[Reader-list] UNDERSTANDING KASHMIR- THE MOVING IMAGES , Dec 20th, Mumbai

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UNDERSTANDING KASHMIR- THE MOVING IMAGES 
 
For the past several months the Kashmir valley has been in the grip of 
a spiraling violence. Protestors voicing their dissatisfaction with the 
authorities, unarmed except for stones have had the security forces 
open fire on them. No one has been spared, including women. About 110, 
mostly teenagers, have been killed in Kashmir since June 11 last. Fake 
encounters, disappearances, imprisonment without charges and killings 
with impunity of unarmed civilians voicing dissent and exercising their 
democratic rights have marked the lives of Kashmiris. Such utter 
violations of the human and constitutional rights of Kashmiris has been 
made possible by the imposition of draconian laws like the Armed Forces 
Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and the Public Safety Act (PSA) on the 
Kashmir Valley. 
 
Curfews and hartals have added mountains of misery to the lives of the 
people there resulting in loss of working days, loss of livelihoods, 
wages, and lives as they have prevented medicines and other essential 
supplies from reaching the sick and wounded, besides paralyzing the 
entire education system. 
 
Kashmir Solidarity Group, Mumbai , is a group of people who are 
concerned about the human rights violations in Kashmir, and intends to 
create awareness among the youth and the people of this city about it. 
This is our first initiative in the city to start a discussion and 
dialogue on the issue of Kashmir in various educational institutions . 
We would continue this activity every month in a college in 2011 as 
well. 
 
Venue CHILDREN WELFARE CENTRE HIGH SCHOOL 
YARI ROAD , VERSOVA ,ANDHERI WEST MUMBAI - 61 
Bus routs nos.249 & 221 from Andheri west Railway Station , get down 
yari road last stop, ask for school which itself is a land mark in the 
area. 
Time- 2.30pm- 6.30pm 
PROGRAM SCHEDULE 
 
FILM SCREENINGS AND DISCUSSION 
 
1.Tell Them The Tree They Had Planted Has Now Grown.. By Ajay Raina- 
58minutes 
 
This film is a cinematic diary of a Kashmiri revisiting his home to 
witness the scars of a paradise lost. 
Awards - Mumbai International Film Festival 2003, Golden Conch, - IDPA 
Documentary & Animated Films 
Awards 2002, Second Best Documentary, - Radio and Advertizers 
Practitioners Award 2002, Best Documentary 
 
2. Inshallah football, By Ashvin kumar and Giulia Achilli -82 minutes 
A story about stone pelters, football and Kashmir. 
India/2010/Urdu, Kashmiri, English dialouge with English subtitles 
/Colour/HDCam/82 mins Official selection in competition, Pusan 
International Film Festival & Dubai International Film Festival. 
 
3.Yi As Akh Padshah Bai (There was a Queen…) 
In Kashmiri , Urdu, Hindi and English with English subtitles.. By 
Kavita Pai and Hansa 
The story of women and the peace initiatives in Kashmir. The film has 
been shot between 2005 and 2007 by an all-female crew. Won 4th JOHN 
ABRAHAM NATIONAL AWARD for 'Cinema of Resistance' in SIGNS 2009- the 
Indian festival for features and non-features, Thiruvananthapuram, 
Kerala, India. 
 
Panel discussion 
Directors of the film Kavita Pai and Hansa and Senior Journalist Jatin 
Desai who recently visited Kashmir 
 
Organised BY Kashmir Solidarity Group. Mumbai 
email- withkashmir at ... 
 
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I carry a torch in one hand 
And a bucket of water in the other: 
With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven 
And put out the flames of Hell 
So that voyagers to God can rip the veils 
And see the real goal........................................By Rabia 
(Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya)