Times for over 40 years and was among the first women journalists doing reporting in the country. In what was then a man's world, she fought for space and reported on women's issues, health, education, environment and development. She was among the first to bring out a development page in the Indian Express for five years from 1992 to 1996.
She has also worked as media and communication consultant, travelling extensively and reporting as well as documenting the work of the Aga Khan Foundation, the Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana; Engender Health and for CHETNA, Ahmedabad, on tackling malnutrition and adolescent issues.
For four years as the deputy director of the Press Institute of India, with the support of UNFPA and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, she ran a project on population and reproductive health which included bringing out a newsletter in English and Hindi on reproductive health issues and holding workshops for the media.
For the National Commission for Women and the Press Institute of India she brought out the first report on the Status of Women Journalists in the Print Media in India in 2004.
For the first five years after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights was set up in 2003, she and her team brought out their newsletters, documented their work and facilitated the NCPCR's media relations.
For the UNDP and Population Foundation of India, she brought out a manual for journalists, called 'Journalists as Catalysts, A Media Manual on HIV and AIDS Reporting. For UNIFEM and UN Women, she has done three studies on widows – two on the widows of Vrindavan and one on widows in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. For Plan India she and her team did a series of articles, documented in a book called Stories of Change on innovative ways in which problems of child sex ratio was being tackled in five States of the country. For Action Aid India, she documented 'Critical Stories of Change' based on their eight to 10 years of work with local NGOs in Odisha, Punjab and Maharashtra."
Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.
The intellectual arrangement strives to preserve provenance and original order of the papers. Where an original order could not be found, the Archives has applied an order, and folders within sub-series are arranged usually in chronological or alphabetical order. See Scope and Content section for details.
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Media clippings (1970-1979)
Contains clippings and broadsheets of newspapers. Consists of a series of interviews with Benazir Bhutto by Rai and Rama Sharma in the Youth Times; as well as features on lifestyle and human interest in the Times Weekly such as on a sari co-operative in the Middle East; a wax museum in Delhi; pythons as pets; specialised child-care and a girl suffering gigantism.
Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (1980-1989)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings of Rai's articles in the Times of India regarding differently-abled persons, prison reform, adult literacy and a retrospective on Rai's 24 years at the Times.
Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing from the Archives at NCBS (archives@ncbs.res.in). The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material, and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use. The collection contains articles and writings authored by Usha Rai - the donor of the collection.
Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (1990)
Consists of an issue of the broadsheet of the Times of India with an article by Rai on an acid-attack survivor aiming to be a police officer; and a photocopy of a clipping pertaining to a literacy drive.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (1992)
Consists of broadsheets, articles and photocopies of articles in the Indian Express etc. on ecology and human development themes such as national parks, Japanese assistance for greening of the Aravallis, lantana basket-weaving, population, infanticide and literacy.
Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing from the Archives at NCBS (archives@ncbs.res.in). The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material, and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use. The collection contains articles and writings authored by Usha Rai - the donor of the collection.
Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (1995)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings of articles in the Indian Express etc. on issues related to development such as the lack of access to forest produce for Odiya tribals; environmental issues such as sale of hippos and the categories for classification of waste; political issues such as Congress propaganda on Doordarshan network and a new DD channel.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (1996)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings of Rai's articles in the Hindustan Times and the Indian Express on a range of environmental, human interest and development stories such as the lack of support for a war widow; profile of Bhagwati Devi, a parliamentarian; habitat protection in Kutch and Majuli island in Assam; family planning; amendments to the Prasar Bharati act; the exploitation of children as child soldiers; the detachment of the tiger cell from WWF; and assessments of the National Commission for Women's actions and the judiciary's environmental jurisprudence in contrast to the Ministry of Environment and Forests' neglect.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (1997)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings. These pertain to articles by Rai in the Hindustan Times, on environmental issues such as a plan for transborder poaching between India and Nepal; poisoning of tigers and fund allocation for tiger conservation, soil restoration by earthworms, tree-felling ban in the North-East and profile of a community wildlife sanctuary in the north-east, the draft biodiversity bill and designation of biodiversity hotspots; developmental stories such as the Sathin scheme, coverage of rape incidents, construction of dam projects; and a broadcasting story on the feud between DD and NDTV.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings - Development and Public Welfare (1995-1997)
Newspaper clippings of articles by Rai on issues of development and public welfare, such as starvation in drought-stricken Orissa; loss of land in Majuli and the workings of the NGO AVARD; the launch of an AIDS counselling hotline; health-care and child-care for the poor and working mothers in the unorganised sector, in tribal areas and deprecation of profit-sharing in hospitals; vehicular pollution and indoor pollution due to low-grade fuels; the mid-day meal scheme; UNDP sectoral assistance; tribal rights, justice for Dalit women survivors of sexual violence; the presumption of Naxalism in cases of dissent and the Adivasi Mukti Sanghatan (AMS); population control measures; poverty and food, water and land deficits and the need for planners to look beyond statistics; malarial drugs; and the inefficiencies of commissions. Also incudes an interview with A.T. Ariyaratne, recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award for 1996.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings - Environmental matters (1995-1997) - Part 1 of 2
Newspaper clippings of articles by Rai on environmental issues. Part I includes broadsheets and articles about government oversight and policies about wildlife and the environment. This includes a discussion of measures for Sal borer epidemic; mining licences and permissions for tree-cutting and sawing in the Northeast; political pressures on environmental clearances for the Sanghi Ind project, the Mumbai Pune highway, Khao Creek jetty project and power projects as well as a notification to make people's consent mandatory; discussion of the conduct of environmental impact assessments such as the shortage of trained personnel; changes to forest act and forest policies, biodiversity policy; the Hanumantha Rao panel report on Tehri Dam; assessment of teak plantations run by companies; the export of medical plants; creation of an aquaculture panel; the undermining of the Environment and Forest Ministry. Key figures mentioned include Saifuddin Soz and Rajesh Pilot of the MoEF.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings - Environmental matters (1995-1997) - Part 2 of 2
Newspaper clippings of articles by Rai on environmental issues. Part 2 includes broadsheets and articles on national parks, habitat loss and destruction, poaching and conservation. This includes poaching prevention and illegal trade affecting tigers, wild birds, rhinos, etc.; conservation and countering habitat loss such as retreating glaciers, shrinking forest cover in Arunachal Pradesh, ecological disturbance in the Andamans and destruction of Olive Ridleys by trawlers near Bhitarkanika; habitat protection and community activism, such as an assessment of the Chipko movement, a similar movement in Tehri Garhwal, the protection of the black buck by the Mahajans, and attacks by the Jarawas; animal relocations such as that of Brindavan monkeys and the freeing of blind lions by court order, as well as new habit for Siberian cranes; human-wildlife conflicts such as elephant and wolf aggression, protection of mahouts, and grazing in protected areas; discrepancies and inefficiences in fundraising for tiger conservation by NGOs; and the impact of pollution on the Taj Mahal. Key persons include Sunderlal Bahugana.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings - Politics and Government affairs (1995-1997)
Newspaper clippings of articles by Rai about ministry actions, the investigation of scams such as the LoC scam in Assam, the fodder scam, and Family Welfare department procurement by the CAG; fund diversion by CAPART officials and others to phantom NGOs; boycott of elections by dam oustees; the growing influence of BJP among tribal populations following greater adoption of Hindu beliefs; stories on Laloo Prasad Yadav; profile of an ex-royal surviving on state dole; appointments to state posts and their legality or otherwise such as the Vasudevan affair; nurse protests as well as the ouster of the AIIMS ex-director, and Health ministry directive on referral of Central Government Health Scheme cases to private hospitals; land allotment to liquor companies as well as privatisation of cultural heritage maintenance.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings - Television, Information and Broadcasting (1995-1997)
Newspaper clippings of articles by Rai about leadership changes in the Doordarshan command; protests by newsreaders; Doordarshan budgetary discussion; commentary on DD programming and expansion of channels; expansion of other news networks and departure of bureaucrats from DD to join private enterprises; government misuse of airwaves; election-period publicity campaigns for the government by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; discussions on the Broadcasting Bill; comments by Mahesh Bhatt in his tenure as chairman of the Film and Television Institute's council, as well as protests to remove him; an interview of Anand Patwardhan on Ram Ke Naam and its censorship; and discussions of private channels like ZeeTV and StarNews.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings - Women's Rights (1995-1997)
Newspaper clippings of articles by Rai on issues of women's rights including administrative changes and activities of the National Commission of Women, such as seeking housing for sex workers, addressing complaints such as improper remarks against Mayawati by Mulayam; procedure and prosecution of rape cases, as well as failure of prosecution; the provision of family courts in residential areas; protests against beauty contest and for a gender-sensitive broadcasting authority; report on inspiring local politician in Deoband. Zeenat Naz; the hurdles faced by Rajasthan's Saathin scheme; lack of female workforce participation in Punjab; female infanticide and initiatives against it; protests against medical malpractice and unethical medical trials on women without consent; workplace harassment in the IAS (of Rupan Deol Bajaj); dowry deaths; and an interview with United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Director Noeleen Heyzer.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (1998)
Consists of newspaper clippings and broadsheets with articles by Rai in the Free Press Journal, Indian Express, the Sentinel etc Topics include women's rights stories such as the political representation and the proportion of female candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections, the new chairwoman of the National Commission for Women; environmental stories such the sal borer epidemic, issues of tiger conservation such as prey depletion, the devastation caused by the flooding of Kaziranga, comments on hunting of the black buck by Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan, and community environmental protection by the Bishnois and Jats; and interviews with Valmik Thapar and Suresh Prabhu (regarding the polluter-pays principle); developmental issues such as the criminalisation of tribes, impacts to literacy programmes, population planning policies, drought and starvation in Bolangir, Orissa; and general interest stories such as the weakening of the attar industry by synthetic perfume manufacture.
Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing from the Archives at NCBS (archives@ncbs.res.in). The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material, and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use. The collection contains articles and writings authored by Usha Rai - the donor of the collection.
Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (1999)
Broadsheets and clippings of articles from the Telergraph supplement, the Hindu Hindu Business Line, Times of India, the Hindustan Times on the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, the Human Development Report on Madhya Pradesh, tigers and human toleration, hunting, forest fires, tiger tracking, the WWF garden and conservation, wildlife transborder meeting between India and Nepal and transborder animal mirgations, responsible television programming, profiles of Limca record holders such as Dasarath Maharaj, a book review of Khairi the Beloved Tigress, and the inaugural edition of Rai's Green Talk column regarding the Palamau Tiger Reserve in Bihar and issues with funds, militants, local villagers, grazers and poachers.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (2000)
Broadsheets and clippings of Rai's articles in the Times, Hindustan Times, the Hindu, and Grassroots magazine. It contains one profile of a modern pujari, the zamindari system, developmental lags and struggles in drought-affected regions of Chandrababu Naidu's Andhra Pradesh, and population policies against the lifting of bans on non-iodised salt. But the bulk of broadsheets and articles on environmental issues, including the Green Talk column of the Hindu, which tackles issues such as the Tehri Dam issue; the necessity for a policy governing those displaced by large infrastructure projects; land acquisition and rehabilitation; the deaths of tigers and poaching; the protection of reserves against hydroelectric projects subsequent to the denotification of part of the Great Himalayan National Park; pollution; cyclone impacts worsening by manmade interference; the restoration of forest corridors; regreening and a national forest scheme; traditional water harvesting systems; protecting elephants against ivory traders, declining bird species, and sensitisation to monkeys in urban spaces.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (2001)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings of Rai's articles in the Hindu, the Hindustan Times and others on a range of environmental and developmental issues, such as elder neglect, dowry deaths and women's rights to choose. This includes the Green Talk column, which discusses issues such as the rehabilitation of trappers and tribals as part of wildlife protection; the efforts of the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, as well as the growing threat to sharks in Indian waters; regreening in a Maharashtrian village; tree diversity and natural 'extreme records', a profile of Satu Hassi, Finland's minister for Environment and Development Co-operation. Also included is a TEFL supplement of the Guardian Weekly in association with the BBC World Service with a feature on India opening a teaching centre in Vietnam.
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Media clippings (2002)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings of Rai's articles in the Hindustan Times, and the Hindu, including an editorial piece on rape cases in India, the displacement of Sardar Sarovar, dam-affected persons, and the Green Talk column pieces pertaining to the new director of Project Tiger and rainwater harvesting initiatives.
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Media clippings (2003)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings of Rai's articles in the Tribune on developmental issues such as economic revival in the Kashmir valley and the training of young women to be preschooler teachers; profile of the prolific blood donor Suresh Kamdar; the bonds between patients in a hospital setting; and issues affecting the indigenous people of the Andamans and Nicobar islands due to construction and interaction with outsiders.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (2004)
Broadsheets and clippings of Rai's articles in the Tribune pertaining to conciliation efforts in Kashmir; discrimination against women journalists in regional papers and unfair contracts; family planning; and child monitoring in Orissa.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (2005)
Consists of broadsheets and newspaper clippings. These include Rai's opinion pieces in the Tribune, the Roots plus supplement and Outlook on tiger protection; the dire state of women's rights in India land therefore little to celebrate come to Women's Day; an argument against the implementation of the two-child policy in India and broadsheets and articles pertaining to the urgency of the aids crisis, as well as a profile of a care home for HIV/AIDS infected called Akankshya.
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Access Level: Open/Online.
Media clippings (2006)
Consists of broadsheets, a magazine, and clippings with articles by Rai such as Outlook, the Tribune and Tribune Spectrum and Times of India, on topics such as female power engineers in Andhra Pradesh; the pros of rules on the mandatory registration of marriages; the life of widows in Vrindavan; football as a therapeutic exercise; and the dearth of statistics on the AIDS epidemic in India.
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Media clippings (2007)
Broadsheets and clippings of articles from the Tribune, pertaining to sex education; profiling a foundation's work against child marriage and for girls' schooling, child marriage and the struggles of young motherhood; and on widows seeking refuge in Vrindavan.
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Media clippings (2008)
Broadsheets and clippings of articles from the Tribune and Tribune Sunday supplement on traditional midwifery (Dais) and their place in the national rural health scheme, displacement of tribal children, child labour, and the Abu Vishwa Complex in Ooty.
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Media clippings (2009)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings. These are Rai's columns in the Tribune and the Tribune on Sunday; topics related to the Limca Book of World Records and breast cancer detection.
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Media clippings (2010)
Broadsheets and clippings consisting of Rai's columns in the Tribune, the Hindu and the Hindu Business Line on care in the HIV / AIDS epidemic, work on the Myanmar - Manipur border for AIDS prevention; professional home managers, opportunities provided by NGOs to urban disadvantaged youth, corporal publishment, affordable healthcare to prevent maternal deaths and rickshaw driver collectives.
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Media clippings (2011)
Broadsheets and clippings consisting of Rai's articles in the Hindu Magazine, the Hindu Business Line and the Tribune on widows in Vrindavan, crimes on the Bangalore border and a women's battalion of the BSF, profile of the founder of an NGO for farmer assistance, and shareholding initiative for craftswomen called Rangsutra.
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Media clippings (2016)
Broadsheet clipping of Rai's article in the Sunday Tribune on self-help groups in Uttar Pradesh.
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Media clippings (2017)
Broadsheets and clippings consisting of Rai's columns in the Asian Age, the Deccan Chronicles, the Hindustan Times and the Hindu, regarding self-help groups (SHGs) in Uttar Pradesh, women's rights to contraception, assessment of dole for single women in Telangana, threat assessment towards animals, and the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill and ramifications.
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Media clippings (2018)
Clippings of Rai's features in the Business Guardian supplement of Sunday Guardian, the Asian Age, and the Sunday Tribune, on health worker efforts in Bihar via goat investing, differently-abled athletes and provision of water irrigation in Nimar to Bhils.
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Media clippings (Undated)
Clippings of Rai's writings on financial schemes for senior citizens and elder care.
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Media clippings (1980-1989)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings. These are articles on the dangers of the thresher machine for women and children workers in the Economic Times and Navbharat Times.
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Media clippings (1990-1999)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings in the Hindustan and Amar Ujala Rupayan on the vigilance of the media, the continued criminalisation of Adivasi populations, overpopulation, unqualified doctors, poaching and protection of wildlife, the impacts of terrorism in Kashmir, government interference in private schools. It also includes features and interviews with Mohini Gire, Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for Unnati features, Dainik Jagaran and the Antarang supplement of Nayi Duniya.
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Media clippings (2000-2009)
Consists of broadsheets and clippings. These consist of articles in Hindustan, Hindustan Dainik, Nimach Jilla Samachar, Punjab Kesari, Jansatta on Muslim women's struggles, rights of women journalists, girl children in poverty-stricken families, the National Commission on Population and poverty alleviation, housing for the poor, tribal rights and Gandhian activism; tiger protection; blood donation
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Media clippings (Undated)
Consists of photocopies of Rai's articles on maternal health and a profile of K Tulasi Rao of Andhra Pradesh Forest Department's work in assistance the local population. Includes a reader's letter in reply to the profile of Rao.
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Must We Ignore Development - A Discussion Panel, Vidura
Transcript for Discussion Panel regarding writing on development issues between Nikhil Chakravarthy, Usha Rai, Mrinal Pande and Sanjay Ghosh at the Press Institute, moderated by Ashoke Chatterjee.
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Delhi's Most Powerful Women', Center Magazine
Profile on Rai in Center magazine, when she was senior Features Editor at the Times of India.
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Newspaper - photograph of Usha Rai
Consists of a photograph of Usha Rai with Sonia Gandhi and Jaya Bachchan on the occasion of the release of the cassette of the film Abhaya.
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Interviews and Profiles of Usha Rai (1990-1999)
Consists of the articles ''Journalism is my Sustenance', Delhi Mid-Day; Women Journalists Coming into their Own', Sunday Mail Profession.
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Interviews and Profiles of Usha Rai (2000-2009)
Consists of the interview 'Pressing on for woman journalists' in the New Straits Times; 'A green film festival and something more' regarding the festival Vatavaran 2003 of which she was a judge in the Hindu; 'Sanman for the right Strees' regarding an award to Usha Rai in the Statesman Kolkata; and comment by Rai in her capacity as deputy director of the Press Institute of India on 'Strong Press Council can enhance journalism' in the New Straits Times.
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Press Institute of India Clippings
Consists of broadsheets and media clippings. These are news articles pertaining to Rai in the Tribune, the Hindu, the Asian Age, the Deccan Herald, the Statesman by Asha Ramachandran, Anuradha Dutt and staff reporters on the bias, inequalities of wage and working conditions, and harassment faced by women journalists in the workplace; abuse faced by women in the media; the results of 'Status of Women Journalists in India' carried out by the Press Institute of India and commissioned by the NCW - quoting Rai on the lack of complaints regarding lack of access and promotions. It also includes clippings in the newsletter 'People' by the Press Institute of India.
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Govind Sarma, the Times of India
Photocopy of a letter sent by Sarma, Personal Secretary of the CGM, to Rama Sharma, Deputy Director (Public Relations) of the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board, regarding the dispatch of copies of requested articles upon receipt of demand draft; and stating that the article on Bhutto had been sent to the editorial office. See also: MS-032-1-1-1-1
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Nayak, Sharada
Letter from Nayak to Sudha Srivastava, forwarded to Usha Rai, regarding Rai's visit to Srivastava's Savitri Girls' College to do a feature as part of series on CDI colleges.
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Nirmala Lakshman, Joint Editor, the Hindu
Correspondence between Lakshman and Rai regarding the column on environmental issues titled 'Green Talk', that Rai was commissioned to write for the Hindu. Includes a draft copy of an article titled 'A Park at the Mercy of God and Militants)
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Letter to the Editor, The Asian Age
Letter from Rai printed in the Asian Age, issuing clarification regarding an individual not employed by the Press Trust of India, and on the provenance of the report.
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Draft - The Land of Child Marriages
Manuscript draft on child marriages in Rajasthan.
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HIV / AIDS in News - Journalists as catalysts
Manual based on Rai's work for the UNDP programme, 2005 and Population Foundaton of India. Co-authored by Usha Rai, Swapna Majumdar and Rimjhim Jain.
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Empowering Widows : An Overview of Policies and Programmes in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Report by UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women. Co-authored by Usha Rai and Swapna Majumdar with contributions from Rimjhim Jain.
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Stories of Change - Upholding the Rights of the Girl Child
Work by Plan India. Co-authored by Usha Rai and Swapna Majumdar, Rimjhim Jain.
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Fragrant Journey of 50 years - Rasiklal Hemani
Biography of a perfumer with text provided by Rai.
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Winds of Change : Talking about adolescent reproductive and sexual health
Report on a community health initiative in Bihar and Jharkhand by National Foundation for India . Co-authored by Usha Rai and Swapna Majumdar.
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