And these national and international delegates can also visit the affected victims. We are discussing this in a situation where just one click of a not so well known photographer about a trapped dog bringing relief to 8 families in that region. Just imagine what the skills, contacts and resources of 10,000 delegates comprising of film actors, directors, technicians, writers and film enthusiasts from national and international level can do.
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 7:40 AM KP Sasi <kpsas...@gmail.com> wrote: > And these people will not contribute to a Narmada movement. But they will > contribute to a humanitarian cause like this. And for many of these > attention seekers, it will even become a matter of their individual pride. > All you need is some imagination to use the festival as a ground for > creating support mechanisms. > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 7:32 AM KP Sasi <kpsas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> At a time when even 10 actors can make a contribution to the expenses of >> the festival, the possibilities of involvement of 10,000 national and >> international delegates are huge. >> >> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 7:10 AM Medha Patkar <medha.narm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Sasi,i personally think that when international film festival is to >>> cost a lot ,it 0is necessary to atleast postpone it...those not yet >>> resettled, and rehabilitated,would surely not feel good to have a >>> festival,when dituation is still bad,as our teams working there inform >>> me.pl think.... >>> >>> On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 18:24 KP Sasi, <kpsas...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I have been with disasters in my life. The energy I get is from those >>>> who smile, despite facing disasters. There is no reason why there should be >>>> no film festival due to a disaster. In fact, the film festival should focus >>>> on films on disasters, which could benefit the people of Kerala. The >>>> present decision of the Kerala Government looks like one step forward and >>>> two steps backwards. >>>> 2 >>>> >>>> <https://www.facebook.com/ufi/reaction/profile/browser/?ft_ent_identifier=2209392125755563_2209504232411019&av=100000543925959> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 3:50 PM KP Sasi <kpsas...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Kerala has faced one of the worst disasters in history. It is so >>>>> obvious that there is not much money to deal with the disaster. I believe >>>>> that the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has been trying to deal with the >>>>> situation with his best intentions and efforts. This disaster has also >>>>> brought together many people of different colours on humanitarian >>>>> interests. However, there is one person who does not deserve the >>>>> linguistic >>>>> description of being `humanitarian'. The chicken shit he has offered can >>>>> not even rehabilitate a portion of the victims and environment of >>>>> Kuttanad. After all he is an elected Prime Minister. He has a moral >>>>> responsibility to deal with the situation irrespective of political >>>>> differences. But his response was pathetic. Perhaps the intention could be >>>>> to beat a left wing Government with a disaster once again. All Malayalees >>>>> have understood this game, despite all our political differences. But the >>>>> cheapest thing which the Central Government has done is to block even >>>>> international support for this disaster. On the one hand, you don't do >>>>> your >>>>> duty. On the other hand, you are blocking humanitarian support from other >>>>> countries. Irrespective of linguistic, caste, religious, racial and >>>>> political differences, this attitude has to be condemned by every >>>>> humanitarian citizen in this country. I would also appeal to the Chief >>>>> Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to rethink about dropping the Kerala >>>>> International Film Festival considering the gravity of the disaster. >>>>> However, an intelligent move would be to use the Kerala International Film >>>>> Festival as a ground for International Campaign on these issues and to >>>>> strengthen the humanitarian activities that are going on today in Kerala.. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "FEC-Fourth Estate Critique" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to fourth-estate-critique+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>> fourth-estate-criti...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at >>>>> https://groups.google.com/group/fourth-estate-critique. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
