Online Adda with Sofia Ashraf and Put Chutney on Youtube as a tool for activism
Team Culture Lab
3 November 2017
We spoke to two online trailblazers - Sofia Ashraf and Put Chutney who are using YouTube as a tool for activism. This Twitter chat was held as a build up to our event Performing Protest, which explored how art is being used as a powerful tool of dissent.
Continue ReadingOnline Adda with Neha Dixit and Raksha Kumar on cyberbullying of women journalists
Team Culture Lab
6 October 2017
The Culture Lab hosted the Mumbai premiere of Nupur Basu's Velvet Revolution. The documentary follows women journalists around the world who put their lives on the line to bring the world the news. As a build up to the event, we brought together two incredible young journalists to talk about the harassment they face online.
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Women in Journalism
Team Culture Lab
6 October 2017
Women journalists As a build up to our special screening of Velvet Revolution, we shared a few stories of women journalist working with organisations such as Khabar Lahariya, Sangham Radio and Video Volunteers. Take a few minutes to read about their inspiring lives!
Continue ReadingRJ 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.
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Take 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.
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