[Reader-list] Fwd: Resources at Kriti Docuship: September 2009

Fri Sep 18 10:48:43 IST 2009

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> Subject:[Kriti Team] Resources at Kriti Docuship: September 2009
> From:SPACE KRITI <space.kriti at gmail.com>
> To:anadaad1 at sancharnet.in
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> /Dear Friends,/
>
> /As we start the ninth month of 2009, we share with you a selected 
> list of books and documentaries available to access from the Kriti 
> Docushop, in solidarity with the following days of the month:
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> /8 International Literacy Day /
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> /21 International Peace Day/
>
> /15 Shankar Guha Niyogi Martyrdom Day and Harsud Day/
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> //
>
> /We invite you to keep in touch with our activities this month as 
> there are quite a few interesting ones lined up. We would especially 
> like to ask you to mark your calender for the 19^th , 21^st and 22^nd 
> of September as we are organizing our fourth peace day festival with a 
> panel discussion, theatre, films, poetry and more. Keep track of the 
> programme on http://krititeam.blogspot.com 
> <http://krititeam.blogspot.com/>
> /
>
> //
>
> /in solidarity/
>
> /Kritians/
>
> **
>
> *Books*
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> *Leading Cases on Right to Information*
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> /By Divya Jyoti Jaipuriar and Jayshree Satpute/
>
> _Contribution_: pl check when ordering
>
> This book is about the Right to Information Act, 2005 and how it has 
> been regarded as one of the most important legislations passed by 
> Parliament since Independence.
>
> **
>
> *Accords, Peace Processes and Prospects of Civil Society Peace 
> Initiatives*
>
> /Organized by the North East Peoples’ Initiatives (NEPI) /
>
> _Contribution_: Rs. 100.00
>
> The North Eastern Region of India has witnessed struggles for 
> political affirmation, separation and self-assertion. The people of 
> this region have a very limited say on affairs concerning their 
> social, political, economic and cultural rights. Political scientists 
> and historians in India have described the region as a zone of 
> conflict, forever beset by conflicts, justifying the security-oriented 
> administrative policies and structures in the region. A closer look at 
> the conflicts and the armed resistance movements show that these 
> struggles have never been mere issues of law and order not for 
> secession. These struggles have fundamentally been assertions of 
> independence and the right to self determination by indigenous 
> communities and ethnic groups that were suppressed by the Indian State.
>
> *__*
>
> *Mangoo Ram, Ad Dharm: the Dalit Movement in **Punjab***
>
> /By Ronki Ram/
>
> _Contribution_: Rs. 20.00
>
> A publication explaining the objectives of the Mangoo Ram and Ad Dharm 
> political movements which were to liberate the so-called untouchables 
> so they could lead a life of dignity and equability with the twice-born.
>
> **
>
> *Chhatrapati Shahu’s Crusade Against Untouchability*
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> /By B.D. Khane/
>
> _Contribution_: Rs. 20.00
>
> This is a short publication explaining the condition of the 
> untouchables and the contribution made by Chhatrapati Shahu in the 
> movement for equality for the untouchables.
>
>
> *DOCUMENTARY FILMS*
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> **
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>
> *People Audit to Fight Corruption
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>
> By MKSS (17 min, Hindi with English Subtitles, VCD)
> ****
>
> //**
>
> The Right to Information campaign had a modest beginning as an effort 
> to document that the Government of Rajasthan was failing to pay 
> minimum wages to workers engaged in employment generation programs. 
> When government officials were asked by the MKSS to explain their 
> failure to pay minimum wages, they claimed that the wage rolls and the 
> Project Engineer's Measurement Books showed that the correct dues had 
> been paid to the workers in question. Through these efforts, the 
> National Campaign for Peoples Right to Information was formed; this 
> group subsequently led the struggle for right to information in other 
> states of India.
>
>
> **
>
> *Letters and Learning***
>
> /By Ajay Tg (41 min, Original language, DVD)/**
>
> Letters and learning is about an elderly Satnami who got a job in the 
> Bhilai Steel Plant in return for giving up his land, and how he 
> prospered, enabling his daughter to become a school teacher and his 
> granddaughter a doctor. Ajay got to know him when working as Jonathan 
> Parry’s field assistant. This Jandarshan student film is not only a 
> biography, but also a critique of attitudes to literacy and knowledge.
>
> **
>
> *Bharat Ki Chaap***
>
> /By Comet Media Foundation (VCD)/
>
> This 13 disk collection of films is presented and supported by the 
> National Council for Science and Technology Communication Department 
> of Science and Technology Government of India on the history of 
> science and technology on the Indian Subcontinent. The Film titles 
> include: Introduction, The Stone Age till 3500 B.C., The Harappan 
> Civilization, The Iron Age 2000 B.C. to 500 B.C., The Age of 
> Codification 500 B.C. to 300 A.D., Ayurveda & Astronomy 300 A.D. to 
> 700 A.D., Mathematics & Temple Architecture 700 to 1200, Synthesis & 
> Growth 1200 to 1600, Stagnation & a Changing World 1600 to 1800, 
> Colonialism & the Industrial Revolution 1800 to 1900, The Freedom 
> Struggle & the scientific Community 1900 to 1947, Independent India 
> 1947 to the Present and finally Retrospect & Prospect.
>
> **
>
> *Redefining Peace*
>
> /By K.P. Sasi (60 Minutes, English and Hindi, VCD)/
>
> This one hour documentary showcases the history of the 1000 Women for 
> Nobel Peace Prize 2005 initiative and profiles ten peace women from 
> different regions of India, connected to various people’s movements. 
> Namely Magline Peter from the Fish-workers movement, Medha Patkar from 
> Narmada Bachao Andolan, Teesta Setalvad, lawyer-journalist and her 
> struggle against the fascist state and fundamentalist political 
> forces, C.K. Janu, struggling for rights of indigenous people and 
> adivasis, Sharmila Iron, a young woman who is using non-violent 
> mechanism to challenge and demand repeal of draconian laws in North 
> East India. It also highlights the work of four grassroots women 
> Lataben Sachde, Parmeben Sava, Alkaben Jani, Meghiben Samariya from 
> Kutch Mahila Vikas Sanghathan, Gujarat and their struggle for 
> sustainable health, education and livelihoods for the masses.
>
> *Ayodhya to **Varanasi** Prayers for Peace*
>
> /By Suma Josson (60 Minutes, English, VCD)/**
>
> Against the background of globalization, the worsening economic 
> situation, the status of Dalits, the concept of a Hindu Rashtra, and 
> other issues being discussed in the film - it travels from Ayodhya to 
> Faizabad, and surrounding villages. The message that comes through 
> Sultanpur, Badlapur, Juanpur, Varanasi and others are strongly in 
> favour of communal harmony and development, to the divisive ideologies 
> being propagated by the ideology of Hindutva.
>
> *War and Peace*
>
> /By Anand Patwardhan (135 Minutes, English, DVD)/**
>
> Filmed over three years this is a journey of peace activism in the 
> face of religious fanaticism, militarism and war.
>
> **
>
> *Elusive Doves*
>
> /By //Asia// Indigenous Peoples Pact (DVD)/
>
> This is a film about the peace process.
>
>
> **
>
> *SOME NEW EDITIONS IN THE Kriti FILM CLUB (Available To View)*
>
> **
>
> *MANZIL KI AUR (2009)*
>
> /By Ritu Dutta (32 mins, Hindi, DVD)/
>
> Vanishing schedule Tribes and disappearing forests are the testimonies 
> to governments. For centuries the forest people of India have been 
> struggling to reestablish their sovereign rights over forests, which 
> were taken away by the colonial British government in the 18th 
> century. Lack of education and awareness of their rights adds to their 
> misery. Keeping this in mind, this film has been conceived not only to 
> spread legal awareness but also to emphasize the fact that unity and 
> trust between each other is their only weapon.
>
> *POISON ON THE PLATTER (2009)*
>
> /By Mahesh Bhatt and Ajay Kanchan (25 mins, Hindi, DVD)/
>
> “Poison on the Platter”, is an eye-opening film, illustrating how all 
> of our lives are going to be (adversely) affected by genetically 
> modified foods. It is no longer just a farmer’s issue; it is a matter 
> of the consumers’ right to food safety. You and I would not even be 
> able to separate/choose a normal Brinjal from/over a GM one, if Bt 
> Brinjal - a GM crop produced by the mighty agri-MNC Monsanto - is let 
> through by our corrupt regulatory body. Let’s put up a strong 
> resistance, by demanding a ban on GM food/crops for 5 years, until 
> they are proven safe for human consumption by independent researchers, 
> after long-term studies.
>
> //Please ask us for the contributions of each film when placing order.
>
> /Note://This mailer has been put together with the support of Megan, 
> Kriti team volunteer./
>
> //
>
> *Information is Power! We share it, you can access it!
> Kriti team
> *
>
> *Contact us @ 011-26027845/ 26033088*
>
> *Email - space.kriti at gmail.com <mailto:space.kriti at gmail.com%20>*
>
> Peace Day Festival by Kriti team, 19-22 September 2009. Get details on 
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