(Kaken Research Grant (A) “Zomia 2.0:Development, Ethnicity and Religion between Southeast Asia and South Asia”,
Kaken Research Grant (C)”The Great Hydraulic Transition: colonial engineers and modern rivers in South Asia”）
Borderland Journeys through Northeast India
Date: 19th-20th October 2019
Venue: Kyoto University Yoshida Campus, Research Building No.2, AA401 (4th Floor)
Tarun Bhartiya’s films include Brief Life of Insects (2015, Mumbai International Film Festival, Best Sound Award); The Last Train in Nepal (2015, BBC4, RTSYorkshire award for Best Director, Factual); When the Hens Crow (2013); Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (Royal Television Society Award, Best documentary series 2010), Tourist Information for Shillong (2007) as well as music videos for several Shillong bands.
He was a founder member of alt-space, an independent cultural and political space in Shillong, and is a member of Thma U Rangli Juki (TUR), a progressive people’s group in Meghalaya. He is a member and commissioning editor of Three Essays Collective, a small independent publisher.
He is a founder member of Raiot Collective which publishes Raiot, www.raiot.in
Programme
Saturday 19th October, 2019
11.00- 11.15 am Welcome and Introduction
11.15 am 1st Screening: LA MANA [Not Allowed]
11.45- 12.30 pm: Chair Masao Imamura: Q & A Session with Tarun Bhartiya
12.30-2.00 pm Lunch
2.15-3.00pm 2nd Screening: Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
3.00-5.00pm Roundtable Discussion
Chair: Masao Imamura
Discussants: Makiko Kimura, Mari Minamoto, Aishwarya Sugandhi, Toru Tak and
Pallavi Bhatte Rohan D’Souza,
Sunday 20th October, 2019
11.15 am 3rd Screening: When the Hens Crow and Brief Life of Insects
12.15-2.00 pm Lunch
2.00-3.00pm 4th Screening: The Last Train in Nepal
3.00-5.00pm Roundtable Discussion
Chair: Masao Imamura
Discussants: Makiko Kimura, Mari Minamoto, Aishwarya Sugandhi, Toru Tak and
Pallavi Bhatte Rohan D’Souza