RJ Rohini Ramnathan on songs about the Partition from Bollywood
Rohini Ramnathan
6 September 2017
If I asked you to name your favourite Partition song – I don’t think a single one will come to your mind immediately. We’re going to look at songs from movies that were made immediately after the Partition and a few contemporary ones and explore why we don't have great music about the Partition.
Continue ReadingFragments of the Partition in objects
Aanchal Malhotra
4 September 2017
Lab speaker Aanchal Malhotra writes about why she started collecting objects with stories about the Partition behind them which led to her incredible book, Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory.
Continue ReadingTake a VR tour of #RememberingPartition
Team Culture Lab
4 September 2017
If you were one of the 2000 people who visited our Museum of Memories: Remembering Partition event, here's a chance to relive the exhibitions we had put together. If you missed out, we hope you get a visual sense of our three-day event that was dedicated to the Partition.
Continue ReadingLab Recommends: Aseem Chhabra's Top 10 Films on Partition
Aseem Chhabra
31 August 2017
Writer and #RememberingPartition speaker Aseem Chhabra recommends 10 films that you must watch to understand the impact of the Partition on the subcontinent.
Continue ReadingLooking back at #RememberingPartition
Poorvi Bellur
9 August 2017
I remember the first time I heard about Remembering Partition in its most nascent stages, barely more than an idea at the time. It immediately sparked my interest, which is unsurprising as I am a passionate student of history.
Continue ReadingCreate your own narrative of change! #WetheNation
Poorvi Bellur
6 July 2017
At our Micro-narratives of Change conference, we had the pleasure of learning about the work of some incredible organisations dedicated to making change at a community level by innovatively using communication technology. Learn more about their work through this blog.
Continue ReadingI discovered the Lab right when I thought no one was looking
Aashna Chakravarty
5 July 2017
Our newest labbie Aashna, writes about how she stumbles upon the lab and takes you through the project she is heading - The Godrej India Culture Lab Leadership Programme, that is designed to find eager enthusiastic college students that are waiting to be cultural catalysts in the city.
Continue ReadingTwitter Chat - #WeTheNation with Khabar Lahariya, Bhanwar Meghwanshi and Osama Manzar
TEAM CULTURE LAB
5 July 2017
We hosted an incredible Twitter chat with Pooja Pande of Khabar Lahariya, Bhanwar Meghwanshi of Shunyakal and Osama Manzar of Digital Empowerment Foundation. The chat was an exploration of how social media is revolutionizing access and connectivity in non-metro India. We have compiled these tweets using Storify.
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