Samkaleen Kashmiri Kavita: 1947-2010 Swatantrotar Kashmiri Kavita Sankalan

(Contemporary Kashmiri Poetry: Collection of Post-Independence Kashmiri Poetry)
Compiled and Edited by Aziz Hajini; Translated from Kashmiri into Hindi by Gauri Shankar Raina (Sahitya Akademi: 2020)
Discussants: Prof. Rekha Sethi, Dept. of Hindi, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi and Editor; Dr. Abid Ahmad, writer, poet and translator; and Dr. Gauri Shankar Raina, playwright and broadcaster and translator of the book
 

Moderator: Ms Mridula Garg, writer and poet

Speaker: Mr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon, French writer, analyst and consultant. He is Convener of the international editorial board of World Affairs- The Journal of International Issues

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, Pune and Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi

Come Carpentier has researched, lectured and written extensively on the subject of alien life and intelligence for many years, in relation to the well-known phenomenon of UFOs. Recent scientific and political developments have brought this long-standing enigma into global focus as new information and evidence are being released by military and civilian agencies, despite staunch resistance from various official quarters in certain states

Swati Maliwal, activist and Chairperson, Delhi Commission for women and Ruchira Gupta, activist, Emmy award-winning journalist and Founder, Apne Aap Women Worldwide in conversation on Girl Power & Bodily Autonomy

The programme will include release of Ruchira Gupta’s new book I Kick and I Fly
 

Details of the Film Screenings

Mariola – A Girl Child Story  
(120 min; 2012; Konkani with English subtitles)
Director: Joe Rose

The desire for a son drives many people to do strange things. In Mariola, director and scriptwriter Joe Rose relates a hitherto untold side of girl child repression. Mariola, is a girl who is disguised as a boy because her mother and grandmother always wanted a son…
 

Details of the Films Screening

Ghor Sounsar (115 min; Konkani with English subtitles)
Director: Menino Mario Araujo

Anna and Christo are working parents dedicated to their work and career which compels them to leave their only son in the care of a servant. The child grows up longing for parental love and isolated dies an untimely death… 

A festival of feature and documentary films organised in collaboration with Goenkarancho Ekvot

Details of the Film Screenings

Inauguration

Followed by screening of two films:
Bread and Belonging: Whose pão is it 
(50 min; 2020; Konkani/Kannada with English subtitles)
Director: Sonia Filinto

As Goa, India’s smallest state comes to grip with growing migration, three stories unfold around its unique bread. Stories of people dealing with migration, changing culture and the need to earn a living.

At 19:10
Soul Curry (110 min; 2017; Konkani with English subtitles)
Written and Directed by Nieelesh Malkar
With Jackie Shroff, Seema Biswas, Sonam Morajkar

Philip Branco a saxophone player, is married to singer Mary but due to changing times in the world of music, his work becomes less and less until he is reduced to playing at funerals. Although blessed with four daughters, Philip yearns for a son…
 

Three short plays presented by Ruchika Theatre
Directed by Feisal Alkazi

The plays explore the themes of friendship post Partition, the issue of aging and the ethical and moral dilemmas surrounding adultery and hospital practice

The performance will be followed by a discussion
 

A Resurgent Northeast: Narratives of Change
By Ashish Kundra (HarperCollins India: 2023)

Discussants: Shri Sanjoy Hazarika, writer and commentator on issues of NE India and its neighbourhood, former Director,  Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative; Prof. Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ms Hoihnu Hauzel, independent journalist and writer; and Shri Ashish Kundra, IAS, Principal Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Transport, Delhi Govt. and author of the book

Moderator: Ms Hoihnu Hauzel, independent journalist and Founder, Northeast Stories and Northeast Odyssey

(100 min; 2022; Malayalam with English subtitles)
Written and Directed by Siddik Paravoor 

The film will be introduced by V.K. Cherian

Based on a real-life story of a Kerala Muslim woman who raised three Hindu children as her own, without changing their religion or way of life. Subaida and her husband, Abdul Aziz Haji are a shining example of benevolence and humanity in a society that is increasingly defined by religion and hate politics

Baolis: Restoring Stepwells, Providing Life

Talk by Ratish Nanda, CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

 (Collaboration: Aga Khan Trust for Culture)