Women in Cloud’s sixth #empowHERaccess week in Bellevue brought together technology leaders, entrepreneurs and partners to discuss AI, leadership and economic access while recognizing individuals advancing a more inclusive technology industry.
Chithra Jeyaram’s documentary ‘Love Chaos Kin’, which screened at the 52nd Seattle International Film Festival this month, explores adoption, love and identity told through the story of an interracial family. Shailaja Rao reports.
A new documentary about renowned American broadcast journalist Amy Goodman, who has hosted the globally acclaimed news program ‘Democracy Now!’ since 1996, screened in Seattle this week. Shailaja Rao checked it out.
It’s bad enough that a mainstream Bollywood film glorifying mindless violence and communal hatred is profiting worldwide. But when social-impact nonprofits opt to screen it, they betray their mission and people, writes Shailaja Rao.
Who are the tribal women training AI data? Shailaja Rao reviews ‘Humans in the Loop’ and speaks to lead actor Sonal Madhushankar about these Adivasi and Dalit women giving meaning to machine learning.
At a time when women’s voices are being systematically silenced, US-based Indian-origin documentary filmmaker Ankita M Kumar has set out to bring Afghan refugee stories to the world. Her first film has now been backed by Naseeruddin Shah.
Popular podcaster Mohua Chinappa’s memoir ‘Thorns in My Quilt’ delves into her journey of self-discovery through letters to her deceased father, exploring themes of caregiving and empowerment, while addressing the societal challenges that women and families in South Asia often face.
What does a new web series on real-life love stories have in common with an NGO that protects couples under threat from honour-based crimes? They’re both batting for the right to choose one’s life partner in a country as diverse and dogmatic as India, writes Shailaja Rao.
Activist Shailaja Rao shares an eyewitness account of the happenings at the Seattle City Council as the historic anti-caste discrimination law was passed, now a template for other cities in the United States.
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