Sonia Narang

Seven months pregnant and working in the fields, BBC/PRI’s The World

by Sonia on Feb 23, 2014 • Comments Closed

For farm women in Nepal, pregnancy brings no respite from hard physical labor. What is being done to give them a much-needed rest? Radio story and short film produced and reported by Sonia Narang.

India / Video

Camels for Cash: India’s Fleeting Camel Trade, Time.com

by Sonia on May 1, 2012 • Comments Closed

The camel trade may not have a place in modern India, but it still thrives at the annual camel fair in Pushkar. Video reported, produced, filmed, and edited by Sonia Narang.

India / Video

Rags to Riches, New York Times

by Sonia on Dec 21, 2011 • Comments Closed

Indian entrepreneur Ashok Khade revisits his native village, where he was of the lowest caste. Through hard work, determination and India's economic reforms, he rose from untouchable to CEO of his own engineering firm. Video produced, filmed, and edited by Sonia Narang.

Japan / Radio / Video

The Yokome Brothers Keep Japanese Sanshin Alive, PRI’s The World

by Sonia on Jul 20, 2011 • Comments Closed

A duo of Okinawan musicians continue the tradition of sanshin music in the southern Japanese islands. Radio story produced and reported by Sonia Narang. Accompanying video filmed and edited by Sonia Narang.

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India / Video

India: A Rising Solar Power

by Sonia on Apr 13, 2010 • Comments Closed

India’s ambitious national mission to drastically boost solar energy capacity over the next decade has prompted Indian companies to ramp up solar panel production and make more advancements in solar technology. Solar energy has also improved the lives of many families in rural India, including silkworm farmers in the villages outside Bangalore, India.

Japanese Consumers Tighten Spending, GlobalPost

by Sonia on Feb 10, 2010 • Comments Closed

Once a hallmark of Japanese consumer culture, convenience stores are the latest casualty of the worldwide recession.

U.S.A. / Video

Keeping Carnival Traditions Alive in Coney Island, NBC News

by Sonia on Dec 1, 2009 • Comments Closed

Though times have changed in Coney Island, New York, one group is keeping the old carnival traditions alive. The performers at Sideshows by the Seashore teach new generations the tricks of the trade. With NBC correspondent Jeff Rossen for NBC's Today Show. Produced, filmed, and edited by Sonia Narang.

U.S.A. / Video

Long Trip Brings Beautiful Music, msnbc.com

by Sonia on Nov 13, 2009 • Comments Closed

A group of refugee teens from the Nepal-Bhutan border made their singing debut in New York City.

India / Video

Kerala Brides, South Asian International Film Festival

by Sonia on Jul 13, 2008 • Comments Closed

A documentary film about three women who left their hometown in Kerala, South India to marry men 2,000 miles away in the northern state of Haryana, where decades of female feticide – the selective abortion of girl children – has led to a shortage of brides.

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