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<h2>MIT Center for International Studies: </h2>
<h1 class="with-tabs"><a
href="http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=14991283&location=http://web.mit.edu/cis/calendar/&groupid=330,447,1132,482,299,1447,1116,1291,352">The
Human Cost of India's Race for Development - January
16th</a></h1>
<p>4:30 - 6pm<br>
Rotch Library Gallery, Stella Room, 7-338 MIT<br>
77 Mass Ave<br>
Cambridge, MA<br>
<a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?q=7-338&zoom=16&lat=42.36183248955955&lng=-71.09318582492796&open=-1&maptype=mit">See
MIT map</a><br>
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Independent journalist <b>Priyanka Borpujari</b> provides
photographic evidence of the indigenous communities in
India as they are silenced in the country's race toward a
skewed idea of development
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<p>Sponsored by: MIT India Program, MIT Libraries
Exhibits, Council for the Arts at MIT<br>
Open to the public<br>
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<p><b><img alt=""
src="cid:part3.00060207.07090803@mynas.com"
width="180" height="180" hspace="30" align="right">About
Priyanka:</b><br>
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<p><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/cis/press_release_borpujari_priyanka.html">Journalist
from India Joins CIS</a><br>
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CAMBRIDGE, MA September 4, 2012—The Center for
International Studies at MIT announces today that Priyanka
Borpujari, an independent journalist based in Mumbai,
India, has been selected as the 2012-13 Elizabeth Neuffer
Fellow. Borpujari is the eighth recipient of the annual
fellowship, which gives a woman journalist working in
print, broadcast or online media the opportunity to build
skills while focusing exclusively on human rights
journalism and social justice issues. The award is offered
through the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)
and is sponsored in part by the Center for International
Studies at MIT.<br>
<br>
Beginning in September, Borpujari will spend the
seven-month fellowship as a research associate at CIS. She
will also complete internships at The Boston Globe and The
New York Times. During this time, Borpujari hopes to
explore topics such as malnutrition, hunger, displacement
and violence, especially in light of India's surging gross
domestic product. She would like to "return home to report
… in a better, stronger way, which would hopefully have an
impact on policies, or at least in the way we perceive
development."<br>
<br>
"I am excited about my time as an IWMF Elizabeth Neuffer
Fellow," Borpujari said, "as it will sharpen my
journalistic skills which would go a long way in my
attempt to uncover the many ignored realities of India."<br>
<br>
Borpujari, 27, has worked as a reporter for six years for
publications including Mumbai Mirror, The Asian Age and
exchange4media.com. Since launching her freelance career
three years ago, she has focused on the plight of
indigenous groups that are being systematically displaced
from their land.<br>
<br>
<img class="size-medium wp-image-184" title="Priyanka
Borpujari" src="cid:part5.04060706.06030401@mynas.com"
alt="Priyanka Borpujari" width="246" height="163"
hspace="30" align="right">Borpujari reported on the ways
in which indigenous populations in the state of
Chhattisgarh were being caught in a war between a
government keen on displacing them to make way for mines
and factories, and armed Maoists. Her reports brought
focus to what she describes as "deprived, malnourished,
burning India," even as false police charges were levied
against her in an attempt to keep her away from reporting
in the region. She says she has "attempted to uncover the
gory hidden civilian war for resources in India, which is
often ignored by the mainstream media, in its rush to
portray a shining, emerging economy."<br>
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"We are honored to have Priyanka with us. Her work as a
human rights journalist is informative and admirable. We
hope her time in an academic setting adds to the
achievement of her noble goals," said Richard Samuels,
director of the Center for International Studies and Ford
International Professor of Political Science at MIT.<br>
<br>
The fellowship is named for Elizabeth Neuffer, a Boston
Globe reporter and the winner of a 1998 IWMF Courage in
Journalism Award who was killed while on assignment in
Iraq in 2003. Neuffer's life mission was to promote
international understanding of human rights and social
justice. For further informatio<br>
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<p><b>See also </b><br>
<a
href="http://neufferfellowship.wordpress.com/fellows/priyanka-borpujari/">Priyanka
Borpujari, 2012-2013 IWMF Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow</a>
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