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

TaraPrakash taraprakash at gmail.com
Thu Jul 24 20:14:51 IST 2008 

Hi Tapas and all. This is how politics works, period.  not only in our 
country but all over the world where austentations of democracy are there, 
political parties tend to pander to those groups that are not considered 
their support base. You shouldn't be surprised if some BJP government 
implements reservations in jobs for the minorities and Mayavati does the 
same for the "upper castes".
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tapas Ray" <tapasrayx at gmail.com>
To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] “INDIA UNTOUCHED” wins Silver Dhow at Zanzibar


> Interesting how politics works in our country. A "secular party" like
> Congress exploits all kinds of religious and caste sentiments. BJP, a
> party of "integral humanism", lets the Gujarat massacre happen and
> rewards the guy who oversaw that operation. BSP, a party that is
> supposed to be working against upper-caste domination, builds a Brahmin
> base, and its leader goes for flashy jewellery, expensive birthday
> celebrations, etc. The "communist" CPI-M, whose programme is critical of
> "caste leaders and certain leaders of bourgeois political parties (who)
> seek to utilise the polarisation on caste lines for narrow electoral
> gains and are hostile to building up the common movement of the
> oppressed sections of all castes," jumps into bed with those very leaders.
>
> Tapas
>
>
> TaraPrakash wrote:
>> Is this your prediction or corrected version of the slogan? The slogan I
>> quoted was being used at the time of the UP elections, may be they 
>> changed
>> it.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्" <mail at shivamvij.com>
>
>>>> Brahmin shankh bajaaega
>>>> Haathi barhta jaaega???
>>> It is "Haathi Dilli jayega"
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:42 PM, TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> So time for Brahmin Dalit combination?
>>>> Brahmin shankh bajaaega
>>>> Haathi barhta jaaega???
>>>>
>>>> Will the combination in the judiciary change too, if Maya becomes the 
>>>> PM?
>>>> My
>>>> answer is no. What is yours?
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ranjith Thankappan" <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> not only that, look at our judiciary. it s bunch of arrogant
>>>>> brahmin/bania
>>>>> combination
>>>>> it s not at all representative. this s bz it follows the ideology of
>>>>> brahmincal caste system.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>>> From: Prabhakar Singh <prabhakardelhi at yahoo.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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>
> >>>>
>>>>> 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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