Invitation
As a part of its week long activities to commemorate Quit India Day and recreate the spirit of Independence, Lokayat is organising a series of programs:
IN DEFENCE OF OUR DREAMS
Lokayat is organising the following programs between Aug 9-15:
Program 1: August 9, Friday, QUIT INDIA DAY
Public Meeting and Poster Exhibition
Venue: Shaniwar Wada, Pune.
Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Program 2: August 10, Saturday
Film Festival – ‘In Defence of Our Dreams’
Venue: Lokayat Hall, Opp. Syndicate Bank, Law College Road, Near Nal Stop, Pune
Time: 2 pm to 8 pm
Films to be screened:
1) Food Inc.
Director: Robert Kenner 90 mins
Documentary on how corporations are seeking to take control of the global food supply
2) Baphlimali 173
Dir. Amar Kanwar – 26 mins
Resistance movement of Kashipur tribals of South Orissa against bauxite mining and aluminium cos.
3) For the sake of development
Dir. Nahanyate 30 mins
On the Nandigram genocide
4) TATA Landmines Adivasis
Dir. A. K. Pankaj 20 mins
Firing on fighting adivasis by Tatas on Jan 2, 2006
5) Source of Life for Sale
Dir. K. P. Sasi 70 mins
On water privatisation and peoples struggles
6) Walmart – The High Cost of Low Price
Dir. Robert Greenwald 20 mins
On Wal-Mart’s assault on everyday lives of families and struggle of communities against it
7) The New Rulers of the World
Dir. John Pilger 50 mins
On the impact of globalisation on Indonesia
Program 3: August 11, Sunday (after Lokayat meeting)
Film Screening: At the Crossroads
Director: Deba Ranjan (The director will be present to lead the discussion)
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Venue: Lokayat Hall, 3rd Floor, Opp. Syndicate Bank, Law College Road, Near Nal Stop, Pune.
Synopsis of film:
On the huge projects coming up in Orissa in the name of development, and the massive displacement of the local people.
Program 4: August 15, 2013 INDEPENDENCE DAY
Seminar: Globalisation and its Impact on India’s Sovereignty
Speaker: Prof. Rahul Varman
Professor, Dept. of Management and Industrial Engineering, IIT – Kanpur
Time: 6 pm to 8 pm
Venue: Lokayat Hall, 3rd Floor, Opp. Syndicate Bank, Law College Road, Near Nal Stop, Pune.
In solidarity
Neeraj Jain
Convenor Lokayat
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Neeraj Jain, Lokayat
Flat No. 20, Building No. A-3,
Ishanya Nagari, Warje,
Pune – 411 058
Ph. Mobile 094222 20311
Landline: 020-25231251
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