PRAKASH KARDALEY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR CIVIC JOURNALISM 2013 Richard Joseph Rashtra Deepika For documenting the lives of children in tribal villages of Kerala who dropped out of school to support their families. “I read a story in a local newspaper about a tribal boy who couldn’t hear and speak and did not got to school. When I went to his village, I found other boys who had dropped out of school to support their parents. They would collect firewood, honey and fruits from the forest in the area. After the story, the tribal affairs ministry ordered an inquiry and within eight days, the students were back in school.” 2014 Radheshyam Bapu Jadhav The Times of India For his report on illegal...
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