Association for India's Development (AID)
South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA)
and the Assamese community of Greater Boston
present
A River's Story: The Quest for the Brahmaputra
A documentary film by Jahnu Barua and Sanjoy Hazarika
And
Conversation with Sanjoy Hazarika
Journalist, author, filmmaker and expert on India's North-Eastern region
Date: 25 July 2003 (Friday)
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 4-370, MIT, Cambridge MA
Directions at http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=4&Buildings=go
About the Film:
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"A River's Story, the Quest for the Brahmaputra", is a 54-minute
documentary directed by Jahnu Barua, one of India.s most accomplished film
makers. It takes a sympathetic look at the river and its people, the
ecosystems that it nourishes, as well as its history, geography and the
cultures and livelihoods of the communities who live there. One river,
three nations, many cultures . filmed on location in Tibet, North East
India and Bangladesh, A River.s Story tells the stories of communities
through their own perspectives. The Brahmaputra is one of the world.s
least known and documented rivers but among its most powerful, affecting
tens of millions of people along its long and tumultuous course. Both
Barua and Sanjoy Hazarika, former New York Times reporter and author, are
from the region and bring a sensitive approach to the issues related to
the river.
About the Speaker:
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Sanjoy Hazarika reported for The New York Times out of South Asia between
1981-to-1996. Born in Shillong, Hazarika studied at St. Edmunds. School
there and studied journalism and printing at London. His journalism career
began with Himmat weekly, an independent weekly in Bombay; he reported for
The Hindustan Times and then worked with the Associated Press before
joining the Times. He covered the major events of the region, including
Afghanistan, the Sri Lanka conflict, the assassinations of Indira and
Rajiv Gandhi, the Bhopal gas tragedy, the problems of the North East, the
changing economic policies in India as well as the return of democracy to
Nepal. His work formed part of The Times. nomination for a Pulitzer in
1984. He is Visiting Professor at the Center for Policy Research, an
independent think-tank in New Delhi, and has started the Center for North
East Studies and Policy Research, which works in the NE region. Hazarika
is Consulting Editor of The Statesman and publishes the NE Page every
Saturday; he also makes documentary films and has made a television series
on the Brahmaputra, apart from the River.s Story and other films.
He is the author of five books, including the acclaimed Strangers of the
Mist, tales of war and peace from India.s North East; Rites of Passage:
border crossings, imagined homelands, India.s East and Bangladesh; and
Bhopal: lessons of a tragedy. He was a member of the first National
Security Advisory Board and helped draft a new approach to the North East
in the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution,
advocating greater autonomy, self-governance and participatory planning.
THE EVENT IS FREE AND ALL ARE WELCOME!
A voluntary donation of $5+ is suggested to defray event costs.
For more information, contact: Mokshay ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ,
401-273-8628)
About the Sponsoring Organizations:
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The Association for India's Development (AID) is a non-profit organization
that supports a wide variety of social development projects, towards an
improved life for the poor and underprivileged, in India. These efforts
span the areas of health-care, literacy, education, empowerment of women,
micro-credit, and vocational training. AID also supports several people's
movements, grassroots campaigns, adivasi and dalit rights and
environmental awareness. In Assam, AID has supported the North-East
Network (NEN) in its health and sanitation efforts. For more info, visit
our website www.aidboston.org
Established March 1994, the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA), a
professional networking group, serves over 800 journalists and many
students in the U.S. and Canada. SAJA.s goal is to foster ties among South
Asian journalists in North America and improve standards of journalistic
coverage of South Asia and South Asian America. For more info,
visit www.saja.org
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