In the center of the center
I learnt an important thing as a documentary maker and a storyteller. People, most people want to tell their stories to others. I’ve roamed around with a video camera in hand in the middle of nowhere and in the center of the center. And many, people have said, yes, I’ll talk to you. They’ve sung…
Mono – culture ?
The concern for the loss of diversity in South Asia has led to a new initiative. One that gives a platform for stimulating and presenting photographic and video documentation of people marginalized in India. One point of view is that these people (more generally referred to as ‘tribes’ or ‘adivasis’) chose to live apart in…
Notes on Man Capture
To capture a man, then immediately marry him, you need a chicken It is a truth (not widely accepted) that to capture a man, then immediately marry him, you need a chicken. But not because the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. The Garo Hills. An extension of the eastern Himalayas. When…
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…
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…