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the film, a trailer

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Another chapter . .  An invigorating experience . .  JEEVAN KEE NADEE (THE RIVER OF LIFE) - Trailer on Vimeo

Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai - Some conversations after a film

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One feedback to the earlier post on the topic - to elaborate - has me putting up a revised piece. I moved out to the street – in heavy and slow steps – and called up the number I had not answered as the film was being screened. As the conversation moved, Friend: How was the film? Me: Disturbing. Friend: Audience? Me: Room was full, more people than chairs and no one either talked on the phone or went out. Friend: Did anyone disturb the screening? Problems have been reported from Delhi. Me: Thankfully no. We were to discuss conservation education but it was a kind of difficult task after one had heard of people being cut, killed and burnt. The ‘normalcy’ with which people talked of the massacres will remain with me for a while. As I sat in the bus, I wondered on the very notion of saving wildlife when human life had very little value. I was returning home after attending a screening of Nakul Singh Sawhney’s ‘Muzaffarnagar Baaki Hai’ at Lamakaan.  The screen...

Our world, their world

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Some thoughts on Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai I moved out to the street – in heavy slow steps – and called up the number I had not answered as the film was being screened. Other end: How was the film? Me: Disturbing. Other end: Audience? Me: Room was full, more people than chairs and no one either talked on the phone or went out. Other end: Did anyone disturb the screening? Problems have been reported from Delhi. Me: No. We were to discuss conservation education but it was kind of difficult task after one had heard of people being cut, killed and burnt. As I sat in the bus, I wondered on saving wildlife when human life had very little value. I was returning home after attending a screening of Nakul Singh Sawhney’s Muzaffarnagar Baaki Hai at Lamakaan. The screening had been disrupted few weeks ago at Delhi and 25 th August was the date for screenings at multiple locations across our country. Lamakaan is an inclusive cultural space that promotes and presents the ...