Journalism of Courage
This week at Top Frame started out with Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again. A first of it’s kind initiative, the HRD issued a circular asking schools to make arrangements for a live feed where Modi would address the students. Schedules tweaked, lakhs of students were made available for the live projection and they were also given the opportunity to ask the Prime Minister questions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with students after an interaction with school students on the occasion of Teachers' Day in New Delhi on Friday. (Source: PTI)
On the occassion of Teachers' Day, students from a school in Bhyander in Mumbai suburbs, watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi address children. (Source: Express photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Nationwide devotees bid goodbye to Lord Ganesha. Iconic images of the Visarjan in Mumbai shot by Express photographer Pradip Das, were seen signaling the fortnight-long Ganpati celebrations to a close.
Ganpati immersion at Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai. (Source: Express photo by Pradip Das)
In all the brouhaha, it was heart-rendering images of Srinagar under water were what dominated the news feeds across all boards. Indian Express reporters Muzamil Jaleel – winner of the Ramnath Goenka for Excellence in Journalism Awards for the year 2012 (REPORTING ON POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT (PRINT)) and photographer Tashi Tobgyal’s brave and personal reportage struck a cord amongst the readers. Images of death and devastation interspersed with photos of rescue and hope inundated Top Frame.
A family of the flood victim has been living in a car in Rambagh area of Srinagar, Kashmir. (Source: Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
During this disaster, the world saw Modi move beyond the political arena and vow to help PoK as well as Pakistan with humanitarian relief during the floods.
Kashmiri Muslims stand on top of a hill as Indian air force chopper drops aid materials to flood affected victims in Srinagar, India-controlled Kashmir on September 11, 2014. (Source: AP)
In the international arena, America commemorated the 13th anniversary of 9/11 and American president Barack Obama was seen paying tribute to the victims.
Flowers sit on one of the benches of the Pentagon Memorial at the at the Pentagon on September 11, 2014. President Barack Obama attended the wreath laying later this morning to to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (Source: AP)
A flood victim talks with relatives as he sits on a boat while being evacuated with his family from his flooded house, following heavy rain in Jhang, Punjab province on September 11, 2014.
Floods that have killed 450 people in India and Pakistan began to recede on Wednesday giving rescue teams a chance to evacuate thousands of villagers stranded by the heaviest rainfall in 50 years in the heavily militarized and disputed region of Kashmir. (Source: Reuters)
A flood victim wades through a flooded field and past a damaged house following heavy rain in Jhang, Punjab province, September 11, 2014. (Source: Reuters)
U.S. President Barack Obama pauses during a moment of silence at the Pentagon in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks, in Washington September 11, 2014.
Politicians, dignitaries and victims' relatives were gathering in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Thursday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed in al Qaeda's attack on the United States 13 years ago on September 11. (Source: Reuters)
A woman reaches out to touch rose on one of the benches of the Pentagon Memorial at the at the Pentagon, Thursday, September 11, 2014.
President Barack Obama will attend the wreath laying later this morning to to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (Source: AP)
A mother is seen carrying her son to cross a waterlogged road after heavy rains in New Delhi on September 11, 2014. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
Traffic police runs to catch a woman without helmet on bike in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
Old office of AAP as Aam Aadami Party office has been shifted from Hanuma road to East Patel Nagar in New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
Journalist Mariane Pearl at Dilli Haat in New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Oinam Anand)
Children at a government Primary School in Bassi Kalan listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech over the radio on Teachers' Day. (Source: Express photo by Oinam Anand)
Army is seen rescuing flood victims in Rambagh, Srinagar. (Source: Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Rescue operations at the Haft Chinar area in Srinagar, Kashmir. (Source: Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Army is seen rescuing flood victims in Rambagh, Srinagar. (Source: Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Residents are seen crossing a flooded area of Srinagar, Kashmir. (Source: Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
