[Reader-list] reader-list Digest, Vol 90, Issue 7

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>    1. KITTE MIL VE MAHI screening at the National Gallery	for
>       Modern Art (misst)
>    2. Re: PUDR statement (T. Vijayendra )
>    3. Internship in New Delhi (Magic Lantern Foundation)
>    4. ISEA 2011 - Call for Papers - reminder (Lanfranco Aceti)
>    5. Saffron terror leader to be booked for Samjhauta blast (Javed)
>    6. Inspiring story about a 12-year-old in Allahabad
>       (Chintan Girish Modi)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 10:13:54 +0000
> From: misst <missedt at gmail.com>
> To: reader-list at sarai.net
> Subject: [Reader-list] KITTE MIL VE MAHI screening at the National
> 	Gallery	for Modern Art
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> National Gallery for Modern Art (NGMA)
> in collaboration with
> India Foundation for the Arts
>
> present
>
> IFA FILM FESTIVAL
>
> January 2- February 20, 2011
>
> (All documentary films will have English subtitle)
>
> Venue: National Gallery for Modern Art (NGMA)
> Manikyavelu Mansion
> 49 Palace Road, Bengaluru 560 052
>
> Contact: 080 2234 2338
>
> February 13, 2011, Sunday, 11:30 am
>
> KITTE MIL VE MAHI, 1 Hour 15 minutes
>
> By Ajay Bhardwaj
>
>  A deeply felt and moving film, Ajay Bharadwaj’s Kitte Mil Ve Mahi
> cuts to the quick and puts across a well reasoned and eloquent quest
> of the Dalits in Punjab to take on the legitimacy of the deeply
> exploitative and humiliating caste system. This sensitively crafted
> and provocative film provides a glimpse of the alternate cultural
> forms of the Punjabi Dalits that critique the oppression of the
> ‘upper’ castes and articulate a powerful vision of social justice. It
> focuses, in particular, on the popular Sufi traditions of the Punjabi
> Dalits.
>
>
> January 2, 2011, Sunday, 3 pm
>
> BISHAR BLUES, 1 Hour 16 minutes
>
> By Amitabh Chakraborty
>
>
> IJanuary 8, 2011, Saturday, 3 pm
>
> THE OTHER SONG, 2 Hours
>
> By Saba Dewan
>
>
> January 9, 2011, Sunday, 11:30 am
>
> MAYA BAZAR, 1 Hour
>
> By K M Madhusudhanan
>
>
> January 9, 2011, Sunday, 12:45 pm
>
> OUT OF THIN AIR, 50 minutes
>
> By Shabani Hassanwalia and Samreen Farooqui
>
> January 23, 2011, Sunday, 11:30 am
>
> CITY OF PHOTOS, 1 Hour
>
> By Nishtha Jain
>
>
> February 12, 2011, Saturday, 3pm
>
> NATAK JARI HAIN, 1 Hour 24 minutes
>
> By Lalit Vachani
>
>
> February 12, 2011, Saturday, 4:30 pm
>
> RASIKEN RE, 33 minutes
>
> By Pooja Kaul
>
>
> February 19, 2011, Saturday, 3 pm
>
> THE LISTENER’S TALE, 1 Hour 16 minutes
>
> By Arghya Basu
>
>
>
> February 20, 2011, Sunday, 11:30 am
>
> NEE ENGEY, 2 Hours 38 minutes
>
> By R V Ramani
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 18:16:22 +0530
> From: "T. Vijayendra " <t.vijayendra at gmail.com>
> To: Nagraj Adve <nagraj.adve at gmail.com>
> Cc: Sarai <reader-list at sarai.net>, Pramodini Pradhan
> 	<pramodinip at gmail.com>,	debaranjan sarangi <debasar11 at yahoo.co.in>,
> 	Arun Bidani <bidani.arun at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] PUDR statement
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> Dear all,
>
> It is timely and very correct stand. I fully support it.
>
> Viju
>
> On 04/01/2011, Nagraj Adve <nagraj.adve at gmail.com> wrote:
>>                                         Peoples Union for Democratic
>> Rights
>>
>> Dear friends and comrades,
>> The recent countrywide demonstrations against the unfair verdict in the
>> Binayak Sen case have been really heartwarming. The demonstrations have
>> brought many of us together, who feel enraged and upset over the judgment.
>> Clearly, if our numbers continue to grow, we will soonbe in a position of
>> strength and will ensure the release of Binayak and manyothers.
>>
>> The case against Binayak Sen hasbecome a focal point to oppose the
>> attempts
>> by the state to criminalise civilrights activities. Yet, we strongly feel
>> that in order to make the entire campaign into a success we have to
>> enlarge
>> the present focus from the individual,Binayak Sen, to include the
>> co-accused, Piyush Guha and Narayan Sanyal, and also take into
>> consideration
>> the plight of others who are similarly imprisoned in unfair cases of
>> sedition.
>>
>> Consider the following:
>> Piyush Guha, the supposed courierin this case, has never been granted
>> bail.
>> He lost his parents in the course ofthese three years but was not given
>> the
>> right to even attend to the last ritesof his parents. Piyush was kept in
>> illegal custody and tortured for five days and he only produced when the
>> Chhattisgarh PUCL issued a statement demandinghis whereabouts. His family
>> lost its breadwinner and his wife, Rupa Guha, hasbeen carrying out a lone
>> fight for three and a half years. Our efforts in demanding the release of
>> Binayak must include the release of Piyush Guha.
>>
>> Narayan Sanyal, the otherco-accused has been in jail for five years
>> already.
>> He is old and ailing and issuffering from a chronic and painful ailment,
>> fibromatosis. Despite directivesfrom the court, he has not received any
>> serious medical treatment in prison.The argument that his being a Maoist
>> ideologue is sufficient to keep him inprison for the rest of his life is
>> unfair, cruel and undemocratic particularlysince the other cases in which
>> he
>> has been arrested have nearly collapsed. As has been pointed out by many,
>> the decision to charge him with sedition happenedonly after the police
>> arrested Binayak Sen. Narayan
>> Sanyal’s case (even his supposed role in the present one) is a fit case
>> for
>> us to ask not only for hisrelease but also to demand a repeal of the ban
>> against CPI(Maoist).
>>
>> Our campaign must focus on demanding the repeal of undemocratic ‘security’
>> legislations like UAPA, CSPSA etc or under unfair provisions of the IPC
>> like
>> ‘sedition’ (S 124 A) and ‘wagingwar’ (S 121 of IPC) . The most recent
>> conviction of Asit Sengupta, editor of the well known journal, World to
>> Win
>> is most worrying. Sengupta was arrested by Chhattisgarh police (and
>> illegally detained, of course!) in January 2008 and never granted bail.
>> On
>> the same day when Binayak, Piyush and Sanyal were given life imprisonment,
>> the same day Asit Sengupta was convicted and sentenced to eight years
>> imprisonment for his work as an editor and publisher by another Raipur
>> court.  Kopa Kunjam, activist of Vanvasi Chetna Ashram (Dantewada) who was
>> working to re-settle displaced  Adivasis in Netra villa, has been
>> implicated
>> in a murder case.  Nineactivists, including Kartam Joga of Adivasi
>> Mahasbha,
>> campaigning against landgrab in Lohanmdiguda, (Bastar)  have been accused
>> of
>> involvement in the attack on CRPF personnel.
>>
>> There are innumerable incidents of this nature which are taking place in
>> Chattisgarh and elsewhere where joint operations are going on.
>>
>> Friends, we needto fight together  to ensure that
>> 1.      The entire miscarriage of justice begun in 2007 should be
>> rectified
>> and all the victims should be unconditionally released and compensated for
>> their unfair stay in jail.
>> 2.      Withdrawal of undemocratic ‘security’legislations like UAPA, CSPSA
>> etc
>> 3.      Repeal of archaic and colonial provisions like sedition and waging
>> war  from the IPC
>> 4.      Improvement of facilities in jails, particularlymedical treatment
>> of
>>
>> prisoners
>>
>> Harish Dhawan and Paramjeet Singh
>> (Secretaries PUDR)
>> __._,_.___
>>  .
>>
>> __,_._,___
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> T. Vijayendra
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 19:38:50 +0530
> From: Magic Lantern Foundation <magiclantern.foundation at gmail.com>
> To: CACDelhi at yahoogroups.co.in
> Cc: vikalp at yahoogroups.com, sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>,
> 	docuwallahs2 at yahoogroups.com,	Magic Lantern Foundation
> 	<magiclantern.foundation at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] Internship in New Delhi
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> Dear all,
> Magic Lantern Foundation is a registered not-for-profit and has been working
> with culture and human rights since 1989. Currently we are readying for two
> film festivals in New Delhi.
>  We are looking for two interns to start work immediately.
>
> Interns will:
> 1. Assist with festival related tasks
> 2. Mange Magic Lantern's social media and websites
> 3. Hold workshops in colleges on the documentary practice as an invitation
> to the film festival
> 4. Help in general administration.
> 5. Assist in writing and creating festival related publicity material.
> 6. Coordinate festival logistics - from construction to hospitality
> 7. Assist in on-going projects.
> 8. Assist with edits of trailer, and other festival material
>
> We are looking for post graduates and above in any liberal arts subjects.
> Familiarity with the  FCP is desirable but not mandatory.
>
> Magic Lantern doesn't pay interns. If interested please write to:
> magiclantern.foundation at gmail.com with 'internship' as the subject line and
> with CV attached.
>
> thanks,
> Gargi Sen
>
> ---------
> Magic Lantern Foundation
> J 1881 Chittaranjan Park, Basement, New Delhi 110019
> P: +(91 11) 26273244/ 41605239
> E: magiclantern.foundation at gmail.com
> W: http://magiclanternfoundation.org | http://www.ucfilms.in
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:09:45 +0100
> From: Lanfranco Aceti <leonardo.electronic.almanac at gmail.com>
> To: bulletin at asci.org, ambit at a-r-c.org.uk, announce at fibreculture.org,
> 	empyre at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au, nettime-ann at nettime.org,
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> Subject: [Reader-list] ISEA 2011 - Call for Papers - reminder
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> Dear All,
>
> This is just a reminder that the deadline for ISEA2011 Istanbul, The
> 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art, call for papers,
> artworks, panels, and workshops is January 15th, 2011. The event is
> scheduled for September 14 to 21, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Lanfranco Aceti
> Conference Chair and Artistic Director, ISEA2011 Istanbul
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:59:39 +0530
> From: Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com>
> To: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Subject: [Reader-list] Saffron terror leader to be booked for
> 	Samjhauta blast
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> Saffron terror leader to be booked for Samjhauta blast
> Vishwa Mohan & Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN, Jan 6, 2011, 12.54am IST
>
> NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency probing the blast on
> Samjhauta Express in February 2007 looks set to book militant Hindutva
> leader Aseemanand. It has identified Aseemanand as the key plotter of
> the attack that killed 68 people, majority of them Pakistani citizens
> returning home after visiting their kin in India.
>
> Sources in the agency, which was brought in after investigations by
> Haryana Police reached a dead-end, told TOI that Aseemanand planned
> the blast to avenge the series of terror attacks by Islamist terror
> groups.
>
> "The role of Hindu extremists behind the blast has become clear. The
> probe agency found that Aseemanand was one of the plotters. The group
> had done it under their 'Bomb-for-Bomb' plan which was hatched in the
> Dangs district of Gujarat," said sources in the NIA.
>
> Haryana police had found similarities in the explosives used in the
> Samjhauta blast and the explosion at Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid, another
> attack suspected to have been carried out by Aseemanand and his
> comrades under the 'Bomb-for-Bomb' plan.
>
> But the Haryana cops could not connect the dots. The picture was
> further complicated when the US named a Pakistani terrorist, Asif
> Kasmani, suspected to be a go-between Lashkar and al-Qaida, as the
> main suspect in the Samajhauta blast.
>
> NIA's probe into the cases of saffron terror has gathered momentum
> after the arrest of Aseemanand who is believed to have inspired
> Abhinav Bharat members to retaliate against Islamist terror.
>
> NIA's investigation into the Samjhauta train attack may give Pakistan
> a handle to embarrass India. Officials are wary of the possibility of
> Islamabad asking for Aseemanand's custody once he is charge-sheeted.
> But the government has decided to press ahead with the probe, said an
> official.
>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Saffron-terror-leader-to-be-booked-for-Samjhauta-blast/articleshow/7225559.cms
>
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 13:24:41 +0530
> From: Chintan Girish Modi <chintan.backups at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Reader-list] Inspiring story about a 12-year-old in
> 	Allahabad
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> From
> http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/At_12_he_is_newspaper_editor_reporter_and_publisher_-nid-76705.html?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Subscriber
>
> At 12, he is newspaper editor, reporter and publisher
> By IANS
>
> Wednesday, 05 January 2011, 10:29 IST
>
>
> Allahabad: He is all of 12 years but Utkarsh Tripathi painstakingly brings
> out a handwritten newspaper every week to spread awareness among his peers
> on issues like the environment and female foeticide. And all this to satisfy
> his urge to "serve the country".
>
> A Class 8 student of the Brij Bihari Sahai (BBS) Inter College in Allahabad,
> Utkarsh has been bringing out the newspaper Jagriti for the last one year.
>
> And for the four-page, black-and-white newspaper, Utkarsh not only dons the
> role of a reporter, editor and publisher, but also turns hawker for
> circulating the weekly.
>
> Unlike other papers, readers of Jagriti don't have to spend a single penny
> -- Utkarsh distributes it free of cost.
>
> "Yes, I manage it all alone. Right from gathering the content, its editing,
> publishing and ultimately distributing the copies to readers," Utkarsh, a
> resident of Khatju colony in Allahabad, told IANS.
>
> "I know, you would like to know how I publish the newspaper. First I prepare
> a handwritten copy of Jagriti and later take out copies at a photocopy shop
> in my locality. It's simple," he explained.
>
> Jagriti has about 150 readers belonging to varied age groups in Allahabad,
> some 200 km from the state capital Lucknow.
>
> "Children comprise the major chunk of Jagriti readers - my school friends,
> my seniors in school, teachers and also my neighbours," he said.
>
> According to Utkarsh's father Hari Prasad, who runs a coaching institute,
> his son has a flair for writing and wanted to serve the country in some way.
>
> "More than a year ago, he read an article on Indo-China relations in a Hindi
> daily. I don't know what came into his mind... After reading the article, he
> came to me and asked me to suggest a way he could serve the country," Prasad
> said.
>
> "At that time I wasn't sure how serious he was about the question... I said
> that joining the defence services was one of the best options to serve the
> country... To this, he said that he wanted to start serving the society from
> his school life itself. I then suggested why not work like a journalist and
> make people aware of their rights," he added.
>
> Utkarsh took the suggestion seriously and came up with Jagriti.
>
> "I named the newspaper Jagriti, as my mission was to make people aware of
> various issues affecting them," the 12-year-old said.
>
> "I try to cover social issues pertaining to environment, female foeticide
> and others in the editorial section, and also information about public
> welfare schemes and important government policies for the betterment of the
> poor or children," Utkarsh added.
>
> Jagriti also has success stories of scientists, political leaders and other
> prominent personalities.
>
> But how does he get time from his studies to bring out a weekly newspaper.
>
> "I believe if anyone is passionate about something, he or she can take out
> some time to purse his passion, irrespective of the hectic schedule,"
> Utkarsh replied.
>
> I spend some time daily on researching topics and gathering public utility
> information from sources like magazines, news dailies and the internet. On
> Sunday I get more time to work on my project and make pictorial
> representations that could go along with the articles," he said.
>
> Utkarsh's efforts are much appreciated by people in Allahabad.
>
> "He has shown all of us that an ordinary person can contribute to the
> society in one way or other...You just need to have an urge for that," Kashi
> Kesarwani, a resident of Chandpur area, told IANS.
>
> Nutan Devi, a local journalist and the boy's neighbour, said; "For me it's
> real journalism... It has revived the decades-old objective of journalism
> that seems to have now have got lost somewhere."
>
>
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 the indian state stands thouroghly delegitimised
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