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'''Bishakha Datta''' is | '''Bishakha Datta''' is a film maker, activist and a former journalist.<ref name="newface">{{cite web | title = And now, Wikipedia India's new face|work=The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/and-now-wikipedia-indias-new-face/article396385.ece | ||
|date=14 April 2010| access-date = 2014-11-05 | first = Deepa | last = Kurup }}</ref> She is the co-founder and executive director of [[Point of View, Mumbai|Point of View]], based in Mumbai, a non-profit working in the area of gender, sexuality and women's rights.<ref>{{cite web | title = Board | url = http://www.pointofview.org/about-us/Board.aspx |work=Point of View| access-date = 2014-11-05 }}</ref> She also serves on the board of nonprofit organizations including [[Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action]] and the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] (2010-2014),<ref>{{cite web | title = Press releases: Bishakha Datta to join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees|work= Wikimedia Foundation | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Bishakha_Datta_to_join_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees |date=5 April 2010| access-date = 2014-11-05 }}</ref> where she was the first Indian to serve on the [[board of trustees]].<ref name="newface" /><ref> | |date=14 April 2010| access-date = 2014-11-05 | first = Deepa | last = Kurup }}</ref> She is the co-founder and executive director of [[Point of View, Mumbai|Point of View]], based in Mumbai, a non-profit working in the area of gender, sexuality and women's rights.<ref>{{cite web | title = Board | url = http://www.pointofview.org/about-us/Board.aspx | work = Point of View | access-date = 2014-11-05 | archive-date = 17 March 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190317081135/http://pointofview.org/about-us/Board.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref> She also serves on the board of nonprofit organizations including [[Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action]] and the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] (2010-2014),<ref>{{cite web | title = Press releases: Bishakha Datta to join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees|work= Wikimedia Foundation | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Bishakha_Datta_to_join_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees |date=5 April 2010| access-date = 2014-11-05 }}</ref> where she was the first Indian to serve on the [[board of trustees]].<ref name="newface" /><ref> | ||
{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/2010/04/06161429/QampA-with-Bishakha-Datta-F.html?h=B|title=Q&A with Bishakha Datta: First Indian on Wikimedia board of trustees|date=6 April 2010|publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref> | {{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/2010/04/06161429/QampA-with-Bishakha-Datta-F.html?h=B|title=Q&A with Bishakha Datta: First Indian on Wikimedia board of trustees|date=6 April 2010|publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref> | ||
== Life and works == | == Life and works == | ||
In 1998, Datta edited ''[[And Who Will Make the Chapatis?]]'', an overview of the all-women political [[panchayat]]s formed in [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sawnet.org/books/reviews.php?And+Who+Will+Make+the+Chapatis%3F |title=Book Review: And Who Will Make the Chapatis? |publisher=SAWNET |date=2009-02-16 |access-date=2010-11-27}}</ref> In 2003, her documentary ''[[In the Flesh (2003 film)|In the Flesh: three lives in prostitution]]'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm |title=The Hindu : Sex, truth, and videotape |publisher=The Hindu |date=2002-08-29 |access-date=2010-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234308/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm |archive-date=31 August 2010 |url-status= | In 1998, Datta edited ''[[And Who Will Make the Chapatis?]]'', an overview of the all-women political [[panchayat]]s formed in [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sawnet.org/books/reviews.php?And+Who+Will+Make+the+Chapatis%3F |title=Book Review: And Who Will Make the Chapatis? |publisher=SAWNET |date=2009-02-16 |access-date=2010-11-27}}</ref> In 2003, her documentary ''[[In the Flesh (2003 film)|In the Flesh: three lives in prostitution]]'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm |title=The Hindu : Sex, truth, and videotape |publisher=The Hindu |date=2002-08-29 |access-date=2010-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234308/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm |archive-date=31 August 2010 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Flesh Talkies |work=[[MiD DAY]]| url = http://www.mid-day.com/articles/flesh-talkies/240397 |last=Sharma |first=Kanika |date=15 Nov 2013| access-date = 2014-11-05 }}</ref> | ||
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Bishakha Datta is a film maker, activist and a former journalist.[1] She is the co-founder and executive director of Point of View, based in Mumbai, a non-profit working in the area of gender, sexuality and women's rights.[2] She also serves on the board of nonprofit organizations including Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action and the Wikimedia Foundation (2010-2014),[3] where she was the first Indian to serve on the board of trustees.[1][4]
Life and works[edit | edit source]
In 1998, Datta edited And Who Will Make the Chapatis?, an overview of the all-women political panchayats formed in Maharashtra, India.[5] In 2003, her documentary In the Flesh: three lives in prostitution was released.[6][7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kurup, Deepa (14 April 2010). "And now, Wikipedia India's new face". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ "Board". Point of View. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ "Press releases: Bishakha Datta to join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees". Wikimedia Foundation. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ "Q&A with Bishakha Datta: First Indian on Wikimedia board of trustees". Mint. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ↑ "Book Review: And Who Will Make the Chapatis?". SAWNET. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ↑ "The Hindu : Sex, truth, and videotape". The Hindu. 29 August 2002. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ↑ Sharma, Kanika (15 November 2013). "Flesh Talkies". MiD DAY. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
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