Dear Friends,
A new year has begun leaving behind all that it brought with it…good and not so good. As we share our first information and communication resources mailer for 2009, we wish you a year of good health, happiness, love, caring and sharing with your loved ones and all those you meet through the year. We also wish you peace, rights and justice in all the struggles, personal and public that you or those you support may face.
We hope to see and connect with you through the next 12 months, with our mailers and invites. January saw us marking the following days and more….
Safdar Hashmi Memorial Day
Memory Day for 1857 Martyrs
National Youth Day
Visit and access the Kriti team’s Docushop that has over 600 titles of books, magazines, documentary films and resistance music, a selection shared here for you to order from us. We are particularly pleased to now be able to offer you films produced and supported by PSBT along with the several independent film makers and organizations whose documentaries we stock. Write in with your request and we will send you the information to take the same forward.
In solidarity,
Kriti team
Diaries, Calenders and Planners for 2009
Our Diary 2009
By Kriti team
In this tenth edition of the diary, we have documented people's movements for a free Tibet, Bhutan and Burma apart from carrying news and updates from the Bhopal Gas tragedy survivors; the Narmada valley; the 'disappeared' in Kashmir; Niyamgiri and Jagatsinghpur struggles against mining; Singur and Nandigram protests against takeover by companies; anti-coke struggles and land rights voices from Chengara; campaign for the release of Dr Binayak Sen and more...We have also included a selection of books and films on movements, a Movement Map of India, contacts of movement groups & resource centres, as well as movement readings. Comes with a detachable wall planner, a bookmark and of course, spaces for appointments and notes for 365 days of the year. All this in a compact 4.5" x 6.5" size, with images that mark and celebrate movements for justice.
This wall calendar summarises and documents the struggles of people affected by the construction of dams in the
By Loknaad- People’s Expression Forum
Contribution: Rs 30.00
This wall calendar is a compilation of Peace Expressions, poetry and slogans. Simple and beautiful brought out by Vinay and Charul
Social Movements Calender
By Intercultural Resources
This is a new resource that presents images and information marking several important social movement days. Would be a great wall companion with the Kriti team’s ‘Our Diary 2009’
Notebook 2009
By Jagori
A notebook in A5 size with pages for writings and images and text in Hindi that focuses on women and work.
Books
Children and Right to Adequate Housing
By HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
In today’s world of poverty and human rights violation, where people are forced to live in inhuman conditions, children suffer the most. And those working towards the betterment of these children’s lives, are increasingly becoming aware of their rights. It is in this context that it has become all the more critical to emphasize the universal relevance of the right to adequate housing and the significance of the human rights paradigm that offers a framework for the radical and systematic changes necessary to create a more humane world that is sensitive to the needs and rights of small children.
Do People’s Voices Matter
By
This report presents the findings of a fact finding mission conducted by Shivani Choudhary and Malavika Vartak, on behalf of the Housing and land rights network- South Asia Regional Programme to the tsunami affected areas of Tamil Nadu and
Interlinkages between Violence against Women and Women’s Right to Adequate Housing
By Alison Aggarwal
Documentation of Proceedings of the Asia Regional Consultation on “The interlinkages between violence against women and women’s right to adequate housing”
Local Environmental Governance in
By Lead
Contribution: Rs 200.00
This publication is a compilation of case studies presented at the National Consultation on “Local Environmental Governance in
State Terrorism and the
By Frederick H. Gareau
This book is a critique of U.S policy of “war on terror” while supporting the state terrorists who serve the U.S economic and political interests. It criticizes the lack of transparency in U.S Govt.’s decisions and actions.
Documentary Films
Apna Aloo Bazaar Becha
By Pankaj H Gupta (30 mins/ English subtitles/ 2008)
What happens when remote, isolated mountain communities come face to face with globalization? Jardhar gaon, a village in the Hemval
By Ranjani Mazumdar (55 mins/ English subtitles)
The film attempts to understand the impact of the imposition of Emergency (1975-77) and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 on the lives of people in the city of
Flying Inside My Body
By Ajeeta/ Sushmit/ Rintu/ Sumit (36 mins/ English/ 2008)
This film explores how the form of the body can become a powerful physical language to
express dissent over societal norms and conventions. The film is a journey with veteran
Photographer Sunil Gupta, who has used his art to challenge the stereotypes that define,
one's body, sexuality and identity.
Morality TV and Loving Jehad
By
The film looks outside the frames that weave the frenetic tapestry of Breaking News on
Sharira – Chandralekha’s Explorations in Dance
By Ein Lall (30 mins/ English/ 2006)
The film draws on three major works, Shree, Raga and Sharira produced by choreographer Chandralekha over the last decade, 1992 – 2002. It depicts Chandralekha’s unwavering faith in her mission to set free the body allowing movement to flow freely and seamlessly.
1876- An Entertainment
By Anasuya Vaidya (30 mins/ English)
Enacted by the British colonial government to control any subversive, nationalistic or
artistic expression, the Dramatic Performances Act of 1876 has been retained in the law
books in
follow a group of artists as they try to defeat, overcome or sidestep the Act.
Abhimanyu’s Face
By Ranjan Palit (30 mins/ English subtitles)
A film that takes a look at Guru Gambhir Singh's Chhau dance troupe, a masked dance form
of eastern
of Abhimanyu, a story from the Mahabharata.
ANUNAD
By Sanjay Maharishi (30 mins, English subtitles)
A look at how SPIC MACAY, a 25 year old voluntary effort to revive Indian art and culture,
engages with young people.
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 Mohan, a Kriti team volunteer.
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