The Hindu's Chhattisgarh correspondent, Aman Sethi on 19 October 2011 was awarded the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) award for the best Indian print media article on humanitarian issues at the India Islamic Cultural Centre.
His article on three Chhattisgarh villages ruthlessly torched by police commandos in March 2011 was selected as the best of nearly 80 entries from across the country. About 300 homes and granaries were burnt in the five-day police operation which left three men dead, and three women sexually assaulted. Sethi's coverage initiated the local administration to probe the incident and send aid to the affected villages.
Tehelka's Umar Baba took the second place for his article Screams from the Valley, while the third prize went to Reji Joseph of Rashtra Deepika and the consolation prize to Anup Sharma of The Times of India. Delhi-based Kashmiri journalist Mohammad Umar Baba who writes under the byline Baba Umar bagged the best humanitarian Reporting Award 2011 award in the All India Journalist Competition for the best print media article on humanitarian issues. It is for the first time that a Kashmiri journalist has won this award.
Sethi took home a cash award of Rs. 50,000, the second and third prize winners were given Rs.30,000 and Rs.20,000 respectively.
About the Award
The awards are instituted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Press Institute of India (PII) for articles published in an Indian national or regional newspaper or magazine in English or any of the Indian languages.
ICRC is a 150 year-old international organisation working in more than eighty countries to preserve a measure of humanity amidst violence while PII is about fifty years old organisation working in India for upholding the standards of journalism in India through research and training programmes.
In all, 100 entries were received by the ICRC of which 44 were shortlisted for further consideration.
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