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== 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=dead }}</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>
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>


==References==
==References==

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Bishakha Datta
Bishakha Datta at AWID 2016
OccupationJournalist, Filmmaker

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. 1.0 1.1 Kurup, Deepa (14 April 2010). "And now, Wikipedia India's new face". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. "Board". Point of View. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  3. "Press releases: Bishakha Datta to join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees". Wikimedia Foundation. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. "Q&A with Bishakha Datta: First Indian on Wikimedia board of trustees". Mint. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  5. "Book Review: And Who Will Make the Chapatis?". SAWNET. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  6. "The Hindu : Sex, truth, and videotape". The Hindu. 29 August 2002. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  7. Sharma, Kanika (15 November 2013). "Flesh Talkies". MiD DAY. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

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