[Reader-list] Gentle Reminder: Events this weekend @Paradigm Shift, Bangalore: Climate सत्संग, Reader's मजलिस & Seva Cafe

[Kabir Khan]

*Events this weekend: *

*15th November, 2014-19:00- Climate सत्संग: [Screening] Eco Dharma by
Malgorzata*

*15th November, 2014- 20:00-  Reader's मजलिस: Meandering through Queer
Texts*

*16th November, 2014- 13:00- Seva Cafe*

*Details below: *



Climate सत्संग: [Screening] Eco Dharma by Malgorzata Skiba
<https://www.facebook.com/events/967601223257237/?ref=22&source=1>

Whenever there is a discussion on "Biodiversity Conversation", reference to
Bishnoi Community is always made. From Govt. of India negotiators in
recently held Conference of Parties 12 for Convention on Biological
Diversity to environment science lecturers and passionate environment
crusaders all talk about Bishnois. At times we have a tendency to
romanticize their efforts. Yes, their passion to conserve wild-life need to
be appreciated. But there is more to the story of Bishnois.
Bishnois like all other communities in India are struggling to cope up with
the emerging modernity. They are yet to move beyond their patriarchal
mindsets where interactions are dictated by 'the men of the house."
To celebrate the environment conservation work as well as delve deeper in
sociological realm of Bishnois, we invite you for screening of -Eco Dharma
directed by Malgorzata Skiba.

About the film: This film is a story of dedication and sacrifice of
Bishnois community, the oldest practicing environmentalists of India from
Western Rajasthan to whom the preservation of wildlife and forest is a
religion. From XV century they effectively continue their sacred duty of
protecting the environment.

Awards:
First Prize, Golden Dear, Short Film category in
ECOFILMS Film Festival 2006, Greece, Rodos

Merit Award for Cultural Information & Merit
Award for Cinematography, 29th Annual
International Wildlife Film Festival, Montana, USA

*Date: 15th November, 2014*
*Time: 19:00*
*Venue: Paradigm Shift (address given below)*

-
Reader's मजलिस :Meandering through Queer texts
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1499486366998993/?ref=22&source=1>

"No one knows very much about the life of another. This ignorance becomes
vivid, if you love another. Love sets the imagination on fire, and also,
eventually, chars the imagination into a harder element: imagination cannot
match love, cannot plunge so deep or range so wide."- excerpts from Just
Above My Head by James Baldwin <https://www.facebook.com/jamesbaldwin>.

In the season of Bengaluru Pride & Karnataka Queer Habba
<https://www.facebook.com/BangalorePride>, Paradigm Shift
<https://www.facebook.com/paradigmshiftvegan> is excited to invite you for
Readers मजलिस: Meandering through Queer texts. We will be reading stories
of love, songs of despair, poems moving between between loneliness and
happiness. And through the event we shall be knowing about each other's
life and beware, some of us may fall in trap of love and fiction.

Songs of Amir Khusrao (in Hindustani & English), Story of a love trapped
Lesbian Couple in Pakistan by Nighat Gandhi, a visit to meet Rakhi Sawant
of Sindh, abstracts from James Baldwin's works will all be read. We also
invite participants to bring their own works in the languages they are
comfortable with and share it with wider audience present.

Lets celebrate the diversity of sexualities with diversity of narratives,
tales, prose and poems in different languages.

Before the reading we also screening the documentary "Eco Dharma" which
looks at sexuality of the other gender in environment conscious community
Bishnois. The screening will be at 6.30pm and readings will be begin at
20.00.

*Date: 15th November, 2014*
*Time: 20:00*
*Venue: Paradigm Shift (address given below)*

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Seva Cafe @ Paradigm Shift- 16th November, 2014
<https://www.facebook.com/events/584191521687423/?source=1>

At Seva Cafe, we serve with the spirit of "Atithi Devo Bhava" which
translates to "The Guest is God," a deep and ancient Indian view that
honors each guest with reverence. We're all used to the concept of offering
a meal to family or a friend who visits our home, but at Seva Cafe, we
extend this generosity to a stranger we don't even know. The guests are
told we trust them to accept this gift and pay forward the generosity so
that this experiment can continue.

When you dine at Seva Cafe, you are not viewed as a customer, but instead
as our treasured guest, as part of our family.

Seva means service. When immersed in the heart of Seva, one finds a pathway
to the Divine, and its this connectedness to which we ultimately aspire.
Volunteering at Seva Cafe is a conscious exercise in staying tuned to that
deep and true space of genuine service.

As more participate in the joy of giving, the more the experiment thrives.
It begins with a single gift: first given, then received... multiplied, and
given again, in a growing chain of kindness and care. We hope this Circle
of Giving leaves you feeling more nourished, and inspired to carry the
experiment forward.

All costs and income are made transparent, and 100% of any profits are used
to support social service projects!

*Paradigm Shift is super-excited to invite for Seva Cafe- 16th November,
2014 @13:00pm. Do come and be our guest!*

And yes our rockstar friend Bhuwin Khursija will be performing.

*Venue Address for all the events: *

*Paradigm Shift, 4th Floor, 8, 80 Feet Road, Koramanagala 4th Block, Near
Sony Signal, Bengaluru. *
*(Above GKB Opticals)*

For more information, visit our website: www.paradigmshift.org.in; email:
paradigmshiftbangalore at gmail.com; phone number: +919663427315,
+919901038111, +919686018042


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Sowmya/Kabir

Paradigm Shift
8, 80 Feet Road, 4th Block, Kormangala
Bangalore- 560034

Phone: +919686018042/+919663427315
Website: http://www.paradigmshift.org.in
Email: paradigmshiftbangalore at gmail.com
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