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Open Space invites you to an evening with journalist and writer Shankar Vedantam, to reflect upon and discuss issues on the Kashmir conflict.
’The Ghosts of Kashmir’, Shankar Vedantam’s first collection of short stories, attempts to highlight the importance of looking at the Kashmir issue through the eyes of Kashmiris themselves. The author will read from his new work, followed by an interactive session with the audience. A reporter with The Washington Post, Vedantam is also the author of ‘When Violence Masquerades as Virtue: A Brief History of Terrorism’, part of the 2003 book ‘Violence or Dialogue’, published by the International Psychoanalytic Association.
Friday, Aug 5, 5.30pm, Open Space |
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| LITERATURE |
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Talking Poetry, presented by Open Space for the Word and the British Library
Talking Poetry is part workshop and part discussion group. We will:
Talking Poetry is also a space where your poems could be discussed. Your work could be published in the poetry section of the Open Space website (http://www.openspaceindia.org) that seeks to foster change through the innovative and strategic use of the arts.
Talking Poetry will be led by Priyaa Sarukkai Chabria, poet and novelist. She has been awarded the Senior Fellowship to Outstanding Artists for Literature by the Indian government.
Monday, August 8, 5.30pm,
Talking Poetry at Open Space
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| TALK & FILM SCREENING |
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Open Space, along with the Human Rights of the Symbiosis Society's Law College invites you to the screening of the feature film Terminal (dir: Steven Spielberg), followed by a discussion.
Tuesday, August 16, 3.30pm, Symbiosis Society's Law College auditorium (Senapati Bapat Road)
Open Space invites you to a talk titled, ‘Citizenship, Borders and the State: The Politics of Asylum Jurisprudence' by human rights lawyer and activist Oishik Sircar. This will be followed by a discussion.
The talk will examine why states restrict migration, primarily on security or economic grounds – while simultaneously participating in a global economy which allows free movement of capital.
Tuesday, August 17, 3.30pm, Symbiosis Society's Law College auditorium (Senapati Bapat Road)
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| PUBLIC LECTURE |
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Open Space, the Calcutta Research Group (CRG) and the Indian Law Society's Law College invites you to a public lecture titled, ‘Human Rights Origins of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement' by Prof Robert K Goldman. The talk will focus on the emergence of the 'internally displaced' subject as distinct from the 'refugee', and the challenge this poses to human rights advocacy to dislodge the primacy of state sovereignty as a justification for non-intervention.
Prof Robert K Goldman is a distinguished international lawyer, as well as one of the principal drafters of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.
Calcutta Research Group (CRG) is a Kolkata-based organisation dedicated to public policy-oriented research on issues of democracy, autonomy, internal and trans-border forced migration, human rights, justice and peace.
Thursday, August 18, 11.30am, Indian Law Society's Law College, Hall No. 11
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| FILM FESTIVAL |
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Tathapi Trust and Samapathik Trust invite you to ‘PAHAL' (Initiative), a three-day documentary film festival facilitated by Open Space, that examines issues of masculinity centred around alternative masculinities, sexuality and violence against women. The festival aims to initiate discussions on these issues and bring them into focus for young men and women.
All screenings will be followed by panel discussions. Entry free on a first come first served basis only.
Friday, August 19 - Sunday, August 21, 4.00pm to 7.00pm, IMDR College auditorium
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Open Space outreach programmes
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1. Art and story telling: weekly sessions at the Door Step School study centre, Shivaji Sousing Society
2. Documentary film screenings and discussions at the Anjuman-I-Islam Girls Junior College, starting in August
3. Workshop on making science toys by Arvind Gupta from IUCAA, Pune with girls from the Anjuman-I-Islam High School
4. Feature film screenings and related discussions continue with the Human Rights cell of Symbiosis Society's Law College
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