Print and Film Resources for June 2009

Dear Friends
This is turning out to be more 'green' a month than we expected!! The buzz created by our Ecofestival continues to follow us. We have several newly converted ‘green people’, who have discovered how they can make eco hand and footprints; we have discovered a water filter that should replace all electrically run water filters from our homes and workplaces; our volunteers are waiting for the next such festival to happen and we are trying to keep ourselves afloat!

This is our workplace birthday month and we appeal to you to support us as we face the challenge of sustaining ourselves with growing demands on our work. Access the books, films and ecofriendly products that we stock; support and use our knowledge and skills in research, documentation, training, evaluation and development communication (posters, brochures, documentaries, reports et al); fundraise for some of our inhouse initiatives. Join us as full time workers, as volunteers and friends of Kriti team. We are good at what we do and need to get our website up among other needs! Above all, visit and keep in touch with what we do to make this a socially, environmentally, economically and culturally sensitive country. We won’t stop doing what we do till we reach YOU!

The month of June is marked by the following important days, some past and some to come, so do your bit in solidarity on these days…as you browse through a selected list of print and visual resources that we present before you:
4 International Day of Innocent children & Victims of Aggression
5 World Environment Day
16 International Day of Solidarity/ International Refugee Day
17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 World Refugee Day
26 International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking/ International Day in support of Victims of Torture
30 Santhal Revolution’s Day

ecowishes from the Kriti team!

BOOKS
Discovering Rajaji National Park
by Anjali Bharthari
This book is apart from being a guide, is an attempt to highlight the conservation significance of the park for the present and future along with initiatives taken by its management.

Walking with Corbett
By Anjali Bharthari
This is a story based guide to the Jim Corbett National Park. It is intended for people interested in walking through the beautiful landscape.

Refugees and the Law
By HRLN
This book looks at the refugee law outside its traditional limits. It aims at sensitizing lawyers and practitioners about the increasing need to have a broader conceptual framework in relation to the horrific ground realities of today. It looks at the lack of practicality in the existing laws concerning refugees.

DOCUMENTARY FILMS
KOSI KATHA- The Making of a famine
by Jharna Jhaveri (30 mins, English with subtitles, 2009)
The latest official figures of Government of Bihar indicate widespread damage caused by the Kosi floods despite spending a sizable amount on precautionary measures annually. Kosi Katha is the story of irresponsible actions on behalf of the state and authorities concerned. It tracks the loss of livelihood among several other issues.

Eco-Dharma
by Malgorzata Skiba (30 mins, English, 2006)
The story of dedication and sacrifice of bishnoi community, the oldest practicing environmentalists of India from western Rajasthan to whom the preservation of wildlife and forest is a religion

The Whistle Blowers
by Umesh Aggarwal (45 mins, English, 2005)
An investigation into the issue of pesticide in bottled water and soft drinks manufactured by reputed MNC's like Coca Cola and Pepsi in India which was recently revealed in a report by the centre for Science and Environment.

Wasted
by Vimlendu Jha/ Sweccha We for Change (16 mins, English, 2007)
This is a film exploring our apathy towards the waste situation in Delhi. It traces the journey of waste from a house to a landfill and beyond. Globalisation and consumerism has led to ignorance, indifference, arrogance of a civilization towards its environment.

Food? Health? Hope?
by Rajani Mani and Deepti Seshadri (34 mins, English, 2000)
The Green Revolution in India paved way for chemical intensive cultivation and a monocrop culture. In spite of its economic merits - environmentalists believe it to be the first step to agricultural damnation. Over the years, just as super pests took over the average field pest, green revolution has made way to the gene revolution. Biotechnology has traveled far. Large corporations across the globe find this genetic manipulation of the seed a sure recipe for success.

Before the last tree falls
by Suma Josson (75 mins, English, 2005)
This is a film on the suicides of farmers in Wayanad, Kerala, India. It was in 1990's that the first of the suicide cases was reported in Wayanad. From 1999 to 2004, 1300 farmers have committed suicide. In 2005 alone more than 60 farmers have taken their lives. Wayanad is a mountainous district situated in the northern part of Kerala. The settlers who came from the plains to make Wayanad their home began by cultivating paddy. But this was gradually replaced by cash crops like coffee, pepper, areca, vanilla, ginger, and banana.

SOME NEW EDITIONS IN THE Kriti FILM CLUB (Available To View)

KARSEWA (A DIFFERENT STORY)
by Daljit Ami (61 mins, PUNJABI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES, 2004)
Karsewa is a documentary account of people's initiative to revive a 170 km long dead river. Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal interpreted the medieval wisdom to mobilize people on contemporary issue of pollution. The people responded to his clarion call in an atmosphere where, otherwise, profit making in the business of religion and politics overrides social concerns. This film captures the establishment of traditional concept of Karsewa as collective labour for common good against the one professed by fundamentalists.

BT COTTON IN ANDHRA PRADESH - a three-year fraud…
by Community Media Trust Pastapur (30 mins, English, 2005)
This film a complement to the report, vividly brings out the stories of terrible loss, deep pain and cold anger, leading to explosive violence and even death as narrated by farmers.

For more titles of books and films as per your issue based interest, do write to us, as also for contributions for these resources. If you don't still have a copy of our movement diary, ask for it! We can send your orders by post across India and the world!

Information is Power! We share it, You can access it! Kriti team
Contact us @ 011-26027845/ 26033088
Email - space.kriti@gmail.com Web access - http://krititeam.blogspot.com
Note: This mailer has been put together with the support of Arun, Kriti team volunteer.

World Cinema

the Kriti Team will soon be out with its Kriti Film Club screenings calender!
meanwhile watch some other stuff!
http://www.ndtvlumiere.com/mailers/June4th09/index.html
you may ofcourse get in touch with us if u are trying to access any documentary to watch personally or for work!
011-26033088/ 26027845
space.kriti@gmail.com

Join the EcoFestival...2-3 June, 2009

Come and Join the celebrations on the eve of the World Environment Day...the festival creates under one roof over 2 days, an exciting, meaningful and interactive space for expressions, discussions, insight, learnings, actions and more...
…ecohaat, ecoart, ecomovements, ecotalk, ecoreels, ecorhythms, ecocafe…

on 2nd - 3rd June 2009, 11.00 - 8 pm
American Centre, K.G. Marg, New Delhi

Programme Schedule
Tuesday, 2nd June 2009
12.00 noon – 1.00 pm: Opening of the EcoFestival
Ecohaat, EcoArt installations by Enrico Fabian, Pradip Saha, Pratibha Pande and others….earthern lamp lighting and planting the seed for change…

2.00 pm - 4.00 pm: EcoArt workshop 1 - Newspaper Bags CAN BECOME Gift Bags - Learn how!
Join this workshop and you will be surprised how 'arty' and environmentally friendly you can get… make your 'ecoart print'. Faciltated by Mrinalini Chawla from the Centre for Creative Expressions and Kriti team members.

4.00 pm – 6.00 pm: EcoArt workshop 2 - Completing the story…from waste to creation!
This workshop will provide you with materials and themes to share your creativity and thought on environment problems, solutions and actions! Facilitated by an eco heritage expert, Anjali Bharthari, Kokila Singh, friends associated with The Fuschia Tree and Kriti team members.

7 pm: Ecomovements – ‘Prakriti’, a contemporary dance performance by the In Step Dance Company, choreographed by Gilles Chuyen, with Emily Rasmussen, Raj Kumar, Rea Krishnatraye, Gilles Chuyen

Wednesday, 3rd June 2009

12.00 noon – 1 pm: EcoTalk - Slideshow and interactive session on Delhi’s Birds by Ranjit Lal

2.00 pm - 4.00 pm: EcoArt workshop 3: Creating your own expressions with Music!
Trying to save the environment starts with truly responding to it with gratitude and sensitivity. In this workshop, we start with music and our responses to it, with paints, brushes and more! Faciltated by Mrinalini Chawla from the Centre for Creative Expressions and Kriti team members.

6.00 pm: EcoReels – Premiere of ‘Kosi Katha’ by Jharna Anurag Singh

7.00 pm: EcoRhythms - Unplugged ‘green’ music by Nikhil Mawkin, Clarence Gonsalves, Sai Bhardwaj and others

Please see other posts on this blog for details!

This is an open for all festival. Please bring a photo id to facilitate entry into the American Center. The workshops are ion for children (12+) and adults. If you can register in advance for the workshops we can keep your seat for sure but but if you can’t register earlier don’t let that stop you from coming. A certificate of participation will be given. For further details contact 9910580589/ 26027845/ 9818525384/ space.kriti@gmail.com
Mark your ecofootprint on earth this June!

Kriti team is celebrating 10 years of creative expressions for social change!
For more information, contact 26027845/ 26033088/ 2347-2289, space.kriti@gmail.com

ecoMovements on 2 June, 7 pm...at the EcoFestival

Prakriti…a contemporary dance performance
by the In Step Dance Company

choreographed by Gilles Chuyen
with Emily Rasmussen, Raj Kumar, Rea Krishnatraye & Gilles Chuyen

2nd June 2009, 7 pm onwards
@ The American Center
24, Kasturba Gandhi Margi, New Delhi

about the performance
The energy which flows through me as a Human being is not different from the energy flowing through a tree, through a bird, through water and the earth. When I disrespect nature, I disrespect myself. We are all part of the same grid of energy, we are all connected. Prakriti (nature) is a platform for us to rediscover nature within us, the tree, the bird, but also the elements, and also Tamas, Rajas and Sattva, Inertia, movement and Peace, connecting to the universal life force. Through the movements in dance, interspersed with music and some poetry, we can see that we have a relationship with nature and the environment, which needs to be treasured and nurtured. If we are making a contribution in destroying the environment, we need to also be part of the solution.

The performance being presented by Kriti team for the World Environment Day celebrations is based on the principle of saving the environment from threats of climate change and human-made destructive practices; while also helping us see the ‘connect’ we have with nature so that our attitudes, behaviour and actions can be sustainable and friendly for the larger benefit of our ecosystem.

about the performers
Gilles Chuyen is the choreographer of this performance. He is a dancer, actor and choreographer of French/ Vietnamese/ Spanish/ German origin. Gilles has been working in India for the last 14 years, combining Indian theatre and dance traditions with contemporary perspectives. He has major choreographic pieces and plays to his credit, which took him to Pakistan, Singapore, China, Australia, South Africa, the Seychelles, France, the U.K., Germany and South America. He is involved in finding the deeper meaning of life and healing through movement. Director of the In Step Dance Company, he runs his own dance institute in New Delhi, Studio Magenta.

Emily Rasmussen, an American citizen is one of the lead dancers in this performance. She began her classical ballet training with Maggie Banks and Cheryl Bruce at the Nevada Festival Ballet in Reno, Nevada. After training with the San Francisco, Joffrey and Pacific Northwest Ballets, Ms. Rasmussen joined the latter’s Professional Division from 1999-2001, where she performed with the company in The Nutcracker, Snow White and Don Quixote. Ms. Rasmussen went on to perform leading roles in The Nutcracker, Snow Queen, Sleeping Beauty and Pas de Quatre with various companies in Reno, Nevada, Los Angeles, California, and most recently, New Delhi, India. She has choreographed and danced in the contemporary works Rock Ballet, Ja, and Duet Contemporain, in Los Angeles, Prague, and Hong Kong, respectively, and currently teaches ballet and Pilates classes in New Delhi, India, where she also works as a freelance dance journalist.

Rea Krishnatraye’s training in dance began with jazz at the Danceworx Performing Arts academy. She then joined renowned ballet maestro Fernando Aguilera of Argentina as the lead female dancer and member of the company. Besides majoring in Classical Ballet she also mastered Jazz and other Latin styles such as salsa, Flamenco and tango. She later experimented at “Sadhya-A Unit Of Performing Arts” and trained under Sensie Rashed Ansari. Working as a freelancer, she instructs in ballet and expression through movement and Latin dances (for adults & children), as well as working on experimental dance productions with Gilles Chuyen & Varun Narain, and theater, etc. with Teamwork Films and the India Fernando Ballet Company.

Raj Kumar’s first training has been Bollywood dance in Delhi. He has been performing with various troupes till he joined Gilles Chuyen’s group. He has been working on various projects: performances in jazz, fusion and contemporary. Core member of the In Step dance Company, he teaches dance and fitness programs (Yoga-Pilates-Meditation) at Studio Magenta. He has a great ability to connect to energies and has a fantastic potential for acrobatics.

In Step is a Dance Company that aims at reconnecting with the essence of dance. Human beings have forgotten the true meaning and power of dance. Dance is far more than just form, dance is about the energy flowing into the various layers of Human life, not only physical, but also mental, emotional and more over spiritual. Dance has this tremendous potential of connecting; connecting people to their true self; connecting audiences to new vibrations. Dance is a platform to connect to energies.

about the presenting group
Kriti team is a development support group that applies creative expression to processes of social, developmental and environmental change. Kriti team has been using performing arts to connect with mainstream audiences across Delhi and NCR and parts of India for the past decade, so that they can make their contributions towards making India a human and environment friendly nation. In doing so, the Kriti team is also introducing performing arts professionals to the field of social, development, environment and human rights issues so that together we can make a better world for the present and future generations. We see these forms as being very powerful to raise consciousness, spur people to engage and act on issues that are central to their lives.

- The American Centre is at walking distance from Barakhamba Metro Station.
- Parking is available at the adjacent Parikrama building and in the outer circle of CP
- To facilitate your entry into the American Centre please carry a photo id. Mobile phones and laptops are allowed within the American Center. However, for security reasons, photography through mobile phones is prohibited.

The EcoFestival by Kriti team brings together an ecoHaat; ecoArt; ecoReels; ecoTalk, ecoRhythms and even a small ecoCafe…Make Your ecofootprint at this festival!

Kriti celebrating 10 years of creative expressions for social change!

011-26027845/ 9910580589/ space.kriti@gmail.com/

ecoArt workshops...at the EcoFestival

Come and dabble with paints, brushes or just use your hands to make newspaper art, musical art and express yourself environmentally and artistically on waste paper, cloth, mitti and more...take a break from your work routine, discover and rediscover yourself!

@ The American Center
24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi



2nd June 2009
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm: Newspaper Bags CAN BECOME Gift Bags - Learn how!
This workshop will take you through the magic of converting mere newspapers first into bags and then into beautiful pieces of art - using different kinds of waste resources like soap wrappers, old invites, waster paper, your fantastic imagination and some paint! You will be surprised how 'arty' and environmentally friendly you can get. You will have a ready to use paper bag replacing plastic bags and thus making your 'ecoart print' to celebrate the World Environment Day. The workshop will be facilitated by Mrinalini Chawla from the Centre for Creative Expressions along with Kriti team members.

4.00 pm – 6.00 pm: Completing the story…from waste to creation!
This workshop will provide you with materials and themes to share your creativity and thought on environment problems, solutions and actions! Paper, Newspaper and Canvas; Cardboard and Fabric; Earthern materials with paints, brushes and more! Come make your own ‘ecoart print’ to celebrate the World Environment Day! The workshop will be facilitated by an eco heritage expert, Anjali Bharthari, Kokila Singh and other artists along with Kriti team members.

3rd June 2009
3.00 pm - 5.00 pm: Creating your environmental expressions with Music!
Trying to save the environment starts with truly responding to it with gratitude and sensitivity. If we can't, saving it becomes just a clinical exercise, no? So in this workshop, we start with music and our responses to it - and it is those feelings and ideas that we will try to put into art using newspaper, canvas, cardboard, fabric, paper, earthern materials etc - with paints, brushes and more! Come make your own 'ecoart print' to celebrate the World Environment Day! This workshop will provide you with materials and themes to share your creativity and thought on environment problems, solutions and actions!

The workshop will be facilitated by Mrinalini Chawla from the Centre for Creative Expressions and other artists with Kriti team members.

Note: All workshops are free and open for children (12+) and adults. If you can register in advance it would be great so we can keep your space, but if you can’t register earlier don’t let that stop you from coming. A certificate of participation will be given. Contact 9910580589/ 26027845/ 9818525384; space.kriti@gmail.com

- To facilitate your entry into the American Center please carry a photo id. Mobile phones and laptops are allowed within the American Center. However, for security reasons, photography through mobile phones is prohibited.

The EcoFestival by Kriti team brings together an ecoHaat; ecoArt; ecoReels; ecoTalk, ecoRhythms and even a small ecoCafe…Make Your EcoFootprint at this festival!

Kriti is celebrating 10 years of creative expressions for social change!

011-26027845/ 26033088/ space.kriti@gmail.com

ecoART installations...at the EcoFestival

Walk along an exhibit of Glaciers & Earthy installations as you express yourself artistically!

2nd and 3rd June 2009, 11 am – 8 pm

Hard Times
a video installation by Pradip Saha
Thousands of Delhites will be looking for their next bigger car. There will be another few thousands looking for their first cars, most likely of the smallest variety. We can expect a few more millions private cars on Delhi road in coming times. HARD TIMES presents to you what Delhites have to say about traffic jam, the strongest flavour of mobility.

Tracing Waste
by Enrico Fabian
New Delhi, Gazipur, Seemapuri and other locations in Delhi 2008/09..what happens after we throw away our plastic bottle? where does it go? Will it be recycled? Who are these people who are picking up our garbage? Images capture the story of Kabadi walas, the waste pickers who literally live with and from the waste we generate!

Birds and Trees of Delhi
by Pratibha Pande
Have you seen the trees of Delhi in spring, summer, autumn and winter as they give us oxygen to breathe in an ever-polluting environment? Have you smelt the fragrance of their fruits and flowers as you walk or drive around the city? Have you tested their unfailing medicinal value? Have you thought of what would happen if they ceased to exist? Do you watch as the birds of Delhi twitter about in search of food and water in the summer heat? Have you heard the bird calls amidst winter mornings and monsoon rains? If not these prints will definitely inspire you to look at your city’s natural heritage!

The EcoFestival by Kriti team brings together an ecoHaat; ecoArt; ecoReels; ecoTalk, ecoRhythms and even a small ecoCafe…Make Your ecofootprint at this festival!

Kriti team celebrates 10 years of creative expressions for social change!
011-26027845/ 9910580589/ space.kriti@gmail.com

ecoHAAT...at the EcoFestival

Go Green! Go Organic! Shop for natural products!
…display and outreach of environmentally friendly products
by community based groups

2nd and 3rd June 2009, 11 am – 8 pm
@ The American Center
24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi

- Jute and Cane
- Cotton clothing
- Handmade paper stationary
- Organic food and herbs
- Green Books, Films, Posters and Music
- Ecobins
- ecoCafe...food and drink for a healthy living!

…Gestures Docushop by Kriti team; Vriksh; ecoExist; Conserve; Abhudaya; Lakshya and more..


Kriti team has been supporting community produced, handmade and eco-friendly products for livelihood enhancement of poor rural and semi-urban women’s groups and street children for the past 10 years. We have organized stalls, haats (local marketplace gatherings); melas (airs) and exhibition events involving several such grassroots groups across schools, colleges and other institutions over the years. Through such efforts we want people to move towards sustainable consumption processes and also buy products where money earned goes directly to the producers.

- The American Centre is at walking distance from Barakhamba Metro Station.
- Parking is available at the adjacent Parikrama building and the outer circle.
- To facilitate your entry into the American Centre please carry a photo id. Mobile phones and laptops are allowed within the American Center. However, for security reasons, photography through mobile phones is prohibited.

The EcoFestival by Kriti team brings together an ecoHaat; ecoArt; ecoReels; ecoTalk, ecoRhythms and even a small ecoCafe…Make Your ecofootprint at this festival!

Kriti celebrating 10 years of creative expressions for social change!
011-26027845/ 9910580589/ space.kriti@gmail.com

ecoTALK...at the EcoFestival: 3rd June 2009

Spend a summer noon watching an interactive slideshow on Birds in & around Delhi...

by Ranjit Lal
well known Naturalist and Birder

12 – 1 pm, 3rd June 2009
@The American Center
24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi

about the Speaker
Ranjit Lal was born in Calcutta in 1955, and educated in Mumbai, graduating in Economics and Sociology. Ranjit is interested in natural history with a leaning towards birds and birding, and in photography (especially birds and nature). As a freelance writer and columnist over the last 25 years, he has had well over 1000 articles, short stories, features and photo-features published in over 50 newspapers and magazines in India and abroad. His areas of interest include humor, satire and automobiles, on which he writes for both adults and children.

He is the author of several books. The Crow Chronicles (Penguin, 1996), his first novel, was a bird-based socio-political fable, based in India’s premier bird sanctuary at Bharatpur. The Life and Times of Altu Faltu (IndiaInk, 2001) followed; this time a fable ostensibly based on Delhi’s large population of rhesus monkeys, rather enigmatically and ambiguously called ‘Delhizens’. A novella for children, That Summer at Kalagarh (Tulika, 2001) based in Corbett National Park was followed by three more children’s novellas, jointly published as The Bossman Adventures (Harper Collins, Publishers 2001).

He has also written Enjoying Birds (Clarion, 1998), an illustrated book on birding, and contributed the chapter on Delhi’s flora and fauna to The Millennium Book on New Delhi (Oxford University Press, 2001). A collection of natural history based articles appeared under the title, Mostly Birds, Some Monkeys and a Pest (Ravi Dayal Publisher, 2001).

A personal favourite was Birds From My Window (Tulika 2002), an illustrated introduction to common garden birds written for children. This was followed by Birds of Delhi (Oxford University Press, 2002), an illustrated guide and introduction to the whereabouts of around 150 species of birds found in Delhi. Bossman and the Thrown Away Family (Rupa, 2003) appeared in 2003, followed by The Caterpillar Who Went on a Diet and Other Stories (Puffin 2004), a collection of fourteen insect-based stories, featuring among others, the said caterpillar, a cockroach head over heels in love, an ambitious gang of ‘leather and black metal’ dung beetles, an ant with capitalist ambitions and a housefly with a fetish for cleanliness. When Banshee Kissed Bimbo, (Puffin 2005) a collection of bird stories based in Goa appeared in 2005.

In the continuing Bossman series, Bossman and the Kala Shaitan (Rupa 2005) appeared in 2005. The Small Tigers of Shergarh (Roli/IndiaInk) appeared in 2006, as did Waterbirds (Rupa), a sort of sequel to Birds From My Window. The Battle for Number 19 (Puffin), for teenagers, was published in 2007. The Simians of South Block and the Yumyum Piglets (Roli/IndiaInk) and Wild City (Penguin) were published in 2008.
Ranjit Lal lives in Delhi.
Note: Natural History prints of Birds & Trees of Delhi by Pratibha Pande will also be on display.

- The American Centre is at walking distance from Barakhamba Metro Station.
- Parking is available at the adjacent Parikrama building and the outer circle.
- To facilitate your entry into the American Centre please carry a photo id. Mobile phones and laptops are allowed within the American Center. However, for security reasons, photography through mobile phones is prohibited.

The EcoFestival by Kriti team brings together an ecoHaat; ecoArt; ecoReels; ecoTalk, ecoRhythms and even a small ecoCafe…Make Your ecofootprint at this festival!

Kriti celebrating 10 years of creative expressions for social change!

011-26027845/ 9910580589/ space.kriti@gmail.com

ecoReels......at the EcoFestival

Kriti Film Club invites you to the premiere of a documentary...

Kosi Katha

by Jharna Anurag Singh
(30 mins/ English)

3rd June 2009, 6 pm @ The American Center, 24, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi

about the Film
A film on the Kosi floods, it tells the story of people, livestock, land and homes devastated. The latest government figures as of 24th Feb ‘09:`5 districts, 35 blocks, 33.29 lakh people, 9.97 lakh live stock. Affected area 3.68 lakh hectares; 2.37 lakh houses destroyed; 19,323 loss of cattle & 527 human deaths. These are official figures of government of Bihar and relate only to Kosi floods. The government has been spending Rs. 15 - 200 crores annually on all the embankments within the state. Minimising losses is a subject in itself but accountability of maintaining the structures is a crucial point to avoid disasters like the one that happened in Aug ’08. It is a very complex question & an even more complex story of human failing.

about the Film maker
Born to middle class non-political parents in Bombay in 1964, Jharna turned out to be a rebel in her own right. Still considers herself a city bred romantic with a critical eye. Jharna has a M Phil in Sociology and deeply interested in art, cinema, theater as a tool for social transformation & resistance. In 1992, she traveled to rural India for the 1st time to de-school herself of many urban myths. Since then she has been making films and actively involved in media activism. She is currently based in Delhi.

about the Kriti Film Club
An independent initiative by Kriti team, we screen documentaries regularly as a research and awareness generation medium on different social, environment, development and rights issues. Our screenings are open for all and have no commercial value attached to them. Most films are screened in the presence of the film maker.

- The American Centre is at walking distance from Barakhamba Metro Station.
- Parking is available in the outer circle and in the Parikrama building next to the Center.
- To facilitate your entry into the American Centre please carry a photo id. Mobile phones and laptops are allowed within the American Center. However, for security reasons, photography through mobile phones is prohibited.
The EcoFestival by Kriti team brings together an ecoHaat; ecoArt; ecoReels; ecoTalk, ecoRhythms and even a small ecoCafe…Make Your EcoFootprint at this festival!

Kriti celebrates 10 years of creative expressions for social change! Contact 011-26027845/ 26033088/ space.kriti@gmail.com

ecoRhythms...….at the EcoFestival

Come and listen to some unplugged ‘green’ music!
by Nikhil Mawkin and Clarence Gonsalves, accompanied by Deepa Bajaj

3rd June 2009, 6 pm
@ The American Center
24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi

about the performers
Nikhil and Clarence form an avid team together bringing together their vast experiences of ten years as musicians. They have both travelled the world and performed with various artists at various levels. While Nikhil spent his time training at the worlds prestigious Berklee College of Music, Clarence traveled a world tour with artists such as Anoushka Shankar. They love to spend their time making music, playing music, and teaching music. Music to them is the clearest means to spread messages on the present situation of a chaotic world of the planet which is really meant to be a beautiful place for all living beings to live and explore. And sound is a part of nature which creates a change to the core of things.

Deepa Bajaj is a trained contemporary dancer who will perform along with the musicians to some poetry that’s part of a work in progress by the Kriti team members, Charu Shankar and Aanchal Kapur.

- The American Centre is at walking distance from Barakhamba Metro Station.
- Parking is available at the adjacent Parikrama building and the outer circle.
-To facilitate your entry into the American Centre please carry a photo id. Mobile phones and laptops are allowed within the American Center. However, for security reasons, photography through mobile phones is prohibited.

The EcoFestival by Kriti team brings together an ecoHaat; ecoArt; ecoReels; ecoTalk, ecoRhythms and even a small ecoCafe…Make Your ecofootprint at this festival!

Kriti team celebrates 10 years of creative expressions for social change!

For further details contact: 011-26027845/ 9910580589/ space.kriti@gmail.com

May Greetings and Resources

Dear Friends
The heat of summer, the pre-monsoon, the winds of climate change, across India…amidst an election that’s been won, we wonder what lies ahead…drought, floods, quakes, melting glaciers, mined lives, recession, oppression, possession, dispossession, greed, hunger, identities lost, caring and sharing…we continue our resolve to not let go…of hope amidst struggle; of expression amidst control, of action amidst inaction; of integrity amidst mistrust, of sharing amidst consumption, of partnerships amidst none…

We mark the following days in May and share a very small list of information and communication resources put together by one of our volunteers for this month, once again inviting you to our spaces…committing ourselves to our motto once more “Information is power, we share it, You can access it”
1 World Labour Day
2 World Press Freedom Day
17 World Telecommunications Day
25-31 Week of Solidarity with the people of All Colonial Territories fighting for
Freedom, Independence and Human Rights.
28 International Day of Action for Women’s Health.
31 World No Tobacco Day.

We look forward to your continuous support and connect as we mark our 10th year of being!
In solidarity,
Kriti team


Books

There is a Way Out... The Story of Suja Abraham
National Campaign for Labour Rights (NCLR), New Delhi/ 2000
A small booklet that tells the story of a fishworker, with very important implications vis-à-vis labour standards, sexual harassment at the workplace and life of similar workers as her.

A Handbook on UN Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Evictions and Displacement.
By Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA), Housing and Land Rights Network (HRLN) and Amnesty International India (AII)
YUVA, HRLN and AII have initiated a campaign to bring together the expertise and experience of the respective organizations in order to promote wider dissemination of the new UN Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Evictions and Displacement among decision makers, people’s movements, civil society groups, other relevant institutions and public with the objective of encouraging use, adoption and implementation of the guidelines by the concerned local, state and central governments as well as other involved non-state actors.

Globalization- Striking while the Iron is Hot- A case study of the POSCO proposed project in Orissa.
By Manshi Asher
The harsh paradox, that a very small section of the population is enjoying the dividends of the so-called development while the majority remains as they were or in worser conditions, is something widely underpublicised. It is the effort of this publication to provide a systematic knowledge base on the issue of marginalization and how crucial it is to comprehend globalization in that perspective. In this edition, we look at the Pohang Steel Company (POSCO) proposed project and its effects in Orissa.

Networking For Rights…
by Kriti team/ 2005
This is created as a shared resource of young and old women/ men across the world, to build linkages and mobilise them around reproductive and sexual rights. As a creative information resource, it brings together write-ups on different aspects of reproductive and sexual heath and rights. Based on research of 20 years of the women’s health rights movement. Issues covered include: Safe Abortion; Accessible ContraceptionReproductive & Sexual Rights of Young People; Female Genital Mutilation; Sexual Violence & Rape; Displaced Women's Lives; Trafficking; Maternal Mortality & Morbidity and Sexual Health & Rights. A hard bound four colour address book in the size of 6.5'' X 7.5'' with space for 624 contacts and addresses, this ‘networking resource’ is not only useful but also has thought-provoking illustrations and information.

Gender and Sexual Health: a Training of Trainers Guidebook
Bisht, Suman & Kapur, Aanchal
This production by KRITI: a development research, praxis & communication team in 2000 is a resource for any facilitator working on gender and sexual health rights. With exercises and facilitators notes as well as some methodological tips it’s a basic but useful resource to have.

FILMS

A collection of Films from Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
The Right to Know, The Right to live (40min)
Three Films- Right to Information (MKSS) (15min), Hamara Paisa, Hamara Hissab (Parivartan)(15min), Crossing Boundaries (Andhra Social Audit)(23min)
People Audit to Fight Corruption(17min)
Two Films- Account and Accountability, Parivartan(29min)
Selective Writings on MKSS & RTI Campaign in India
Vote do (18 min.)
Right to Work (30 min.)
Use of RTI in India (20 min.)
Towards Transparency (55 min).
Video Songs on Human Rights and Democracy in Hindi & Rajasthani (55min).

NEMESIS OF MOTHERHOOD
by Snehasis Das
In every minute, the death of the mother shatters a family and threatens the well-being of a surviving child. For them motherhood remains a distant dream due to an unholy alliance between poverty and ill health. The maternity mortality ratio is exceptionally high with 407 women dying each year per one lakh live birth, with the worst affected being the state of Orissa.

FREEDOM/ AAZADI
by Amar Kanwar (52 mins, English & Hindi, 2001)
This is a documentary about nature and captivity, about working people resisting an onslaught on their livelihoods, about democracy, profit and the sound of the rain. From the British colonial empire to the globalization of today, from the anti mining tribal resistance in Kashipur and Gandhmardhan in Orissa, the mass movements in Chattisgarh to the coastal communities in their struggle against big ports and industrial parks in Kutch and Umbergaon it documents and presents insights into many different peoples struggles in India.

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Celebrating Smitu, 2nd May

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Information and Communication Resources: April 2009

Dear Friends,
April 2009 was a month of spring cleaning at the Kriti team, along with managing several challenges amidst several new exciting experiences.
The month was marked by important days some of which we celebrated in solidarity with others and Earth Day was marked by interactions with school students and the screening of 11th Hour at the American Centre…

7 World Health Day
12 National Street Theatre Day
14 Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti
18 World Heritage Day
22 World Earth Day
26 Chernobyl Disaster Anniversary
28 World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Our volunteers have been busy with exams so the selection here this month is selective, even though there are several other resources to share with you. We will share more in the coming months…We look forward to hearing from you as you access what we can offer!

Kritians

Books

The Ghost Of The Mountains (Children’s Book)
by Sujatha Padmanabhan
The residents of Ang, a small village in the Himalayan mountains in Ladakh, wakes up one morning to find an unusual visitor in their midst. The villagers are angry, very angry, and threaten to kill the visitor. A young lad of the village is the only one who feels that the visitor must be spared. What can he possibly do? Read the Book to find out.

Pehli Kithab (Hindi)
by Gorakhpur Film society
A publication by Gorakhpur film society, this book looks at ten great filmmakers from Abbas Kiyarusthami and Kurosawa to Charlie Chaplin and Satyajit Ray.

Andolith Bharath
by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan
A quarterly magazine by the Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, provides an update on the people’s movement in India.

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

A Body that will Speak
by Sukanya Sen and Pawas Bisht (30min, English)
A filmmaker, a university student, an entrepreneur and a radio jockey. Women, who feel hungry, eat, grow fat and feel anxious about it. A film about not being perfect. A film about the never ending attempts to make the body "speak for the self in a meaningful and powerful way." A journey to move beyond disorders and discover the real women battling the fantasies around and within them

Buru Garra
by Shriprakash
Poignant stories of a tribal journalist and a poet in Jharkhand, and how they express themselves through the new form and medium of self-resurrection of tribal identity and culture.

Gaubolombe – Our Island
by Kaushik Gupta Ray
A film on the Onge tribe of the Andaman Islands who are the last living embodiments of creating sustainable models of environmental management.

Mere Desh Ki Dharti
by Sumit Khanna (60 mins)
In our effort to achieve food security, have we compromised on food safety? The film investigates the impact of pesticides as it enters the food chain.

Village Of Dust, City Of Water
by Sanjay Barnela
A film that negotiates the rough terrain of water use and misuse across India.

SOME NEW EDITIONS IN THE Kriti FILM CLUB (Available To View)

OF LAND, LABOUR AND LOVE
By Ajay Bhardwaj (65 mins, Original Language)
This film is about the efforts of a federation of tribal women’s organizations and the tribal people of Dasmantpur, Orissa to push back the limits of human endeavor and overcome the crippling poverty of their lives.

CHILIKA BANK$ - STORIES FROM INDIA LARGEST COASTAL LAKE, 1970-2007
by Akanksha Joshi (60 mins, English)
In a canvass spread over four decades, a banyan tree, on the banks of the lake Chilika, silently whispers tales of the lake and her fisher folk. From the times when there was no export bazaar to the time when there maybe no lake.

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Information is Power! We share it, You can access it!
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KRITI FILM CLUB SCREENING: Earth Day

We invite you for the film screening of

'THE 11th HOUR'
Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, this captivating documentary explores the perilous state of our planet, and the means by which we can change our course. Contributing to this crucial film are noted politicians, scientists and other ambassadors for the importance of a universal ecological consciousness. The 11th Hour is directed by Nadia Connors and Leila Conners Peterson and features narration from Academy Award® Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio.

on Wednesday, 22nd April,

6 pm onwards

Organised in collaboration with
The American Centre
at 24, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110019

The evening also marks the opening of 32 degree Fahrenheit, a photo exhibition by Andre Fathome.

Please do bring a photo id for security at the centre.

Open for all Confirmations would be appreciated at 26027845/ 26033088/ space.kriti@gmail.com

on the sidelines, visit the 'earthday stall' by Kriti team..showcasing handloom, organic and nature friendly products for yourself, friends, family and colleagues! Mark your 'earthday footprint' by joining us!