Christine Mehta

Human Rights for Education: Amnesty International in India

admin — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:08:49 +0000

Amnesty International: The First Two Months

admin — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:38:18 +0000

My alma mater, Syracuse University recently contacted me asking how my first weeks with Amnesty India have been for an article to be published in Syracuse Magazine. I responded:

“I joined Amnesty International’s new office in Bangalore, India …

The Disappeared

admin — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:38:53 +0000

Today, August 30, marks two days. One is mundane and irrelevant, and the other is an internationally recognized day for activism.

First, it is my one-month anniversary of working with Amnesty International in India. Second, today is the International “Day …

The Controversy Continues

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:43:46 +0000

I spent nearly two years enmeshed in the history of Chile's brutal dictatorship, a regime that killed more than 3,000, and tortured thousands more. Although my research ended in 2011, the struggle between the extreme right and left in Chile, the Pinochet loyalists and human rights victims, continues. The New York Times just published an article by a journalist I knew in Chile named Pascale Bonnefoy, that exemplifies the dichotomy in how Chileans remember Pinochet and his rule even now, 20 years later. Here's the link to the New York Times article titled: "Hundreds Protest Screening of Pro-Pinochet Film in Chile," and if you're curious about my own findings, you can visit the Pinochet Project Page found on this site. Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Nagaland: A State in Transition

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:17:07 +0000

Three weeks into our project (Artefacting, check out the intro on the Artefacting website) in Nagaland found us in one of its most remote districts, the Mon province. We were there to cover the annual Aoling Monyu Festival, a Naga festival belonging to the Konyak tribe.

Introducing the Global Village 2012

admin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 05:30:45 +0000

As a journalist, I don’t usually identify as an artist or an abstract thinker. On the contrary, I document reality and life as it happens around me, rather than create or interpret it. But with a journalist’s innate curiosity, I’ve found myself drawn to the theory behind the project, and indeed answering the question, “What is art supposed to do?”