National Dastak

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{{short description|Indian web television channel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = National Dastak
| launch_date = {{Launch date and age|df=y|2015|12|20}}
| logo = National Dastak Logo.jpg
| owner = National Dastak
| headquarters = [[Delhi]]
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.nationaldastak.com}}
}}

'''National Dastak''' is an Indian [[Web television|web channel]] launched on 20 December 2015<ref>{{Citation|last=National Dastak|title=Ravish Kumar News Anchor Speech On National Dastak Launching Ceremony|date=2015-12-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBHXQ2Mgu6U|access-date=2018-04-23}}</ref> and is focused on the issues of Bahujan<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/how-the-online-boom-is-helping-dalits-reclaim-and-reassert-their-identity-1643819.html|title=#BeingADalit: How the Online Boom news websites like National Dastak that talk of Bahujan samaj |work=News18|access-date=2018-04-23}}</ref> and marginalised sections of India that are often ignored by mainstream media.<ref name="Rediff 2017">{{cite web | title=National Dastak, which provide reportage and videos from a Bahujan perspective to counter the perspective of the upper caste-dominated mainstream English and Hindi media | website=Rediff | date=2017-03-01 | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/up-election-bsp-war-room-is-turning-up-the-heat-on-bjp-and-sp/20170301.htm | access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref><ref name="Ahuja2019">{{cite book|author=Amit Ahuja|title=Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wiaeDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA206|access-date=8 November 2020|date=26 June 2019|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-091645-9|pages=206–}}</ref>Mr Shambhu Kumar Singh is the senior editor of National Dastak.

== Content ==
[[File:National Dastak Inauguration.png|alt=National Dastak Launching Ceremony|thumb|[[Ravish Kumar]] giving speech on National Dastak launching ceremony.]]
National Dastak is known for live reporting,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/news/dalits-converge-in-delhi-ask-modi-to-intervene-in-up|title=Web channel ''National Dastak'' played the video of Chandrashekhar Azad addressing the protesters|access-date=2018-04-23|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/education/riya-singh-a-dalit-tops-tiss-entrance-exam/|title=As per a report of the National Dastak, Riya Singh, a Dalit will pursue Ph D in Women's Studies|date=2017-05-11|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-04-23|language=en-US}}</ref> political news<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/exit-polls-2017-why-solid-data-collection-rather-than-methodology-is-key-for-higher-accuracy-3327428.html|title=Exit polls 2017: Why solid data collection rather than methodology is key for higher accuracy - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://netive.in/bjp-worker-booked-for-firing-during-protest/|title=BJP worker booked for firing during protest - Netive|website=netive.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siasat.com/news/cows-across-world-give-milk-whereas-indias-cow-gives-vote-imran-pratapgarhi-1239339/|title=Cows across the world give milk, whereas India's cow gives vote: Imran Pratapgarhi {{!}} The Siasat Daily|website=www.siasat.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref> and broadcasting documentaries. Its website was ranked 94,827th in popularity among websites in India in February 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nationaldastak.com|title=Nationaldastak.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa|website=www.alexa.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-23}}</ref>

{{Asof|2021|August}} its YouTube channel subscriptions had reached more than 5 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theprint.in/opinion/what-mooknayak-was-for-ambedkar-youtube-is-for-dalits-today/359196/ | title=What Mooknayak was for Ambedkar, YouTube is for Dalits today | publisher=ThePtint | work=Dilip Mandal | date=5 February 2020 | access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesofrepublic.com/2020/07/national-dastak-launched-bahujan-stories-app/ | title=National Dastak Launched 'Bahujan Stories' App | publisher=Times of Republic | access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Awaaz India TV]]
* [[Dalit Camera]]
* [[Lord Buddha TV]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nationaldastak.com Official Website]

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