[Reader-list] “INDIA UNTOUCHED” wins Silver Dhow at Zanzibar

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

> Unfortunately our entire political system and elections
> are inceasingly based on caste system even today.

That is not unfortunate but fortunate. Politics reflects society, and
if caste is important in politics it is a reflection of how important
caste is for Indian society. It only reaffirms that caste is the basic
unit of Idian society. Caste is your country. See Stalin's film to
realise that.

best
shivam


On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Prabhakar Singh
<prabhakardelhi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately our entire political system and elections are inceasingly based on caste system even today.
> Prabhakar
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ranjith Thankappan <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>
> To: sarai <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Monday, 21 July, 2008 1:03:03 AM
> Subject: [Reader-list] "INDIA UNTOUCHED" wins Silver Dhow at Zanzibar
>
> This s film evry Indian should watch. Can see funny creatures from varanasi unashamedly supporting brahmincal caste system and preaching casteism in 21st century.
>
> "INDIA UNTOUCHED" wins Silver Dhow at Zanzibar International Film Festival 2008
> July 20, 2008
>
> Ahmedabad-based documentary filmmaker and human rights activist Stalin K. won the Silver Dhow Award for his film "India Untouched-Stories of A People Apart" at the recently Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania [http://www.ziff.or.tz/winners.htm].India Untouched is said to be the most comprehensive look at the caste system prevalent in India and Stalin had spent four years traveling the length and breadth of the country to make this film. The film is produced by Drishti, a media and human rights organization and Navsarjan, a leading Dalit human rights organization.
>
> The festival, that was held in the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania, is an International Competition with 60 screenings of the best short films and feature-length documentaries from all over the world.  India Untouched was adjudged as the second best film of the festival. This is the fifth award for this film. It won the Best Documentary at the Indo American Arts Council Film Festival in New York in November 2007, the Best Film at the One Billion Eyes Film Festival in Chennai in August 2007,  the Golden Conch Award for the Best Documentary and the Best Film of the Festival Award at Mumbai International Film Festival in February 2008. It was also shown at the following festivals:
>
> DC Meets Delhi Film Festival, Washington DC, September 2007
> CineCufa Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2007
> Hamptons International Film Festival, New York, October 2007
> Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, November 2007
> Mini Indian Film Festival, Connecticut, November 2007
> Mumbai International Film Festival, India, February 2008
> Amnesty International Film Festival, Netherlands, March 2008
> Tallahassee Film Festival, Florida, May 2008
>
> For more information on the film:
> http://www.drishtimedia.org/news3.htm
>
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