(95 min; 2012; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Ajay Bhardwaj

The idea of Punjabiyat continues, in ways seen and unseen, to inhabit the average Punjabi's culture and consciousness. This is the universe that the film stumbles upon in the countryside of east Punjab"”where gods and gurus share space with lovers, singers and wrestlers. Yet there are other memories which have become a second skin"”of violence, separation and loss. And  accompanying this caravan of seekers and lovers are the ascetic non-believers in whom a yearning for love and harmony turns into poetry against war and aggression

"Close to a million people lost their lives and several million lost their homelands forever when India and Pakistan were partitioned. In the midst of the horror that Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs inflicted on each other there were also redeeming stories of the love that bound these communities together"”stories we cling to, so we may retain our faith in the human spirit.  "˜Milange Babey Ratan De Mele Te' is one such story. It is the story of how love survived a holocaust" (Arundhati Roy)

The director will introduce the film, and the screening will be followed by a discussion