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A bus journey across India – 7 states, 6000 kilometres in just 60 days. But this would be unlike any other journey. The chosen destinations will never feature in a tourist brochure of “must-see’s” – this is the story of India’s forgotten backyards, of people brushed under the carpet of indifference and apathy; a story of individuals fighting all odds for their basic rights – a story of a thousand revolutions in a thousand Bhopals.
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Th. Manorama Devi a 32-year-old lady, a separatist suspect, was picked by the forces of the 17th Assam Rifles from her home on 11thJuly, 2004 issuing an arrest-memo. Her dead body was later found near a hill-lock under suspicious circumstance. People largely believed she was raped and later shot. From there onwards people throughout the state started holding protest and agitation against the excesses of the security forces committed under the cover of Armed Forces Special Power Act, 1958.
This film is a diary of events, which took place in Manipur from the day Th. Manorama Devi died, till a youth dies setting himself on fire, protesting against the controversial Armed Forces Special Power Act, 1958.
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Two decades of turmoil has not only ruined Jammu and Kashmir economically, but has turned the valley into a land of widows and orphans. According to a survey a significant number of women and children have become orphans and widows as a result of death of their husbands, fathers who were sole bread earners in their families. There are believed to be over 100,000 Orphans in Jammu and Kashmir and these figures are most threatening to the social fabric of the state. The most affected and the neglected areas are border districts like Kupwara, Anantnag, Pulwama, Baramulla and Ganderbal. It is children who have felt the impact most severely.The living condition of these children has become worst as there is no systematic and continuous support to them and the only option left is sending them to Orphanages.
All Alone and Lonely is an in-depth documentary which revolves around the lives of displaced children and widows in Kashmir. It shows the families who have lost their main bread earners, be it a husband, a father or brother, all killed in insurgency operations or because they were suspected of being agents. The film tracks down the lives of widows and the orphaned children in the remote districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
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A documentary intervention on the prevailing customs and traditions of a community called Kambalathu Naicker hailing in the central parts of Tamil Nadu. Out there in wilderness lives this community whose customs of marriages leave you with a larger social understanding. These questionable customs continuously enjoying social approvals in the communities are the focus of this film intervention. The film analyses child marriages and how women and children become victims of religious beliefs and practices.
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With insightful interviews and rare footage from India's agricultural industry, this keenly observed film depicts Indian women's zealous struggle to maintain traditional farming practices. Examining the politics of seed production as exemplar of the conflict between ancient and modern concepts of land use, AMRIT BEEJA compares practices of women who consider seeds sacred with multinational companies' use of sterilized hybrids. Combining concepts from environmental leader Vandana Shiva and testimonies of women defying the spread of technologically-based cultivation, this evocative, political analysis celebrates the scientific basis of women's native practices, while exploring the changing meanings of healthy land use.
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