many stories. make up a. double made for minds. this is. coming up today a slow to talk to some normality after. weddings are done to. completely shut down the region but how normal is the situation in kashmir our correspondents explains plussed in pakistan. is bad for any moral content but critics argue it's a clampdown on criticism of the government. and you meet a woman in china who's learn to live with have blindness and live without

a job that puts at risk of sexual harassment. by british by the welcome to do. that you could join us the people of indian controlled kashmir have faced a double whammy of lockdowns the fast security lockdown imposed by delhi after that scrapped the region's special autonomy and then a lockdown brought on by the court on a lot of span demick both affected the economy and also people's daily lives simple things like wedding celebrations have to be constant but now weddings are back all beat under the shadow of an ongoing pandemic. the joy is infectious among these wedding guests but no one wants to spoil the

occasion with a corona virus outbreak. precaution is now part of the production and authorities have put strict limits on gatherings and families are having to drastically trim their guest lists. we were expecting to have a gathering of more than 800 people but unfortunately due to the spending we do to discourage 19 i would guess the guest list has been shot tonight 251-0150 only. it will still take an army of cooks to assemble the west sun and elaborate kashmiri marriage feast of up to 30 courses but the wedding business and the rest of region is hurting after a double hit from the security clampdown and now the pandemic well brought the blood was bigger than we had hopes that we do good business this year with your 3rd

one but i've suffered a loss of about 80 percent. and a pandemic era wedding means some other updates to old traditions waiters decked out in has met suits and individual servings trying to wasn't there were floored when everything went nicely but we could not enjoy your food traditionally eating on a copper platter for 4 which dates back 300 years we still enjoyed the feast but we missed the traditional way. but some things will never change the was the anticipation the excitement as 2 families join together to witness a new family began. so what is the situation in indian controlled kashmir now for more we can speak to our

correspondents allowed the ins then who joins us from near the capital should not allow them are people able to meet each other freely no. yes yes that is they are a fairly there's no long days you know noticed sections and people in all the markets are open people are really moving they can go to you don't do each of those families interview thing though there are statistics hands on political activities and very few you know there's not really nothing happening no political activity where people are free you know in. the winter it is here in kashmir and people are harvesting you know the up a crop at the same time 30 kong and they are now preparing for they've been 10 you know when the 6 months it's very tough for them and you know most of the time because of this no folly you know cut of it from the country cut off from the country so that is what they are preparing and very cool in calmly everybody's busy

in their harvest and their business because they have suffered huge who's not says in the past you know it's almost to air now everything is open because because initially it was you know locked on imposed by the indian government here in kashmir and now then corona so it's a very normal life right now here right so from what you're describing it would appear. the problems of the people who are facing because of the double locked on the dimension the security lockdown on the coronado is locked on a thing of the past and things are completely back to normal now. i would say apparently back to normal because people are doing their daily activities routinely and very peace peacefully very calm but i would also say that there are of security restrictions across the state across that region almost every

street every atol has the you know security forces for positions that whenever i go in the evening morning or you know you will see security forces guarding on the roads so i think this this people are doing their daily routine work but it is also . important to say that security's always stop at every corner every willets every stude i would say that security forces in question are i can. feel even there for the timing of thank you so much for joining us allow the ins and. to talk the video sharing is under fire in many parts of the world over national security and data privacy concerns in the u.s. is in the courts and india banned it back in june. but over a model of content but is there more to this than meets the eye be nice job with

from. me for more british welcome what has there to pakistan branding to dark. dark i have to say is one of them with a widely used more apps in pakistan it has been downloaded more than 43000000 times that has more than 20000000 active users and therefore this ban by pakistan on thick dark is deeply felt by large segments of pakistan if i can get found a telecommunication authority say is that it has banned kicked out because it's publishing in model and obscene content on tick tock but we also have to understand that the talk itself has inbuilt mechanism which doesn't allow well going content to be published and picked up was already working with pakistani government and it had deleted quite a 1000000 a few. from the so this argument by pakistan that it's a ban ticked off because the thing might ality immortality doesn't go down well with digital experts in pakistan like osama he tweeted. the state isn't supposed to

be a nanny for morality especially when apps have built in reporting mechanism up so it's not on the grounds of immortality what is behind this ban but so be it if it is this element of policing the internet ostensibly for morality and also pandering to the right wing conservatives i'm in pakistan we also saw recently that there were some dating apps including tinder that were banned in pakistan but more digital experts in pakistan believe that it's the state that wants to control critical words on social media we have to understand that pakistan is in a state largely controlled broadcast media it's the social media that's difficult to control and we saw doing that on our way to spend the make and also didn't log down there was an increase in to dock users and pakistan and there was increased to

dog videos criticizing the pakistani government and maybe our viewers can see a video of one of their tick-tock user. has not really idea where their dog would make you. be about. 30. 3 feet that thick dark users are using they film and. to express their criticism on the government but this criticism doesn't go down well with manhunts government and we also saw died recently these videos are getting a lot of hits on the app there were millions and millions of viewers are off of these videos and somehow a tick tock i look at them sort of pushing these videos on the timeline and so there's definitely there's this satisfaction in government so does this set a precedent for other source than we did companies about to start. so pakistan has

a very ambitious digital plans you know it wants to. i have to it wants to promote it of to do diversion but there's a contradiction because on the other side when the pakistani government wants to go a bit italy but at the same time they are banning websites like tick tock and it's also sets a very bad precedent for companies like facebook you to instagram photos because there's this underlying message that you have to comply to the states make additions and i think it's a view of modality and if he was on what kind of content should go on social media i'm not going social media and i have long if the ocean we get the companies comply with the state they can enjoy the business and baucus. binny's jervis for me to thank so much for coming in. to try to mix but it took until 2018 for lawmakers to draft a nationwide bill defining what constitutes sexual harassment but overwhelmingly

adopted in june this year a patriarchal system victim blaming and conservative attitudes mean that merely reporting sex crimes can be doing expedience and for women with physical disabilities the problem is even worse. when shoji lost her sight as a teenager she was told her best career choice would be becoming a massage therapist. in china the visually impaired often work in massage parlors it's believed there are extra sensitive to touch she also gives online makeup and yoga tutorials for other people like her. the reality she found was terrifying she had to endure sexual abuse from male customers on a routine basis just. this whole some customers touched my face saying your message is great. others touch my bottom and pretended to accidentally touch

my breast while i was there and legs. activists say 40 percent of women in china have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace it was only in june this year that a law defining sexual harassment was adopted despite the threats she endured showed never went to the police. the way oh this was an experienced message their post told me that if i can't accept this i can't do the job. if i decide to do the job i have to accept it. she did not accept it and left the profession today she works in an ngo supporting disabled people including women facing the same dangers she has one reward is experiencing other people's reactions when they

find out what she does. what keeps you on how it will go i really like how at the beginning people seem to be amazed because if they feel a kind of amazement that at least i've broken mistery a type of blind people. that's it for today there's more to the dot com forward slash a show back to one of the same time to vent about. everything that's for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities screamer how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with all our waste. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over deforestation recycling over disposable

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welcome to arts and culture when german author on a video met former resistance fighter and bowman while she knew she wanted to write a book about her this week that book one of a about the german book prize the work titled i met an epic of a hero when tells a story of a young woman who rescued jewish youths and nazi occupied france and later spends 10 years in prison for joining the algerian fight for independence here's more on this year's german book prize winner. known as annette was she a terrorist responsible for attacks which resulted in numerous deaths for st louis supported the oppressed. she's now nearing 100 when unavailable 1st met annette a few years ago she knew she had to write about this woman and her incredible life

and she did so in the form of an epic poem i couldn't imagine writing a classical novel in which i'd put some words in my protagonists mouth for instance or invent some dialogue. soon i recalled that there was an ancient form in which great exploits and daring deeds were told. bob woodward and that's the heroic at that and with me it became a heroine's epic. about. the woman whose life unavailable recount says a novel in verse was born in a fishing village in brittany she was the only child of staunch communists who wanted to create a better world and there was determined to fight for that too in 1940 when the germans occupied france she joined the french resistance risking her life more than once. after the war and it plunged into a new battle fighting for algerian independence from france an invader writes how

a net in a. realised her around cheery and comrades were just as brutal as their french occupiers but does that make her a heroine. it is a kind of but it's not the. this is i'm questioning for instance. is it permissible to kill people to achieve a certain goal. reading the novel. she didn't even recognise the heroine of. is a literary figure as unique as the woman who inspired. for more on the winner of this year's german book prize of got my colleague already here with me great can you tell us a little bit more about how this book came about. and of eva met her protagonist at a panel discussion she says the encounter was love at 1st sight they said in her

acceptance speech for the at the awards ceremony with the for the prize which kicks off the frankfurt book fair that and that was not just the heroine of the book but a real life heroine the result of the mating is this extraordinary work which did not know she was going to win the german book prize for and we've got a clip of her receiving her present sick award about. probably public what i had prepared was something of a consolation speech for myself for the very likely event that i would not win. but i can't read to you now come. to come here with you. ok very modest the jury's statement of rationale said the power of an of a the story is equal to the power of her heroine it's breathtaking how fresh the old form with the epic sounds here and with what lightness baby condenses the life story of french resistance fighter and bowman walk into

a novel about courage resistance and the struggle for freedom and seems like a really extraordinary life and she's a personal lot of us actually hadn't heard of before this work she's not an unknown she wrote an autobiography and there's also been a documentary made about her. yeah but she's absolutely extraordinary and her life was not without contradictions she turned her life to risky to jewish children during the 2nd world war and for that she received the righteous among nations distinction from israel but she paid a big price for her activities not just a 10 year prison sentence for helping the f.l. enjoying the algerian war but she also lost contact with her own 2 children and her husband and she was also a neurologist just 30 minutes later is this book coming out in english it's out in french and german well our audience be able to read it well i spoke to the publishes they said they haven't received any offers for english rights yes but

about half the books that receive the gym the book prize are translated into english so the chance is fairly likely ok likely so that we. know what else can you tell us what else do we need to know about on a view but the winner of this year's german book get out of there but she lives in paris she. she's a german born writer and translator she 1st she was writing in french and then she was translating who works into german now she writes 1st in german and translates her words into french translates as usually translates into their mother tongue and not the other way around so that's quite so that's sort of unusual she's received a number of awards including the european translation prize and as a writer she is known for her willingness to experiment almost all of who works are very different from the others this one is an epic poem that's not a usual form for many novelist melissa thanks so much. when artists cut every note

cost traded and paint brushes for a spray gun she wanted to move away from the canvas she wanted to make paintings that didn't just hang on walls but could stand alone well this year during berlin's lockdown corsa got the chance to take over a museum the result is totally off the wall she's one of the most successful artists of our time catalina costa the 58 year old artist lives and works in berlin and in new zealand her artwork is brightly colored and multi-dimensional the source of her inspiration is surprisingly the sports world i mean it's got so much of my inspiration to me found on the football team work and interconnection are important movements and positions interlinking different constellations aim for a big area creating dynamic spaces that are in flux if not. a large exhibition of classes work can currently be seen at homburg

a bahnhof berlin's museum for contemporary art in most approach works the mingling and mixing of strong colors plays a key role. mountainous shapes made from a styrofoam form the canvas. and even the floor is a part of the artwork. katherina cost doesn't use paint brushes she prefers working with a spray paint. it's monday this is my tool that long it's like a spear because it comes out at the top. and he has the trick of mine up which allows you to reach spaces high up and to great lengths it's expandable up to 4 metres long just like a ladder it's allows me to lengthen the reach of my body and that's what i'm really interested in to change the shape and size of my body in order to reach that little corner at the top without too much effort it's sort of like a magic weapon. off akin to one of. those green corner from 998 was a milestone in catalina calls as unbounded artwork ignoring all. spatial barriers

she paints on entire landscapes and bright colors. to me young age i love colors or not but then i did grow up in the seventy's all the coyotes were really really colorful i remember orange choses yellow shirts and green sweater vests and the sweater vest was an important clothing item until now the other colors to be seen like on this neves. the purest concrete building in berlin is home to catalina classes studio. before she creates her large artworks she designs a smaller model. currently she's working on her contribution to the helsinki be an olive 2021 in finland. there's also a model here of the current exhibition in berlin. catalina gloss enjoys the fact that her artworks exist for a limited amount of time. spent with us and i think that's great beauty in the

temporal limited existence and disappearance of the artworks lingus and it's a long process because it's an advent and the deconstructions are ready happening in the present. this impressive piece will also disappear. the exhibition called it wasn't us can be experienced until january 2021. back and 2014 the u.s. banned future iowans became the flavor of the month they then present their next album in just 3 weeks front man samuel t. herring said it was a flop because his writing felt rushed and dishonest now the band is back their new album is very sincere. the song thrill from the new album as long as you are feels like a commentary on the current global crises. i think it's an

album. about trust and acceptance. to meet. the. trust of ourselves the trust others give us the acceptance of ourselves and the acceptance that others give us it's about it's about love. coming to rest finding your place in life is just one of the topics addressed by the band from baltimore on their 6th album they became overnight sensations and 2014 when singer samuel t. herring was in his early thirty's his band had been an insider tech struggling to make ends meet all of that flows into herring's very personal lyrics. street please stop.

seasons was the song that made them internationally famous herring had originally wanted to be a sculptor now his art consists of opening himself up completely to his audience. but with a sudden huge success came problems burnout self-doubt and the follow up album haring was unhappy with now 6 years later he's found his stride again. the new album gives voice to samuel t. herring's rage at the state of the world but it also has space for love. to. do this only we have to find at least

a call piece in ourselves. is the most important thing and that's how we become better givers you know and when you give when you give people give to you. and we'd love to give you more culture news and updates check out our website at d w dot com slash culture thanks for watching.

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