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Discussion List: 

Community Radio-India. 
This is a mailing list to campaign for the opening up of community-radio
stations in India. It is aimed at supporting a campaign by development
workers,
NGOs, academics and media persons 
interested in unleashing the potential of low-powered, local radio for the
benefit of development in the country. This list was set up following a
national conference on community radio, held in mid-2000 in Hyderabad. It is
open to all who believe that India too should 
harness the power of community radio. 

To subscribe write to cr-india-request at sarai.net   with "subscribe" in the
subject field, or in the body of the message. You could also ask to be
subscribed by mailing either Subramaniam Vincent subbuvincent at yahoo.com  or
Fredrick Noronha fred at vsnl.com.

V. Films @Sarai

Remembering Subrata Mitra
We start the new year with a set of screenings of films shot by the
distinguished cinematographer, Subrata Mitra who passed away in Calcutta in
December 2001.

Subrata Mitra was the cinematographer for the first 10 films of Satyajit Ray,
including the Apu Trilogy and Charulata. He also shot some of the earlier work
of Merchant Ivory Productions. He was awarded the Kodak Award for
Excellence in
Cinematography.

Mitra revolutionized prevailing aesthetics in Indian cinematography with
innovations designed to make light in film both more realistic and poetic. 

The screenings, at 4:30 pm in the Seminar Room, CSDS will be followed by
discussions on the role of the cinematographer.

The films are listed in the order of screening.

1. January 4, 2002  
Aparajito 
1956, 127 minutes 
Director: Satyajit Ray

This second film of the Apu trilogy marks Mitra's first technical innovation.
Thanks to monsoon rain art scenes in the Benaras house had to be shot on
studio
sets. Mitra realised that he could never recreate the diffused lighting of
typical Benaras courtyards with the 
conventional studio lights.  Thus was born the bounce light - that he later
considered to be one of his most important tools.   

2. January 11, 2002  
Charulata 
1964, 117 minutes 
Director: Satyajit Ray

Charulata, or The Lonely Wife, has been widely acclaimed as the highlight of
Mitra's cinematography. Beautifully rendered sequences of Charulata
daydreaming
in the garden,or observing a set of 19th century Bengali stereotypes with her
opera glasses through her windows remain etched in audience memory. 

While shooting Charulata, Mitra invented the 'dabba' - as source of soft
diffused light - a breakthrough in international cinema.

3. January 18, 2002  
Teesri Kasam 
1966, 159 minutes 
Director: Basu Bhattacharya

Teesri Kasam marks Mitra's only foray into mainstream cinema. Mitra's passion
for beautiful frames comes out in the film's seamless lyrical imagery. This
was
the only time Mitra got an opportunity to film song and dance sequences
extensively - something that he always wanted to 
do.

---------

This is also the time when i bid a goodbye to this list. Ranita Chatterjee,
who
joins Sarai as the new Programme Coordinator, will administer this list
henceforth. Any queries may please therefore be directed to ranita at sarai.net.

Signing off, I wish to say that it has been an enjoyable experience to
administer this list. In little more than six months this list has grown to
more than a thousand members. I hope this community  friends of Sarai 
continues to grow. I wish all of you a very happy new year again.

Saumya

Saumya Gupta
Coordinator, Research and Programmes
Sarai: The New Media Initiative
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
29 Rajpur Road, Delhi - 110054
Phone: 3960040, 3951190
Fax: 2943450
www.sarai.net 
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<font face="Courier New, Courier"><b>Table of Contents<br>
<br>
Talks @Sarai<br>
Installations @Sarai <br>
Workshop @Sarai: Introduction to Cyberculture<br>
New Discussion Lists: Community Radio and Solaris<br>
Films @Sarai: Remembering Subrata Mitra<br>
-</b>--------------------------------<br>
<br>
Sarai wishes all of you a very happy new year.<br>
<br>
<b><i>I. Talks @ Sarai<br>
<br>
</b></i>We start the New Year with a series of lectures and
presentations  - grouped thematically under our three Occasional
Seminar Series. All talks and paper presentations will take place at 3:30
pm, in the Seminar Room, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, 29
Rajpur Road, Delhi - 110054<br>
<br>
<b><i>1.Media Publics and Practices Seminar <br>
<br>
</b></i>i.    <b>January 2, 2002, Wednesday<br>
<i>
<dl>
<dd>Politics of Information in Bio-technology</b></i>
<dd>Mike Fischer
<dd>MIT Program on Science, Technology, and Society   
<br>
<br>

</dl>ii.   January 8,  2002, Tuesday 

<dl>
<dd>Technology, the Turing Test & Artificial Intelligence
<dd>Sanmay Das, 
<dd>MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, Boston 
 

</dl>iii. January 16,  2002, Wednesday 

<dl>
<dd>Politics of Global Circulation of Human Genetic Materials
<dd>Kaushik Sunderajan
<dd>MIT Program on Science, Technology and Society, USA

</dl>2. Language beyond Literature Seminar 
<dl>
<dd>January 10, 2002,  Thursday 
 

<dd>Hindi Commercial Press & the Urban Publics: The Case of Late
Colonial 
<dd>U.P.     
<dd>Charu Gupta
<dd>Department of History, Motilal Nehru College (E), University of Delhi
 
 
 
 

</dl>3. Urban Cultures and Politics Seminar
<dl>
<dd>January 30, 2002, Wednesday 
 

<dd>The Idea of Bombay
<dd>Gyan Prakash
<dd>Department of History, Princeton University, USA
<dd>     
 
 
 
 
 

</dl>II.Installations @ Sarai 
The Sarai Interface Zone will host three installations by artists
and media practitioners through the month of January. Unless otherwise
specified, the artists will be available for discussions. 
All installations and exhibitions will be located in the Interface Zone
at Sarai. 

<dl>
<dd>i). January 2nd  - 4th 2002 
 

<dd>Dilliwale Kaun? Baharwale Kaun?
<dd>A photographic exhibition on a digital platform by Syeda
Farhana  
 

</dl>Dilliwale Kaun? Baharwale Kaun? is an exhibition of Syeda
Farhana's photographic & textual narratives on the theme of "The
Outsider". Focussing on Bangladeshi migrants, the exhibition is a
product of her part - residency at the Interface Zone at Sarai. This
residency is a 
collaboration between Sarai and the Khoj International Artists Residency
Programme. 
 
Syeda Farhana is a photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She will be
present through the exhibition at the Interface Zone. 
 

<dl>
<dd>ii)January 11th - 18th  2002 
 

<dd>The Wrong City : Paris at Delhi
<dd>An Installation by Olga Kisseleva

</dl>This Installation explores what happens when the reality of one city
enters the imagination of another. The installation is paired with
another Wrong City Installation - Delhi at Paris that will occur
concurrently in Paris. The url for the Paris event is
<a href="http://www.mainsdoeuvres.org/" eudora="autourl">www.mainsdoeuvres.org 
 
</a>Olga Kisseleva is a digital artist
with special interest in cities - Some of her earlier work has been on
New York, St Petersburg and Paris. 
 

<dl>
<dd>iii. January 24 and 25, 2002 
 

<dd>Initializing History 
<dd>An Exhibition of the Video Art of Peter Callas

</dl>Peter Callas will present his work in the form of an illustrated
lecture on January 25, 2002. The Screening-Lecture will be followed by a
discussion. (A version of) This work is also available at
<a href="http://www.anu.edu.au/ITA/CSA/callas/CAN_+main_I.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.anu.edu.au/ITA/CSA/callas/CAN_+main_I.html 
 
</a>Peter Callas, based in Sydney,
Australia, is one of the internationally recognised exponents of Video
Art. He is currently visiting India on an Asialink Artists Fellowship.
 
 
 
III. Workshop @ Sarai 
January 31 - February 1, 2002 
10:30 am - 4:30 pm, Interface Zone, Sarai 

<dl>
<dd>Introduction to Cyberculture 
<dd>with Patrice Riemens

</dl>The workshop on Cyberculture will focus on: 
 
i.Digital Divide and how to address it 
ii.Hackers & 'Hackerism' 
iii.From Proprietary Knowledge to Intellectual Property 
iv.Networked Communities 
 
Patrice Riemens is an independent theorist and cyber activist , and a
geographer at the University of Amsterdam. He is in India as a part of
the exchange programme between Sarai and the Society for Old and New
Media, Amsterdam -
<a href="http://www.waag.org/" eudora="autourl">www.waag.org 
 
 
</a>IV.New Discussion Lists 
 
From the 1st of January, 2002, Sarai will start hosting a new
 
Discussion List: 
 
Community Radio-India. 
This is a mailing list to campaign for the opening up of
community-radio stations in India. It is aimed at supporting a campaign
by development workers, NGOs, academics and media persons 
interested in unleashing the potential of low-powered, local radio for
the benefit of development in the country. This list was set up following
a national conference on community radio, held in mid-2000 in Hyderabad.
It is open to all who believe that India too should 
harness the power of community radio. 
 
To subscribe write to
cr-india-request at sarai.net  
with "subscribe" in the subject field, or in the body of the
message. You could also ask to be subscribed by mailing either
Subramaniam Vincent
subbuvincent at yahoo.com 
or Fredrick Noronha
fred at vsnl.com. 
 
 
V. Films @Sarai 
 
Remembering Subrata Mitra 
We start the new year with a set of screenings of films shot by the
distinguished cinematographer, Subrata Mitra who passed away in Calcutta
in December 2001. 
 
Subrata Mitra was the cinematographer for the first 10 films of Satyajit
Ray, including the Apu Trilogy and Charulata. He also shot some of the
earlier work of Merchant Ivory Productions. He was awarded the Kodak
Award for Excellence in Cinematography. 
 
Mitra revolutionized prevailing aesthetics in Indian cinematography with
innovations designed to make light in film both more realistic and
poetic. 
 
The screenings, at 4:30 pm in the Seminar Room, CSDS will be followed by
discussions on the role of the cinematographer. 
 
The films are listed in the order of screening. 
 
 
1. January 4, 2002
<dl>
<dd>Aparajito
<dd>1956, 127 minutes
<dd>Director: Satyajit Ray

</dl>This second film of the Apu trilogy marks Mitra's first technical
innovation. Thanks to monsoon rain art scenes in the Benaras house had to
be shot on studio sets. Mitra realised that he could never recreate the
diffused lighting of typical Benaras courtyards with the 
conventional studio lights.  Thus was born the bounce light - that
he later considered to be one of his most important tools.  
 
 
 
2. January 11, 2002
<dl>
<dd>Charulata
<dd>1964, 117 minutes
<dd>Director: Satyajit Ray

</dl>Charulata, or The Lonely Wife, has been widely acclaimed as the
highlight of Mitra's cinematography. Beautifully rendered sequences of
Charulata daydreaming in the garden,or observing a set of 19th century
Bengali stereotypes with her opera glasses through her windows remain
etched in audience memory. 
 
While shooting Charulata, Mitra invented the 'dabba' - as source of soft
diffused light - a breakthrough in international cinema. 
 
 
3. January 18, 2002
<dl>
<dd>Teesri Kasam
<dd>1966, 159 minutes
<dd>Director: Basu Bhattacharya

</dl>Teesri Kasam marks Mitra's only foray into mainstream cinema.
Mitra's passion for beautiful frames comes out in the film's seamless
lyrical imagery. This was the only time Mitra got an opportunity to film
song and dance sequences extensively - something that he always wanted to
<br>
do.<br>
<br>
---------<br>
<br>
This is also the time when i bid a goodbye to this list. Ranita
Chatterjee, who joins Sarai as the new Programme Coordinator, will
administer this list henceforth. Any queries may please therefore be
directed to
</font><font color="#0000FF"><u>ranita at sarai.net</font></u><font color="#000000">.<br>
<br>
Signing off, I wish to say that it has been an enjoyable experience to
administer this list. In little more than six months this list has grown
to more than a thousand members. I hope this community  friends of
Sarai  continues to grow. I wish all of you a very happy new year
again.<br>
<br>
<br>
Saumya<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div>Saumya Gupta</div>
<div>Coordinator, Research and Programmes</div>
<div>Sarai: The New Media Initiative</div>
<div>Centre for the Study of Developing Societies</div>
<div>29 Rajpur Road, Delhi - 110054</div>
<div>Phone: 3960040, 3951190</div>
<div>Fax: 2943450</div>
<a href="http://www.sarai.net/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>www.sarai.net</a>
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