Ambi Jiji’s Retirement
Produced by Public Service Broadcast Trust (PSBT)Public Service Broadcast Trust Directed by Nandini Bedi Distributed bySynclinefilmstore 29 mins. Garo with English subtitles If the global does not encompass the local, then what does it contain? Ambi Jiji has always planted her crops on soil on which forests have been burnt. At the end of each…
Taal Tale
When it comes to speaking a ‘non- native’ tongue, I’ll choose imperfection over shutting up. I’m opportunistic and love to talk. This sort of attitude makes some people in the Netherlands see me as an outsider. Unfortunately for them, I see myself as an Amsterdammer, despite my ‘sub standard’ Dutch, and I plan to live inside the Netherlands for the time being.
Welcome to the brave new India of today
Produced by Public Service Broadcast Trust (PSBT)Public Service Broadcast Trust Directed and Edited by Nandini Bedi Distributed by SynclinefilmstoreSynclinefilmstore ‘It is not that we are not knowing English. It is just that we are knowing it in our own way only. Tell your name please’. Many Indians tend not to use the simple present tense…
Meghalaya Moon and other stories
Meghalaya means a place in the clouds. This place in Northeast India does at times feel like that. Besides the poetry of its landscapes, it has its share of human drama, follies, passions – both good and bad. To get to the Garo Hills where I lived from 1999 to 2001, one has to cross…
‘Voices From the Fringe’ – the aftermath
Just over 500 viewers came to the ‘kliene zaal’ of de Balie, the venue for the screening of the documentaries under the ‘Voices From the Fringe’ package from? India. While most of the events of the ‘India Festival’ of Amsterdam celebrated the art and culture of India, the Voices package under the banner of the…