Questioning a sacred relationship
Shoma Chatterji reviews a beautiful short film Amma Meri that was screened recently in a film festival.
THE NEWS IN PROPORTION
18 AUGUST 2018
Reviews : Society Films and Books
SHORT FILM
Questioning a sacred relationship
Questioning a sacred relationship
LOOKING BACK
With the instant triple talaq been declared unconstitutional, Shoma Chatterji finds it interesting to look back at how the Muslim identity has been represented in Hindi cinema and if it will change now.
A TRIBUTE
Mahasweta Devi remains a writer whose work was almost impossible to express through cinema, writes Shoma Chatterji paying a tribute to the legendary writer and social activist.
HUMAN RIGHTS REPRESSION
Debaranjan Sarangi, a documentary film maker, writer and human rights activist was arrested recently in Kashipur, Odisha. Shoma Chatterji writes about Sarangi's arrest, his activism and his films which deal with Adivasis and their struggles.
THE COSTS OF DEVELOPMENT
'Quarter Number 4/11' tells the story of a factory worker’s failed struggle to retain his home in the face of forced eviction by a high-profile real estate development in the heart of Kolkata. Shoma A Chatterji traces the narrative that is a stark commentary on development trends within the country.
ORNAMENTAL FISH
Assam is blessed with more than 150 indigenous ornamental fish species, and these are found in abundance in its natural waters. Now, the government is
trying to organise the market for these, and promote new businesses.
Ratna Bharali Talukdar
reports.
FINANCIAL SECURITY
There is an urgent need for reliable and transparent consumer price indices that covers the large majority of Indian families, from the poorest
upwards.
Kannan Kasturi
reports.
POLITICAL HISTORY
Despite what it has done to itself in recent years, history should still remember the Indian National Congress as one of the great political parties
of the modern world. That, says
Ramachandra Guha,
explains why he is particularly angry with it.
ENDLESS STRIFE
The common thread between our external and internal security predicaments is our approach to time. Most security issues are long-standing
and seemingly interminable. If we understood why this is so, we can change it, writes
Firdaus Ahmed.
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HISTORY OF SCIENCE
The 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of his most famous book is an occasion to ask:
"how should Indian intellectuals engage with thinkers from outside our shores?", writes
Rajesh Kasturirangan.
FILM REVIEW
Natak jaari Hai, Lalit Vachani's film about the street theatre group founded by Safdar Hashmi, offers priceless vignettes into the character
and persona of the activists, but is also an objective record of Janam's struggles against many forms of oppression, writes
Shoma Chatterji.
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