Digital inequality

Towards Digital Inclusion: Barriers to Internet Access for Economically- and Socially-Excluded Urban Communities

Full report of CCDS's 2015 research on digital inequality in urban India.

Open Space

Can an outreach process so open, centred around culture and communications, work? Does it have a lasting impact? What better way to find out than to ask some of those who have journeyed with Open Space as participants, fellows or resource-persons. In this publication we record their voices on what this open space means to them and the small transformations that have been sparked off here.

Mis(s) Representation: Women and Advertising
By Richa Kaul Padte

In a compelling and persuasive manner, this important booklet vividly analyzes women’s portrayal – their objectification – in Indian advertisements. With examples of advertisements that we come across more often, Richa talks about the stereotypes and exploitative situations involved in media representations. The author emphasizes the need for media literacy as the first step to contest these representations in our everyday lives..

Good Woman Bad Woman
By Shai Heredia & Anuja Ghosalkar

The writers explore three archetypes of the Bollywood heroine -- the good girl, the vamp and the tawaif.

Hotting Up! The causes and consequences of climate change

Why should India cut carbon emissions when the West is refusing to make changes? What are the effects of climate change visible on the ground? How can you reduce your carbon footprint? And a list of useful websites, films, vital stats and interesting facts.

Morality Debate

Why does everyone get so excited about women's (im)morality? What are the FUQ's – frequently unasked questions? Should college authorities pay more attention to the academic programme rather than girls' clothes?

RTI The Right To Know
By Anosh Malekar

This handy booklet tells you how you can make use of this ground-breaking piece of legislation – The Right To Information act.

Inclusion, Bollywood Style
By Jerry Pinto

For decades Hindi cinema defined India as an inclusive space where Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian coexist and respect each other's faiths. But Hindi films also perpetuated stereotypes.

Documentary Films Catalogue

Four essays by leading film scholars and a listing of documentary films available at Open Space along with a listing of documentary funding organizations in India and film festivals in South Asia.

Greed Is Not Good: Lessons from the Financial Meltdown

John Samuel and Aseem Shrivastava examine the root causes of the global recession of 2008 and argue a case for bringing ethics back into the world of global trade.

50 Poets 50 Poems
Edited by Priya Sarukkai Chabria

50 Poets 50 Poems is a sequel to All Poetry Is Protest, marking a year of the website's hectic online life with Talking Poetry.

Defending Human Rights Manual

A manual of exercises and games to help a trainer conceptualise and implement a workshop on human rights issues such as poverty, migration, gender inequality, etc. Conceptualised by Oishik Sirkar.

Globalized World Who Gains, Who Loses?
By Aseem Shrivastava

Everyone benefits from a liberalized economy, right? Wrong, says the author. Globalisation is increasing inequality in our world at a pace unheard of so far.

Unequal World

Conceptualised and edited by Sharmila Joshi this quick read booklet offers some answers to the question 'Why do some have so much and others so little?' It also helps the reader to question prevalent notions of 'development'.

All Poetry Is Protest
Edited by Priya Sarukkai Chabria

Poetry is, indeed, protest, though not all of it is of the table-thumping variety. For poetry is also the loud whisper through which one hears oneself; through which thought is clarified -- which then carries the potential of action.

VAW flyers

A poster-pamphlet on Violence Against Women – facts, figures, laws, backgrounder, definitions, opinions and some acerbic humour.

FAQs on HIV/AIDS

Questions and answers relating to HIV/AIDS.