Dear Friends,
November 2009 is a busy month at Kriti. The team is getting going on the newest edition of the annual movements diary which will be available for purchase in a couple of months. Kriti will be putting up two stalls this month as well so if you are in the neighborhood, come and check out the collection of books, documentary films, t-shirts, bags, wallets, food products, stoles and much more! One event is November 6th and 7th at the National Conference on Climate Change and Sustaining Mountain Ecosystems, organized at INSA, Bahadur shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. The other will be at the Children's Book Fair at NMML, Teen Murti from November 6th to 8th.
The month was marked by important days some of which we celebrated in solidarity with others. We look forward to hearing from you as you access what we can offer!
Kritians
1 Anti Poverty Day
14 National Children’s Day
16 International Day for Tolerance
20 Universal Children’s Day
21 World Fisheries Day
25 International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women
29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Books
Surviving Growing Up
by Chandita Mukherjee
Contribution: Rs.200.00
Adolescence is a time when we embark on a new journey, ripe with the potential for learning and self-discovery. At this time a young person is trying t make sense of everything analyzing the reactions and behavior of others, and finding reasons for his or her own thoughts and actions. This book is a compilation of many people’s thought on coming of age and young adulthood. Stream of knowledge came from the experience of teachers and counselors in schools, several adolescents, doctors, psychologists, feminists, activists concerned with sexual minorities and many others. This book is written in the belief that the readers know much more then what the system credits them with and they will be fine if they do what they feel is right, after honestly and carefully examining the circumstances.
An Economics for Well-Being
By Rajni Bakshi
Contribution: Rs.180.00
This backgrounder is part of CED’s on-going exploration of the meaning and practice of Structural Transformation. The Economics of Well-Being focuses on the kinds of economic structures that could truly revitalize and enrich people at all levels of society. The linking in the ‘New Economics’ stream is an important aspect of the global quest for systems that are socially just and ecologically sound. The hope is that this backgrounder will help to inform and enliven the process of making breakthroughs in our systems of production, technology, exchange of goods and, above all, the meaning and uses of wealth.
Background to Globalistion
By Avinash Jha
Contribution: Rs.150.00
Globalisation has intensified the domination of societies by consideration of economy and state power. This book traces this trend from the beginnings of the modern world and documents the emergence of the US led global system after the Second World War. The most visible aspects of globalization today are the explosion of the financial markets and the so-called information revolution.
Independent Election Observers Team Report
By Coalition of Civil Society
Contribution: Rs.50.00
This book follows the Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly Elections in 2002.
Democratization & Women’s Grassroots Movements
By Jill M Bystydzienski and Joti Sekhon
Contribution: Rs.350.00
The fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and of dictatorships in Latin America brought new attention to democratic movements worldwide. Most interest focused on national activities, electoral politics and the expansion of capitalist markets, and though much has been written about social movements, the connections between women’s grassroots organizations and democratization have been neglected. This book explores how these movements contribute to the expansion of public and private spaces and democratic processes. The sixteen case studies highlight women’s grassroots movements in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Eritrea, South Africa, Syria, Egypt, El Salvador, Honduras, Poland, Russia, Belgium, Ireland, Canada, the United States (Appalachia), and Australia. They reveal the connections between local political and social action and the growth of democratic processes at state, regional and global levels. This book illustrates how community-based organizations that empower women contribute to the creation of a civil society and thus enhance democracy.
Child Trafficking: issues and concerns
By Priti Patkar and Praveen Patkar
Contribution: Contact Kriti for price when ordering
This is an informative book put out by CHILDLINE India Foundation. It answers frequently asked question on child trafficking, the role of CHILDLINE and information on rescuing children from Trafficking.
Negotiating Complexities: A Collection of Feminist Essays
By Bina Srinivasan
Contribution: Rs.450.00
This book is a collection of essays written over the last ten years and within different historical contexts. The essays cover a range of issues pertaining to women such as the various dimensions of displacement and its impact on women, religious fundamentalism, the gendered impact of disasters and the cultural aspects of religion- whether these can be potentially liberating for women. Each essay is a stand-alone piece, but they retain a basic continuity in terms of the theme as well as the perspectives that frame them. Women’s struggle for their rights as articulated by women’s movements in India and elsewhere and other social movement emphasizing justice and equality, provide an analytical lens for these essays. This lens includes patriarchies as a systemic given and tries to examine the workings of patriarchies in the course of various social developments. Feminist scholarship and activism informs the book right through.
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
Assination
By Shahid Jarnal (47min, English)
This is a film about the spectra of poverty and hunger, the starvation deaths that have stalked Indian villages as the tragic metaphoric threshold between the State as a mass murderer and the starving Indian farmer, mostly landless, as the suicidal victims, or the slow, tortured condemned prisoner of his (or her) hunger-driven fate. Where fate is marked by a design, a man-made design, a structural adjustment paradigm, a liberalization code, a globalised repetition, which is no more a dead cliché but a cold-blooded recipe for organized killing.
Children of Nomads
By Meenakshi Vinay Rai (9min, English)
Director’s Perspective The film is an effort to sensitize urban child towards nomadic children living in difficult situations. They are considered habitual offenders from birth. The film is used as an advocacy tool to sensitize the children and to fight for the rights of nomadic children. The film promotes understanding of the lives and circumstances of nomadic children. The film helps to generate concern among urban children that most of the things they take for granted example drinking water are actually luxuries for many. The film generates value and respect for life.
Cinema by Kids
By Meenakshi Vinay Rai (60min)
Is a series of sort films developed by children during workshops guided by Meenakshi Vinay Rai.
Chilika bank$- Stories from Asia's Largest Coastal Lake- (1970-2007)
By Akansha Joshi (60min, 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 to the time when there maybe no lake.
Resisting coastal Invasion
By K.P. Sasi (52min, Local languages and English with English subtitles and overvoice)
This documentary highlights the disastrous impact of the proposed changes in Coastal Laws in India. It points out how the proposed changes would open up the Indian coast to all kinds of invasion from hazardous industries, unregulated tourism and sand mining, including mining inside the sea. These changes, which are in keeping with the current trend of globalization, will ultimately lead to destruction of the coastal ecology and in the process take away the very source of livelihood of the fishing community and the coastal poor.
Ek Chingari Ki Khoj Mein
By K.P. Sasi (25min, Hindi)
This film is an attempt to question the values associated with dowry. It traces the experiences of two women: one who submits to the pressures of the system and the other who attempts to overcome them.
Is this my city?
By Manak Matiyani and Sukanya Sen (25min, English)
As part of the Safe Delhi Campaign, JAGORI released a report and short film Is This MY City? The film records the voices and experiences of different women in the city using public spaces and transport, along with the different strategies used by JAGORI as part of the Safe Delhi Campaign. Women’s Safety in Public Spaces in Delhi on Mar 1, 2007 at the India International Centre, New Delhi.
Crossing the Lines
By Pervez Hoodabyoy Zia Mian (45min, English)
After four wars, Kashmiris and their land are divided between Pakistan and India, the source of recurring crises. This path-breaking independent documentary film, made in Pakistan, challenges us to look at Kashmir with new eyes and to hope for a new way forward. Rejecting the national ambitions of Kashmiris, Pakistanis and Indians alike, the film offers a vision of a shared future for all of South Asia built on a common humanity.
Jashne Azaadi
By Sanjay Kak (138min, Kashmiri/Urdu/English (English subtitles))
It's 15th August, India's Independence day, and the Indian flag ritually goes up at Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar, Kashmir. The normally bustling square is eerily empty– a handful of soldiers on parade, some more guarding them, and except for the attendant media crews, no Kashmiris. For more than a decade, such sullen acts of protest have marked 15th August in Kashmir, and this is the point from where Jashn-e-Azadi begins to explore the many meanings of Freedom–of Azadi–in Kashmir.
SOME NEW EDITIONS IN THE Kriti FILM CLUB (Available To View)
FROM KALINGA TO KASHIPUR
By Biju Toppo/ Meghnath (24 mins, Local languages and Hindi, with English subtitles and voice over)
This film is on the voices of the people on their struggle against an aluminum factory in the Kashipur, Orissa
IRON IS HOT
By Biju Toppo/ Meghnath (34 mins)
This is the story of people surviving with sponge iron industry.
Note: This mailer has been put together with the support of Megan, Kriti team volunteer.
Information is Power! We share it, You can access it!
Kriti team
Contact us @ 011-26027845/ 26033088
Email - space.kriti@gmail.com
Monday 2 November 2009
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Visit the Kriti Docushop stall at Vatavaran Film Festival, 27-31 October
dear friends
the Kriti team volunteers are at the India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi from 27th October to 31st October at the Vatavaran Environment Film Festival ...
Come and visit us while you come to watch some films, if you are passing by or make a special visit!
You can pick up several different documentaries, books, greeting cards and handmade paper stationary as well as community made, eco-friendly and useful accessories, jute and cloth bags/ wallets/ mobile covers, tshirts, woolen stoles, shawls, herbs and preserves, bird and tree prints and more!
Do also sign up to our mailing list and/ or to volunteer or support our work while you are there!
We hope to see you! Call us 26033088/ 9350850820 for further details.
In touch with the ecosystem,
Kritians
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Kriti Film Club screening, Saturday, 24th October, 12 noon: Do Come!
KRITI FILM CLUB
invites you for a special screening of two films on
invites you for a special screening of two films on
Saturday, 24th October, 12 noon onwards
Venue: S-35 Tara Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi 19
Phone: 26027845/ 26033088
email: megfir@hotmail.com
http://krititeam.blogspot.com
This event is independently organized by Kriti Team volunteers.
Film 1:
ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUTURE CONSERVATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUTURE CONSERVATION
Four short films (63 minutes English 2007)
1. A light burns 2. Building a green future now 3. In their elements 4. The future beneath our feet
The film makers: 1. Mariam Chandy 2. Sashi Shivara-makrishnan 3. Inder Kathuria 4. Praveen Singh
Produced by The British Council
ABOUT THE FILMS: 1. Deep within the coal belt of India, in a remote village in Jharkhand, torn by naxal violence, two enterprising youngsters struggle to generate electricity for their village using the oil of an indigenous plant in "A light burns". 2."Building a Green Future....Now" shows the efforts towards energy conservation in our built environment, both residential and at the workplace. 3. "In their Elements" records how the solar- wind hybrid system is bringing about happy changes in two remote mountain villages of Lahaul-Spiti and how it can help change lives all along the higher Himalayas. 4. "The Future Beneath our Feet" explores the yet untapped Geothermal Energy resources of the country.
Film 2:
PRESERVE THE FUTURE - CONSERVING INDIA'S WILD HERITAGE
PRESERVE THE FUTURE - CONSERVING INDIA'S WILD HERITAGE
Four short films (17 minutes English)
1. City Farming 2. Vernacular Values 3. Landscape for Rainwater 4. A Farm Garden in a Dryland of TamilNadu
ABOUT THE FILMS: City Farming - Nature is vanishing at a very fast pace from cities. This film captures this process of Dr. R.T. Doshi Science of city farming. Vernacular Values - In this film the philosopher in R.L. Kumar, a trained accountant reflects on his attempts to build houses differently with a passion for the earth and the people he is working with. This exploration has made Kumar an architect, builder, comrade to his workers and philosopher to some of his NGO friends and chief haranguer to others. Landscape for Rainwater - A huge and beautiful archaeological site in Hampi, Karnataka, shows ruins of taks, water channels and aqueduct show how Indian people succeeded in using a passive and complex system so that rainwater was sufficient for all their water needs. A Farm Garden in a Dryland of TamilNadu - landscape architect, Mohan S. Rao, explains using the example of a farm garden how to conserve and reuse rainwater as much as possible with sensitive and sustainable methods. The basic principles of this kind of work are explained in a simple way and in a quiet rhythm.
Significance of the Number 350 and October 24?: 350 is the most important number in the world—it's what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Two years ago, after leading climatologists observed rapid ice melt in the Arctic and other frightening signs of climate change, they issued a series of studies showing that the planet faced both human and natural disaster if atmospheric concentrations of CO2 remained above 350 parts per million. Everyone from Al Gore to the U.N.’s top climate scientist has now embraced this goal as necessary for stabilizing the planet and preventing complete disaster. Now the trick is getting our leaders to pay attention and craft policies that will put the world on track to get to 350. On October 24, the International Day of Climate Action will cover almost every country on earth, the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history. There will be big rallies in big cities, and incredible creative actions across the globe: mountain climbers on our highest peaks with banners, underwater demonstrations in island nations threatened by sea level rise, churches and mosques and synagogues and ashrams engaged in symbolic action, star athletes organizing mass bike rides—and hundreds upon hundreds of community events to raise awareness of the need for urgent action. Every event will highlight the number 350—and people will gather at some point for a big group photo depicting that all important message. At 350.org, we'll assemble all the photos for a gigantic, global, visual petition.
Kriti team has decided that education into solutions is a simple and fun way of talking about the environment. So come out, bring a friend and enjoy looking at advances in solutions to the environmental crisis, by doing this you will be joining the thousands participating on October 24 for the shared goal.
ABOUT THE FILM CLUB: Kriti Film Club offers an independent and informal space for screening documentary & mainstream films as well as slide shows, on a whole range of issues connected with development, human rights & social attitudes/ trends once a month. We also serve as a borrowing & buying space for documentary films. Consistently screening films since 1999 in New Delhi, through the support of film makers and our audiences' contribution into our 'gullak' (collection box)!
Open for all, confirmations would be appreciated so we can keep enough kullad wali chai and eats for everyone.
Kriti team…Celebrating 10 years of creative expressions for social change! (1999 – 2009)
Exhibition on Birds and Trees of Delhi by Kriti team, 1-31 Oct, IHC
We invite you to visit Dilli-O-Dilli (top floor restaurant) exhibit space, at the India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi, from 1st to 31st October 2009 to see an exhibit of Birds and Trees of Delhi hand sketched and painted by a friend and supporter of Kriti team, naturalist Pratibha Pande.We thank Habitat Center for sharing their venue for this exhibit.
Write to us if you'd like to order any prints or greeting cards of these prints for the New Year or any other time. A beautiful gift for yourself, friends and colleagues. We encourage schools, colleges, educational and environmental institutions to pick up these prints.
If you'd like us to put up the exhibit at your institution or art gallery please contact us at space.kriti@gmail.com with subject 'Birds and Trees exhibit for display'.
pl. click on image to enlarge!Thursday 1 October 2009
Resources at Kriti Docuship: October 2009
Dear Friends,
October 2009 is a busy month here at the Kriti team. We opened an exhibit on Birds of Delhi to mark the World Wildlife Week starting 1st October but will go on until 31st October at the India Habitat Centre (drop by at Dilli-o-Dilli to see these beautifully hand sketched and painted prints); some documentation and research work is on for peer development organisations, some stalls for diwali shopping at various locations and some travel for members of the team!
For those of you interested in any design and communication work to be done or institutional/ corporate orders of greeting cards and gifts for diwali, christmas and the new year, please get in touch with us!
There are many important days this month to mark which are listed below.
Also, sharing a piece of information...check out the website www.350.org on how to participate in a global movement for environmental awareness and action on October 24th.
1 International day of Older Persons
2 Gandhi Jayanti/ International Day of Non-Violence
3 World Habitat Day
13 International Day of natural Disasters Reduction
14 World Standards Day
16 World Food Day
17 International Day for Eradication of Poverty
24 United Nations Day/ World Development Day
24-30 World Disarmament Week
Following is a list of books and movies here at Kriti available for purchase that will provide more insight into each of these issues above. We look forward to hearing from you as you access what we can offer!
In solidarity,
Kritians
Books
The Long & Winding Road
By Walter Mendoza and John D’Souza
Contribution: Rs. 250.00
This book is part of a personal journey, an exploration, of what NGOs have been attempting to do during the Past three to four decades. At the turn of the millennium, NGOs have become segmented into issues and development programs. With “revolution” not round the corner overarching theory and perspectives have been lost. There is an increasing feeling that one has to work within the system.
With an overpowering, globalizing market and under pressure from donors, Ngo efforts on the ground have been reduced to:
-working on credit, watershed, local initiative
-projects of appeal like health, children, disability
-advocacy to propose or modify legislation and policy within the system
Out of decay or decadence or stagnation or ferment, there will be a renaissance, inevitably. But it has happened overnight. Its beginnings were always invisible, peripheral, dispersed – coalescing over decades and centuries. A new, overarching theory is thus in the making, bring together and taking off from the current voluntary efforts movements and agitations, experiments and constructive work, local governance systems and intermediary structures. That is where The Long and Winding Road takes us.
Whitewash The tabloid that is, about the India that isn’t
By: Gautam Bhatia
Contribution: Rs. 550.00
A tabloid with a difference, Whitewash is a disturbingly indiscreet piece of writing that rips apart conventional Indian notions of politics, equality, caste, gender, ownership, personal rights, heritage, love of country- all in a way that at once distresses and invigorates while laying bare the hypocrisy or our ordinary lives. Using personal references, random thoughts, and historical data in a newspaper format littered with misinformation, false advertising, fake tenders and public notices, pretend classifieds and matrimonials, the author presents a happily distorted picture of India.
Organic Farming
By: Stephan Dabbert, Anna Maria Haring and Raffaele Zanoli
Contribution: Rs. 680.00
Consumers are more and more concerned with the health of the food they eat. While great public anxiety about genetically engineered foodstuffs and BSE in cattle has developed in Europe, on the positive side there has been a rapidly rising demand for organic produce. Food retailers, including supermarkets, have responded, and the organic sector has moved from being a marginal production fad to a serious subject of policy concern for politicians and public servants involved in European agricultural policy. In this book, three leading authorities on organic farming have for the first time produced a serious and scientific overview for the lay person of the state of organic farming and policy towards it in Europe.
Voices of Sanity: reaching Out for Peace
By: Kamla Bhasin, Smitu Kothari and Bindia Thapar
Contribution: Rs. 125.00
Voices of Sanity presents a diversity of voices encompassing a myriad of written expression – analysis, emotion, anger, revulsion, hope. These voices range from Eduardo Galeano and Susan Sontag, two of the worlds most politically committed writers to the reflections of Edward Said and Seheir Hammad; from the statements of activists who have been at the forefront of the struggles against developmental destruction and the nuclearisation of their societies to those who have experienced life in the trenches of conflict; from celebrated journalists like John Pilger and Praful Bidwai to Robert Fisk and Tariq Ali; from Fidel Castro to Jose Ramos-Horta; and, from so many friends all over the word grappling to come to terms with the violence of September 11 and its aftermath.
Tsunami Aid or Debt Cancellation!
By: Damien Millet and Eric Toussaint
Contribution: Rs. 150.00
The studies presented in this book by Damien Millet, Eric Toussaint and Francois Hourtart analysis the link between the post- Tsunami reconstruction and the cancellation of the multi and bilateral aid of the Tsunami affected countries. They are arguing that even before the Tsunami that ravaged the coast lines, the coastal poor were suffering from the powerful neo-liberal wave. The servicing of debt which accounts for the colossal amount is a major obstacle to the development of these countries.
The Violence of Development
By: Karin Kapadia
Contribution: Rs. 450.00
This timely volume brings together the work of some of India’s leading feminist economists, historians, political scientists, journalists and anthropologists to investigate the contemporary situation of women in India. It focuses on four broad domains: the cultural, the social, the political and the economic. The writers argue that despite apparently positive indicators of progress in education and paid employment, women’s status has not improved. They point out that steadily falling sex ratios even show a growing bias against the female child. They elucidate the complex ways in which this is connected with the nature of India’s development processes ad examine the hidden dynamics by which economic development has strengthened male-biased norms and values across all castes and classes in India. Further, they argue that these two processes are organically connected: worsening discrimination against females is the direct result of development trajectories in India. This book is thus an urgent call for action: it shows that there is no room for complacency. We need to give immediate attention to the powerful interests that collude in women’s worsening status in India.
Right to Food
By: Human Rights Law Network
Contribution: enquire when ordering
As the first few orders came into the right for food case,, there was a noticeable revival in the right to food campaign, almost as if it had received a shot in the arm. The groups that had put in enormous work over the decades immediately became involved in the legal proceedings. Women’s organisations, tribal groups, NGO’s of all types, child rights organizations, health rights NGOs, economists, nutritionists, academics, lawyers and journalists got involved. It was magnificent to see the spread and depth of the movement. These organizations and individual became the backbone of the case. They collected information, conducted surveys, did public hearings and submitted data and information, which was in turn, handed over to the court. They guided the petitioner and the advocates as to the issues to be taken up and the demands to be made. They decided strategy and tactics. They monitored the court orders and immediately reported instances on non-compliance. They wrote articles in the newspapers and they held numerous meetings where governments came in for trenchant criticism. It is this campaign that is responsible for the success of the case.
International Human Rights Standards on Post-disaster Resettlement and Rehabilitation
By: Habitat International Coalition- Housing and Land Rights Network
Contribution: Rs. 100.00
Disaster brings with it significant challenges. It also brings enormous potential to restore the human rights of the affected and to overcome historical inequities and discrimination. The rehabilitation process gives us the opportunity not only to provide relief to the survivors, but also to crate a sustainable human rights culture that produces visible results. This can be achieved through the application of international human rights and humanitarian standards – to which States have voluntarily committed – in all post disaster reconstruction planning and operations. The application of such standards will help ease tensions as well as use the situation to contribute positively toward building an egalitarian society in which the dignity of all is upheld.
Four years of the ceasefire agreement between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim: Promises and Pitfalls
By: Ram Narayan Kumar with Laxmi Murthy
Contribution: Rs. 250.00
Dealing with the narratives of political conflict and violence is a complex and long-term task. With arduous research, it may be possible to recover statistics of death, disappearances, physical torture and material destruction. It is difficult to comprehend the fears, pains, guilt, frustrations, social estrangement, erosion of trust and hopes that attend on protected political conflicts and internally mutilate their victims. We need that understanding if our attempts to overcome conflict and violence through conciliation and dialogue are to succeed. This is premise of this report on four years of ceasefire agreement between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM).
DOCUMENTARY FILMS (pl check on contributions when ordering)
We Won’t Leave Niyamgiri even if you Behead Us (2008)
By Surya Shankar Dash (93 mins, Oriya with English Subtitles)
A film that presents the voice of the people of Niyamgiri: The Mountain of Law.
The Lament of Niyamraja (2007)
By Surya Shankar Dash (13 mins, Kui with Hindi/English Subtitles)
The DVD is a video of a Dongria Kondh song that features Zaroori Khwaab by Mili Bhagat.
The Real Face of Vedanta (updated version) (2009)
By Surya Shankar Dash (33 mins, Oriya with English Subtitles)
Apart from the environmental degradation, the documentary records the effects of pollution on the hapless villagers. Some of its sharpest images are of the very young victims of pollution- children with all kinds of skin diseases, from suppurating sores and boils to rash, which is on the rise in the area.
The Last Shelter
By Sahu/Ajay (11 min, in original language)
A student film on a home for the elderly.
Ayodhya to Varanasi Prayers for Peace
By Suma Josson (60 Minutes, English)
Against the background of globalization, the worsening economic situation, the status of Dalits, the concept of a Hindu Rashtra, and other issues being discussed in the film - it travels from Ayodhya to Faizabad, and surrounding villages. The message that comes through Sultanpur, Badlapur, Juanpur, Varanasi and others are strongly in favor of communal harmony and development, to the divisive ideologies being propagated by the ideology of Hindutva.
If it Rains Again
By K.P. Sasi (147 Minutes, English)
This is a documentary that brings out the agony of the life in shelters in Tamil Nadu. Two years after the tsunami, most survivors still remain in temporary shelters. A large population still continues to live without the basic amenities with constant threat of fire and rain.
Kosi Katha-The Making of Famine
By Jharna Anurag Singh (30 Minutes, English Subtitled)
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.
Harvesting Hunger
By Krishnendu Bose/ Earthcare Films (53 Minutes, English)
Harvesting Hunger is a journey into this impending world of hunger and famine, an exploration of the deepening crisis in food security in the country. The film revolves around four case studies - Punjab for a study of the yellowing of the Green Revolution, Kalahandi for an investigation into the structural reasons of famine and impoverishment, Warangal for an examination of the debilitating effects of money lending, resulting in suicide deaths, prompted by multinational pesticides enterprises and Bellary for an understanding of the role of giant seed and food processing companies in destroying the very base of Indian agriculture.
Food? Health? Hope?
By Rajani Mani and Deepti Seshadri (34 Minutes, English with Subtitles)
The Green Revolution in India paved way for chemical intensive cultivation and a mono-crop 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. Spawning a new generation of seeds that cross species barriers and that claim to succeed where chemicals and pesticides have failed. Biotechnology has traveled far. Large corporations across the globe find this genetic manipulation of the seed a sure recipe for success. Genetic engineering has opened the door to global markets, and many chemical giants are eager to grab their share of the loot.
Highlights: Films to view at Kriti FILM CLUB
Where do I go from Here?
By Yasmin Kidwai (46 Minutes, English)
A film about ageing through the eyes of the elderly. As we stand at the beginning of a new century-India is ageing rapidly-its old are growing older, as longevity gives them more years to live but not enough life to enjoy them. The younger generation is not around much, governed as they are by their own life and constraints. What does it mean to be old and alone in India today-where definitions of relationships and age are fast changing. The film takes a look at ageing alone in India
Peace one Day
By Peace one Day Limited (120 Minutes, English)
PEACE ONE DAY is the story of one man's attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to officially sanction a global ceasefire day, a day of non-violence: a day of Peace.
Ummeed Ki Lau
By Mohan & Ami, Sangat (47 Minutes, Hindi)
Violence Against Women, Peace.
Of Land, Labour and Love
By Ajay Bhardwaj (65 Minutes, Kondha, Parja & Oriya)
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.
Mahua Memoirs
By Grass Roots Media (82 Minutes, Local Languages)
Saloo, the bard and Thirku, the Baiga takes us on a journey through the lives of the many adivasis communities who live in the mountain tracts and forests of the Eastern Ghats( home to vast amounts of natural resources), across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand. The film unravels and unfolds both their life visions and their struggles against the merciless that is consuming their land and their lives.
Note: This mailer has been put together with the support of Megan, Kriti team volunteer.
Information is Power! We share it, you can access it!
Kriti team
Contact us @ 011-26027845/ 26033088
Email - space.kriti@gmail.com
October 2009 is a busy month here at the Kriti team. We opened an exhibit on Birds of Delhi to mark the World Wildlife Week starting 1st October but will go on until 31st October at the India Habitat Centre (drop by at Dilli-o-Dilli to see these beautifully hand sketched and painted prints); some documentation and research work is on for peer development organisations, some stalls for diwali shopping at various locations and some travel for members of the team!
For those of you interested in any design and communication work to be done or institutional/ corporate orders of greeting cards and gifts for diwali, christmas and the new year, please get in touch with us!
There are many important days this month to mark which are listed below.
Also, sharing a piece of information...check out the website www.350.org on how to participate in a global movement for environmental awareness and action on October 24th.
1 International day of Older Persons
2 Gandhi Jayanti/ International Day of Non-Violence
3 World Habitat Day
13 International Day of natural Disasters Reduction
14 World Standards Day
16 World Food Day
17 International Day for Eradication of Poverty
24 United Nations Day/ World Development Day
24-30 World Disarmament Week
Following is a list of books and movies here at Kriti available for purchase that will provide more insight into each of these issues above. We look forward to hearing from you as you access what we can offer!
In solidarity,
Kritians
Books
The Long & Winding Road
By Walter Mendoza and John D’Souza
Contribution: Rs. 250.00
This book is part of a personal journey, an exploration, of what NGOs have been attempting to do during the Past three to four decades. At the turn of the millennium, NGOs have become segmented into issues and development programs. With “revolution” not round the corner overarching theory and perspectives have been lost. There is an increasing feeling that one has to work within the system.
With an overpowering, globalizing market and under pressure from donors, Ngo efforts on the ground have been reduced to:
-working on credit, watershed, local initiative
-projects of appeal like health, children, disability
-advocacy to propose or modify legislation and policy within the system
Out of decay or decadence or stagnation or ferment, there will be a renaissance, inevitably. But it has happened overnight. Its beginnings were always invisible, peripheral, dispersed – coalescing over decades and centuries. A new, overarching theory is thus in the making, bring together and taking off from the current voluntary efforts movements and agitations, experiments and constructive work, local governance systems and intermediary structures. That is where The Long and Winding Road takes us.
Whitewash The tabloid that is, about the India that isn’t
By: Gautam Bhatia
Contribution: Rs. 550.00
A tabloid with a difference, Whitewash is a disturbingly indiscreet piece of writing that rips apart conventional Indian notions of politics, equality, caste, gender, ownership, personal rights, heritage, love of country- all in a way that at once distresses and invigorates while laying bare the hypocrisy or our ordinary lives. Using personal references, random thoughts, and historical data in a newspaper format littered with misinformation, false advertising, fake tenders and public notices, pretend classifieds and matrimonials, the author presents a happily distorted picture of India.
Organic Farming
By: Stephan Dabbert, Anna Maria Haring and Raffaele Zanoli
Contribution: Rs. 680.00
Consumers are more and more concerned with the health of the food they eat. While great public anxiety about genetically engineered foodstuffs and BSE in cattle has developed in Europe, on the positive side there has been a rapidly rising demand for organic produce. Food retailers, including supermarkets, have responded, and the organic sector has moved from being a marginal production fad to a serious subject of policy concern for politicians and public servants involved in European agricultural policy. In this book, three leading authorities on organic farming have for the first time produced a serious and scientific overview for the lay person of the state of organic farming and policy towards it in Europe.
Voices of Sanity: reaching Out for Peace
By: Kamla Bhasin, Smitu Kothari and Bindia Thapar
Contribution: Rs. 125.00
Voices of Sanity presents a diversity of voices encompassing a myriad of written expression – analysis, emotion, anger, revulsion, hope. These voices range from Eduardo Galeano and Susan Sontag, two of the worlds most politically committed writers to the reflections of Edward Said and Seheir Hammad; from the statements of activists who have been at the forefront of the struggles against developmental destruction and the nuclearisation of their societies to those who have experienced life in the trenches of conflict; from celebrated journalists like John Pilger and Praful Bidwai to Robert Fisk and Tariq Ali; from Fidel Castro to Jose Ramos-Horta; and, from so many friends all over the word grappling to come to terms with the violence of September 11 and its aftermath.
Tsunami Aid or Debt Cancellation!
By: Damien Millet and Eric Toussaint
Contribution: Rs. 150.00
The studies presented in this book by Damien Millet, Eric Toussaint and Francois Hourtart analysis the link between the post- Tsunami reconstruction and the cancellation of the multi and bilateral aid of the Tsunami affected countries. They are arguing that even before the Tsunami that ravaged the coast lines, the coastal poor were suffering from the powerful neo-liberal wave. The servicing of debt which accounts for the colossal amount is a major obstacle to the development of these countries.
The Violence of Development
By: Karin Kapadia
Contribution: Rs. 450.00
This timely volume brings together the work of some of India’s leading feminist economists, historians, political scientists, journalists and anthropologists to investigate the contemporary situation of women in India. It focuses on four broad domains: the cultural, the social, the political and the economic. The writers argue that despite apparently positive indicators of progress in education and paid employment, women’s status has not improved. They point out that steadily falling sex ratios even show a growing bias against the female child. They elucidate the complex ways in which this is connected with the nature of India’s development processes ad examine the hidden dynamics by which economic development has strengthened male-biased norms and values across all castes and classes in India. Further, they argue that these two processes are organically connected: worsening discrimination against females is the direct result of development trajectories in India. This book is thus an urgent call for action: it shows that there is no room for complacency. We need to give immediate attention to the powerful interests that collude in women’s worsening status in India.
Right to Food
By: Human Rights Law Network
Contribution: enquire when ordering
As the first few orders came into the right for food case,, there was a noticeable revival in the right to food campaign, almost as if it had received a shot in the arm. The groups that had put in enormous work over the decades immediately became involved in the legal proceedings. Women’s organisations, tribal groups, NGO’s of all types, child rights organizations, health rights NGOs, economists, nutritionists, academics, lawyers and journalists got involved. It was magnificent to see the spread and depth of the movement. These organizations and individual became the backbone of the case. They collected information, conducted surveys, did public hearings and submitted data and information, which was in turn, handed over to the court. They guided the petitioner and the advocates as to the issues to be taken up and the demands to be made. They decided strategy and tactics. They monitored the court orders and immediately reported instances on non-compliance. They wrote articles in the newspapers and they held numerous meetings where governments came in for trenchant criticism. It is this campaign that is responsible for the success of the case.
International Human Rights Standards on Post-disaster Resettlement and Rehabilitation
By: Habitat International Coalition- Housing and Land Rights Network
Contribution: Rs. 100.00
Disaster brings with it significant challenges. It also brings enormous potential to restore the human rights of the affected and to overcome historical inequities and discrimination. The rehabilitation process gives us the opportunity not only to provide relief to the survivors, but also to crate a sustainable human rights culture that produces visible results. This can be achieved through the application of international human rights and humanitarian standards – to which States have voluntarily committed – in all post disaster reconstruction planning and operations. The application of such standards will help ease tensions as well as use the situation to contribute positively toward building an egalitarian society in which the dignity of all is upheld.
Four years of the ceasefire agreement between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim: Promises and Pitfalls
By: Ram Narayan Kumar with Laxmi Murthy
Contribution: Rs. 250.00
Dealing with the narratives of political conflict and violence is a complex and long-term task. With arduous research, it may be possible to recover statistics of death, disappearances, physical torture and material destruction. It is difficult to comprehend the fears, pains, guilt, frustrations, social estrangement, erosion of trust and hopes that attend on protected political conflicts and internally mutilate their victims. We need that understanding if our attempts to overcome conflict and violence through conciliation and dialogue are to succeed. This is premise of this report on four years of ceasefire agreement between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM).
DOCUMENTARY FILMS (pl check on contributions when ordering)
We Won’t Leave Niyamgiri even if you Behead Us (2008)
By Surya Shankar Dash (93 mins, Oriya with English Subtitles)
A film that presents the voice of the people of Niyamgiri: The Mountain of Law.
The Lament of Niyamraja (2007)
By Surya Shankar Dash (13 mins, Kui with Hindi/English Subtitles)
The DVD is a video of a Dongria Kondh song that features Zaroori Khwaab by Mili Bhagat.
The Real Face of Vedanta (updated version) (2009)
By Surya Shankar Dash (33 mins, Oriya with English Subtitles)
Apart from the environmental degradation, the documentary records the effects of pollution on the hapless villagers. Some of its sharpest images are of the very young victims of pollution- children with all kinds of skin diseases, from suppurating sores and boils to rash, which is on the rise in the area.
The Last Shelter
By Sahu/Ajay (11 min, in original language)
A student film on a home for the elderly.
Ayodhya to Varanasi Prayers for Peace
By Suma Josson (60 Minutes, English)
Against the background of globalization, the worsening economic situation, the status of Dalits, the concept of a Hindu Rashtra, and other issues being discussed in the film - it travels from Ayodhya to Faizabad, and surrounding villages. The message that comes through Sultanpur, Badlapur, Juanpur, Varanasi and others are strongly in favor of communal harmony and development, to the divisive ideologies being propagated by the ideology of Hindutva.
If it Rains Again
By K.P. Sasi (147 Minutes, English)
This is a documentary that brings out the agony of the life in shelters in Tamil Nadu. Two years after the tsunami, most survivors still remain in temporary shelters. A large population still continues to live without the basic amenities with constant threat of fire and rain.
Kosi Katha-The Making of Famine
By Jharna Anurag Singh (30 Minutes, English Subtitled)
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.
Harvesting Hunger
By Krishnendu Bose/ Earthcare Films (53 Minutes, English)
Harvesting Hunger is a journey into this impending world of hunger and famine, an exploration of the deepening crisis in food security in the country. The film revolves around four case studies - Punjab for a study of the yellowing of the Green Revolution, Kalahandi for an investigation into the structural reasons of famine and impoverishment, Warangal for an examination of the debilitating effects of money lending, resulting in suicide deaths, prompted by multinational pesticides enterprises and Bellary for an understanding of the role of giant seed and food processing companies in destroying the very base of Indian agriculture.
Food? Health? Hope?
By Rajani Mani and Deepti Seshadri (34 Minutes, English with Subtitles)
The Green Revolution in India paved way for chemical intensive cultivation and a mono-crop 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. Spawning a new generation of seeds that cross species barriers and that claim to succeed where chemicals and pesticides have failed. Biotechnology has traveled far. Large corporations across the globe find this genetic manipulation of the seed a sure recipe for success. Genetic engineering has opened the door to global markets, and many chemical giants are eager to grab their share of the loot.
Highlights: Films to view at Kriti FILM CLUB
Where do I go from Here?
By Yasmin Kidwai (46 Minutes, English)
A film about ageing through the eyes of the elderly. As we stand at the beginning of a new century-India is ageing rapidly-its old are growing older, as longevity gives them more years to live but not enough life to enjoy them. The younger generation is not around much, governed as they are by their own life and constraints. What does it mean to be old and alone in India today-where definitions of relationships and age are fast changing. The film takes a look at ageing alone in India
Peace one Day
By Peace one Day Limited (120 Minutes, English)
PEACE ONE DAY is the story of one man's attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to officially sanction a global ceasefire day, a day of non-violence: a day of Peace.
Ummeed Ki Lau
By Mohan & Ami, Sangat (47 Minutes, Hindi)
Violence Against Women, Peace.
Of Land, Labour and Love
By Ajay Bhardwaj (65 Minutes, Kondha, Parja & Oriya)
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.
Mahua Memoirs
By Grass Roots Media (82 Minutes, Local Languages)
Saloo, the bard and Thirku, the Baiga takes us on a journey through the lives of the many adivasis communities who live in the mountain tracts and forests of the Eastern Ghats( home to vast amounts of natural resources), across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand. The film unravels and unfolds both their life visions and their struggles against the merciless that is consuming their land and their lives.
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Sunday 20 September 2009
Peace Day 2009 Festival in Delhi
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Peace Theatre: About Caliban - Also about Colombo, 21.9.09
Kriti team
invites you for
PEACE THEATRE
at the Fourth Peace Day Festival
:Interpretations of Peace and Conflict
7 pm onwards, on 21st September 2009
@ Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre
Lodi Road, New Delhi
About Caliban: Also About Colombo
......a Hamara Shakespeare Fest'09 outreach
a play by the students of Loyola College, Chennai in association with the Prakriti Foundation
Direction and design: Parnab Mukherjee
Principal Texts: Peter Handke, Edward Kamau Braithwaite, William Shakespeare, Sumathy and a collage of works from Jaffna poets
Synopsis: Who or what is a Caliban? Our play is not just a re-working of a Shakespeare classic treated with a collage of texts but a voyage to find Caliban amongst the dissident map in India and Sri Lanka.
All over these countries we are identifying "traitors." Traitors like people who legally question the government on the murder of Lasantha Wickeramatunge; like people who question the years of developmental apathy that led to the multiple flashpoints in Lalgarh and Nandigram; like editors who are shot dead in the north-east of India with an alarming regularity; like marginal voice arguing about the internment of 280,000 Tamils who are languishing in relief camps in the north and east of Serendip, like people who question the wrist-cutting barbarity in Kalinganagar, like poets waging war against aesthetics in claustrophobic set-ups where religion is invoked as a convenience to shoot down any artistic dissent...like.....
The play identifies Calibans and tries to reclaim the Tempest for him.
This festival is open for all! Celebrating 10 years of Kriti team’s expressions for social change!
Other forthcoming programmes include:
Peace Reels: Documentaries - The Lament of Niyamraja by Surya Shankar Dash; Damaged by Subrat Kumar Sahu; and Gaon Chhodab Nahin by KP Sasi, 22nd September, 7.00 pm onwards @Stein Auditorium, IHC
Peace exhibition of books, films and more
This is an independently organised festival with venue support from India Habitat Centre.
Contact: 011-26027845/ 26033088/ 9350850820
megfir@hotmail.com/ space.kriti@gmail.com
http://krititeam.blogspot.com
International Peace Day, 21st September
Peace is a word that is often talked about by state leaders, academicians and people in common parlance. What is it that we really mean by peace? What significance does it hold for us today? Has this significance grown over the years?
The United Nations Resolution in 1981 established the International Peace Day and was first inaugurated on the third Tuesday of September 1982, coinciding with the UN General Assembly. Although a positive step attempting to assert the importance of peace internationally, the day merely remained as a sign of tokenism for the cause of peace. It could not be established as a day of celebration for the world because of other political priorities and shifts taking place globally. The 1981 resolution also lacked a holistic definition of peace. The resolution states, "since wars begin Iin the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defence of peace must be constructed". The resolution therefore left the creation of peace to "mankind"/ humankind and stressed a very narrow definition of peace as opposed to war. I
It was in 2002 that an effort to revive this resolution and to redefine peace was initiated. The UN General Assembly amended the 1981 peace resolution and declared 21 September, as the permanent date for the International Day of Peace and defined peace day as “a day of global ceasefire and non-violence”. This however again directly links the notion of peace merely as the absence of war connected with non-usage of arms. It does not incorporate the notion that war extends beyond arms, that structural violence that is pervasive in our social structure causes war that global ceasefire will not eradicate and hence will impede any initiative for holistic peace.
Join us at the 2009 Peace Day Festival by Kriti team on 21st and 22nd September at the Stein Audiorium in Habitat Center, Lodi Road, New Delhi.
This festival is open for all!
Programmes include:
Panel Discussion on Manufacturing Peace, 19th September,
Peace Theatre: About Caliban, Also about Colombo, by Loyola College, Chennai students, 22nd September, 7 pm onwards @Stein Auditorium, IHC
Peace Reels: Documentaries: The Lament of Niyamraja by Surya Shankar Dash; Damaged by Subrat Kumar Sahu; and Gaon Chhodab Nahin by KP Sasi, 22nd September, 7.00 pm onwards @Stein Auditorium, IHCPeace exhibition of books, films and more
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Celebrating 10 years of Kriti team’s expressions for social change!
Saturday 12 September 2009
Panel Discussion on 19th Sept at the Fourth Annual Peace Day Festival
Kriti team
invites you for a
Panel Discussion:
Manufacturing Peace
Date and Time: 7 pm onwards, 19th Sept, 2009
Venue: Amaltas, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi
Speakers include Anil Chaudhary, Gautam Navlakha, Kavita Srivastava, Sukumar Murlidharan and Vasundhara Jairath. Moderator: Nandini Sundar
This panel marks the inaugural of Fourth Annual Peace Day Festival, to mark the International Day of Peace (21st September), 'Interpretations of Peace and Conflict' from 19th September to 22nd September 2009, at the India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi.
The panel discussion is the second of a ‘dialogue-action series’, to bring together scholars, activists, students, film makers, members of the community and others, who are engaged with issues of conflict and peace directly or indirectly. The framework of discussion recognizes that every ‘conflict’ area has diverse narratives. The diversity emanates from not merely the act of viewing a conflict situation, but living in it and striving to bring about peace.
The struggle for peace is not so much about ‘making warring parties come to negotiation’ but about refusing to let people’s thoughts and its manifest voice confined to a deadly silence shrouded by gunshots in the name of maintaining ‘law and order’. The path towards lasting and meaningful peace is strewn with slogans, songs, performances that strive for life beyond curfews, clamp downs, arbitrary detentions, and disappearances. The struggle for peace thus is not merely about clinching ‘negotiating space’ but about ‘reclaiming the space that rightfully belongs to citizens in a democratic society from State’.
We look forward to seeing you at this panel discussion and hope that together we all can have a dialogic space to defend a living and lasting peace against the threats to make it die a paranoid death. So join us in celebrating a journey from paranoia to peace.
This festival is open for all! Celebrating 10 years of Kriti team’s expressions for social change!
Other programmes include:
Peace Theatre: About Caliban, Also about Colombo, by Loyola College, Chennai students, 7 pm onwards @Stein Auditorium, IHC
Peace Reels: Documentaries: The Lament of Niyamraja by Surya Shankar Dash; Damaged by Subrat Kumar Sahu; and Gaon Chhodab Nahin by KP Sasi, 22nd September, 7.00 pm onwards @Stein Auditorium, IHC
Peace exhibition of books, films and more
This is an independently organised festival with venue support from India Habitat Centre.
Contacts: 011-26027845/ 26033088/ 9350850820
megfir@hotmail.com/ space.kriti@gmail.com
http://krititeam.blogspot.com
Peace Theatre on 21st Sept 09 at the Fourth Annual Peace Day Festival
Kriti team
invites you for
PEACE THEATRE
at the Fourth Peace Day Festival
:Interpretations of Peace and Conflict
7 pm onwards, on 21st September 2009
@ Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre
Lodi Road, New Delhi
About Caliban: Also About Colombo
......a Hamara Shakespeare Fest'09 outreach
a play by the students of Loyola College, Chennai
in association with the Prakriti Foundation
Direction and design: Parnab Mukherjee
Principal Texts: Peter Handke, Edward Kamau Braithwaite, William Shakespeare, Sumathy and a collage of works from Jaffna poets
Synopsis: Who or what is a Caliban? Our play is not just a re-working of a Shakespeare classic treated with a collage of texts but a voyage to find Caliban amongst the dissident map in India and Sri Lanka.
All over these countries we are identifying "traitors." Traitors like people who legally question the government on the murder of Lasantha Wickeramatunge; like people who question the years of developmental apathy that led to the multiple flashpoints in Lalgarh and Nandigram; like editors who are shot dead in the north-east of India with an alarming regularity; like marginal voice arguing about the internment of 280,000 Tamils who are languishing in relief camps in the north and east of Serendip, like people who question the wrist-cutting barbarity in Kalinganagar, like poets waging war against aesthetics in claustrophobic set-ups where religion is invoked as a convenience to shoot down any artistic dissent...like.....
The play identifies Calibans and tries to reclaim the Tempest for him.
This festival is open for all! Celebrating 10 years of Kriti team’s expressions for social change!
Other programmes include:
Panel Discussion on Manufacturing Peace, 19th September, 7.00 pm onwards @Amaltas, IHC
Peace Reels: Documentaries: The Lament of Niyamraja by Surya Shankar Dash; Damaged by Subrat Kumar Sahu; and Gaon Chhodab Nahin by KP Sasi, 22nd September, 7.00 pm onwards @Stein Auditorium, IH
Peace exhibition of books, films and more
This is an independently organised festival with venue support from India Habitat Centre.
Contact: 011-26027845/ 26033088/ 9350850820
megfir@hotmail.com/ space.kriti@gmail.com
http://krititeam.blogspot.com
Peace Reels at the Fourth Annual Peace Day Festival, 22nd Sept
Join us for an evening of
PEACE REELS
organised by Kriti team
in association with Sangat
at the Fourth Peace Day Festival
:Interpretations of Peace and Conflict
7.00 pm onwards, on Tuesday, 22nd September 2009
Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre,
Lodi Road, New Delhi
The Lament of Niyamraja - a dongria kond song
by Surya Shankar Dash/ 13 min/ Kui
Shaman, healer, bard, druid, & farmer all rolled into one, Dambu Praska sings the soul stirring song of the sacred mountain of Niyamgiri in Orissa. The film captures some moments from this paradise which is yet to be lost to the attempts of Vedanta, an aluminium company wanting to undertake mining on the top of Niyamgiri.
DAMaged!
by Subrat Kumar Sahu/ English, 73 minutes
‘Damaged’ is what they say, to describe their life today! ...The state says ‘development’!
Travel to Kalahandi (in the state of Orissa in India), historically a food-surplus district, with a large number of mega ‘development’ projects, the district continues to be the ultimate face of poverty and starvation for the world’s media.
This film picks the Upper Indrāvati Hydropower Project (built with a huge World Bank loan), in its attempts to rake in the ‘development debate’ that is conspicuously missing in public spaces today. Claiming to permanently end ‘poverty’ in Kalahandi, instead, it has uprooted almost 50000 indigenous people, mostly adivasis and dalits, who had a traditional and sustainable model of growth and rich civilizational ethos. The project has turned a ‘sustainable economy of inclusive prosperity’ into the ‘farcical sport of growth statistics’. The film exposes how such projects (and now Vedanta’s mining ventures) are, in fact, horrific tools of large-scale economic and ‘cultural genocide’...
However, as it goes, people no longer take things lying down... So, those who had originally inherited the earth and kept the natural order inviolate for millennia are now out on the streets in attempts to protect their lives, livelihoods, identities, and dignity.
Gaon Chhodab Nahin
by K P Sasi/ 8 mins/ Local language
This movement music video depicts the situation of the adivasi and dalits population and their struggle against the development projects and corporates induced displacement. They voice - Gaon Chhodab Nahi, Jungal Chhodab Nahi, Maayer Mati Chhodab Nahi, Zameen Chhodab Nahi (We will not leave village, we will not leave forests, we will not leave motherly soil, we will not leave our Lands!!). And finally Ladai Chhodab Nahi, we will not abandon our fight, our struggle! With inputs from filmmaker Meghnath, and voice of Jharkhandi singer Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh, the song is another statement on how current development politics impact Indians and how they continue their movement journies.
Invited Discussants: Subrat Kumar Sahu, Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, Usha Ramanathan, Prafulla Samantara and Arundhati Roy
This festival is open for all! Celebrating 10 years of Kriti team’s expressions for social change!
Other programmes include:
Panel Discussion on Manufacturing Peace, 19th September, 7 pm onwards @Amaltas, IHC
Peace Theatre: About Caliban, Also about Colombo, by Loyola College, Chennai students, 22nd September, 7 pm onwards @Stein Auditorium, IHC
Peace exhibition of books, films and more
This is an independently organised festival with venue support from India Habitat Centre.
Contacts: 011-26027845/ 26033088/ 9350850820
megfir@hotmail.com/ space.kriti@gmail.com
http://krititeam.blogspot.com
Friday 4 September 2009
International Peace Day Festival, 19-22 Sept. 2009
invites you for its
Fourth Annual Peace Day festival
‘Interpretations of Peace and Conflict’
19-22 September 2009
@Amaltas, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi
Manufacturing Peace - a Panel Discussion with Anil Chaudhary, Gautam Navlakha, Kavita Srivastava, Ajay Chaudhary, Vasundhara Jairath, Sukumur Murlidharan, and other eminent Scholars & Activists; Moderator: Nandini Sundar
Monday, 21st September, 7.00 - 8.30 pm: International Peace Day celebrations
Peace Theatre
@ Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi
About Caliban: Also About Colombo
......a Hamara Shakespeare Fest'09 outreach
a play by the students of Loyola College, Chennai
in association with the Prakriti Foundation
Principal Texts: Peter Handke, Edward Kamau Braithwaite, William Shakespeare, Sumathy and a collage of works from Jaffna poets
Directed by Parnab Mukherjee
Synopsis: Who or what is a Caliban? Our play is not just a re-working of a Shakespeare classic treated with a collage of texts but a voyage to find Caliban amongst the dissident map in
Peace Reels
@Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi
Damaged (73 mins/ English) by Subrat Kumar Sahu: A film that travels to the Upper Indrāvati Hydropower Project in Kalahandi district of Orissa, questioning popular notions of development, as it experiences how a ‘sustainable economy of inclusive prosperity’ has been turned into the ‘farcical sport of growth statistics’.
The Lament of Niyamraja (13 mins/ Kui) by Surya Shankar Dash: This short film of a Dongria Kond song captures with the sounds of music, some moments from the hills of Niyamgiri in Orissa which is yet to be lost to the attempts of Vedanta, an aluminium company wanting to undertake mining here!
Gaon Chhodab Nahin (8 mins/ Hindi dialect) by K P Sasi: This movement music video depicts the lives and times of adivasi and dalits populations and their struggles against the development projects and corporates induced displacement.
On the sidelines: some poetry, books and films on related issues and more…
For further details call or write to us:
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Celebrating 10 years of Kriti team's expressions for social change!
Celebrating 10 years of Kriti team's expressions for social change!
Inviting Contributions for the Fourth Annual Peace Day Festival, 19-22nd Sept
To mark the International Day of Peace on 21st September...
we invite you to share a poster, a poem, a song, a photograph, a painting
or any other insightful creation on 'Peace'.
Original or previously published/ shared entries are welcome!
These entries will be exhibited as part of the International Peace Day celebrations organised by the KRITI team at India Habitat Centre during
Participants are requested to send in their entries ready to exhibit (either mounted/ framed or as preferred) rather than on email. If you'd like to receive your originals back, please send a stamped self-addressed envelope for us to send the same to you or you can have it picked up after the festival. You can courier/ hand deliver your entries as convenient.
These entries will not be used for any commercial purposes during the festival, but may be used later on to support the peace work with credit in your name. Your participation is seen as a voluntary contribution to the peace movement. This is an open source and collectively shared event and the organisers will not have any copyright on the entries received.
Open for all! Last date for receipt of entries is
Write to:
KRITI: a development research, praxis and communication team
S-35
Phone: 011-26027845/ 26033088
Email: megfir@hotmail.com
http://krititeam.blogspot.com
Open Frame, 11-17 September 2009
The Kriti Film Club is glad to support the Open Frame in this month of peace as an outreach partner in solidarity. Do look at the very intensive programme with discussions, workshops, interactions and films on www.psbt.orgKriti team
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