[Reader-list] /India Untouched/ in Delhi, 19 April

[Shivam Vij]

Interesting, Ved!

On 4/10/07, Vedprakash Sharma <vedprakash.sharma at gmail.com> wrote:
> don't know, who is bothered about nondalits! atrosities are atrosities. be
> it dalits or otherwise. atrosities are inflicted on all those who are weak
> economically as well as politically. as far as the social backwardness is
> concerned, it is also decided on economical basis.



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shivam Vij" <mail at shivamvij.com>
> To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 3:27 PM
> Subject: [Reader-list] /India Untouched/ in Delhi, 19 April
>
>
> > DALIT FOUNDATION,
> > INDIAN INSTITUTE OF DALIT STUDIES,
> > NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON DALIT HUMAN RIGHTS,
> > NAVSARJAN and DRISHTI
> >
> > invite you to the premiere of Stalin K's new documentary
> >
> > INDIA UNTOUCHED - Stories of a People Apart
> > 110 minutes/Hindi, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Telugu, English, Punjabi,
> > Malayalam and Gujarati with English sub-titles/2007
> > Produced by DRISHTI Media, Arts & Human Rights.  Presented by Navsarjan
> >
> >
> > On 19th April, 2007, 5:00pm
> >
> > At the School Arts & Aesthetics (Auditorium)
> > Jawaharlal Nehru University
> > New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi
> >
> > Please RSVP to Anisha Chug at 011-4164 0929
> >
> > and stalink123 at gmail.com
> >
> > INDIA UNTOUCHED will make it impossible for anyone in India to deny
> > that Untouchability is still practiced today. Director Stalin K. and
> > his team spent four years traveling the length and breadth of India to
> > bear witness to the continued exclusion and segregation of those
> > considered as 'Untouchables'. The film introduces leading Benares
> > scholars who interpret Hindu scriptures to mean that Dalits 'have no
> > right' to education, and Rajput farmers who proudly proclaim that the
> > police must seek their permission before pursuing cases of atrocities
> > on Dalits. The film captures many 'firsts-on-film,' such as Dalits
> > being forced to dismount from their cycles and remove their shoes when
> > in the upper caste part of the village.  It exposes the continuation
> > of caste practices and Untouchability in Sikhism, Christianity and
> > Islam, amongst the Communists in Kerala and within some of India's
> > most revered academic and professional institutions.
> >
> > In an age where the media projects only one image of a 'rising' or
> > 'poised' India, this film reminds us how far the country is from being
> > an equal society. Traveling through eight states and four religions,
> > this film is perhaps the deepest exploration of caste oppression ever
> > undertaken on film.
> >
> >
> > Stalin K is a human rights activist and award-winning documentary
> > filmmaker. He is the Co-Founder of DRISHTI- Media, Arts and Human
> > Rights, Convener of the Community Radio Forum-India, and the India
> > Director of Video Volunteers.  He is a renowned public speaker and has
> > lectured or taught at over 20 institutions ranging from the National
> > Institute of Design and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in
> > India, to New York University and Stanford and Berkeley in the US.
> >
> > INDIA UNTOUCHED is Stalin's second film on the issue of caste—his
> > earlier film Lesser Humans, on manual scavenging, won the Silver Conch
> > at the Mumbai International Film Festival and the Excellence Award at
> > Earth Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, and helped to bring international
> > attention to the issue of caste.
> > stalink123 at gmail.com
> >
> > Drishti is a media and human rights organization with program areas in
> > community radio, community video, documentary film, campaign design,
> > theatre, community arts and youth activism. Drishti has produced over
> > 25 films on development issues, designed over a dozen rights-based
> > campaigns, and conducted over 300 training workshops with more than
> > 100 NGOs. More than 1000 groups around the world are using Drishti's
> > films, and the organization is a leading proponent of community media.
> > www.drishtimedia.org www.videovolunteers.org
> >
> > Navsarjan is one of the largest Dalit rights organizations in India,
> > working in over 3000 villages in Gujarat. Its mission is to eradicate
> > Untouchability and caste oppressions through legal remedies and
> > struggles against forced occupations such as manual scavenging, and by
> > ensuring Dalits' access to education and livelihood.
> > www.navsarjan.org
> >
> > Dalit Foundation supports small community based organizations,
> > individuals and networks working for the empowerment of Dalit
> > communities all over India. It promotes Dalit leadership, especially
> > among youth and women, by providing small grants, fellowships and
> > capacity building programmes.
> > www.dalitfoundation.org
> >
> > Indian Institute of Dalit Studies is the first national research
> > institute focused on issues of caste. Its objective is to bring the
> > impact of caste into policy planning. It also bridges gaps between
> > activists and academics.
> > www.dalitstudies.org.in
> >
> > National Campaign of Dalit Human Rights is a secular coalition of
> > Dalit Human Rights activists who challenge 'Casteism' and
> > Untouchability'. Its mission is to wipe out caste based discrimination
> > with a call to "Cast out Caste".
> > www.dalits.org
> >
> >
> > DVDs of this film are available from Drishti:
> > 103, Anand Hari Tower, Sandesh Press Road, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad 380054,
> > India. +91-79-2685 1235 and 6661 4235. drishtiad1 at gmail.com