[Reader-list] IN DEFENSE OF HISTORY LOKAYAT PUNE

[Asit Das]

*Invitation*

As a part of its week long activities to commemorate Quit India Day and
recreate the spirit of Independence, Lokayat is organising a series of
programs:

*IN DEFENCE OF OUR DREAMS*

Lokayat is organising the following programs between Aug 9-15:


*Program 1: August 9, Friday, QUIT INDIA DAY*

*Public Meeting and Poster Exhibition*

*Venue:* Shaniwar Wada, Pune.
*Time:* 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm

*Program 2: August 10, Saturday*

*    Film Festival – 'In **Defence** of Our Dreams' *

*Venue:* Lokayat Hall, Opp. Syndicate Bank, Law College Road, Near Nal
Stop, Pune

*Time: *2 pm to 8 pm



*Films to be screened:*

*1) Food Inc. *

Director: Robert Kenner 90 mins

Documentary on how corporations are seeking to take control of the global
food supply

*2) Baphlimali 173 *

**Dir. Amar Kanwar - 26 mins

Resistance movement of Kashipur tribals of South Orissa against bauxite
mining and aluminium cos.

*3) For the sake of development*

 Dir. Nahanyate 30 mins

On the Nandigram genocide

*4) TATA Landmines Adivasis *

**Dir. A. K. Pankaj 20 mins

Firing on fighting adivasis by Tatas on Jan 2, 2006

*5) Source of Life for Sale *

**Dir. K. P. Sasi 70 mins

On water privatisation and peoples struggles

*6) Walmart - The High Cost of Low Price *

**Dir. Robert Greenwald 20 mins

On Wal-Mart's assault on everyday lives of families and struggle of
communities against it

*7) The New Rulers of the World *

**Dir. John Pilger 50 mins

On the impact of globalisation on Indonesia


*Program 3:  Film Screening*

*Film:   At the Crossroads*

*Director: Deba Ranjan (The director will be present to lead the discussion)
*

Time: 6 pm - 8 pm

Venue: Lokayat Hall, 3rd Floor, Opp. Syndicate Bank, Law College Road, Near
Nal Stop, Pune.

Synopsis of film:

On the huge projects coming up in Orissa in the name of development, and
the massive displacement of the local people.

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*Program 4: August 15, 2013 INDEPENDENCE DAY*

*Seminar: Globalisation and its Impact on India's Sovereignty*

*Speaker:* *Prof. Rahul Varman*

Professor, Dept. of Management and Industrial Engineering, IIT - Kanpur

Time: 6 pm to 8 pm

Venue: Lokayat Hall, 3rd Floor, Opp. Syndicate Bank, Law College Road, Near
Nal Stop, Pune.


In solidarity

Neeraj Jain

Convenor Lokayat

-- 
Neeraj Jain, Lokayat
Flat No. 20, Building No. A-3,
Ishanya Nagari, Warje,
Pune - 411 058
Ph. Mobile 094222 20311
Landline: 020-25231251