Dear Mr Biju Toppo, Greetings. I think I will be interested in watching the film. I have seen your other one ie "Development flows from the barrel of the gun". Do let me know how I can procure a CD. Personally I had also made a documentary titled " The lesser inhabitants of the Green paradise" on the adivasi community working in the tea gardens. This film has been screened in various platform and along with my other articles won me an International award on Excellence in Journalism. I am interested in more work on these areas...written as well as video. Do pl respond and my email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, Anjali Tirkey
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 meghnath wrote : > >Dear friends, > The recent incident of last month at Gawahati on the adivasi > youths has brought to the notice the plight Jharkhandi adivasi in the North > East. Majority of the adivasi population are from the tea gardens and are at > present in a miserable condition due to the closer of most of the tea > gardens. On the other hand they are known as tea tribe and do not get the > Scheduled tribe benefit .The tragedy is that people who migrated to Fiji and > Morisus during the same time has become head of that country but here the > adivasi did not get reservation in the neighboring state .within their > country. > On the above subject we had made a film KORA RAJEE (Land of > the diggers) in 2004. The film was awarded Silver Conch in MIFF 2006. > Friends who want to see the film or want to do screening of > the film in their place to show solidarity with the cause ,can ask for copies > from us. > > A short synopsis of the film is given below . > > Biju Toppo/ Meghnath > >AKHRA >Sastri Nagar(2nd lane) >Kanke Road >Ranchi 834008 >Jharkhand >India >Ph.no 0651-2231693 >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Synopsis >KORA RAJEE >(land of the diggers) >. >When we take a sip from our cup of tea do we try to realize that >80% of labour in it is of adivasi.. For last 150 years adivasi labors have >been taken in the tea gardens of North Bengal and Assam, which they called >Kora Rajee meaning land of the diggers .Today they are more then 5 million in >the north east . > >The film also tries to deal with the present crisis of mass scale >closure of tea gardens, school and health centers, even the supply of water >from the taps is stopped. Unemployment, and the hunger death due to it, what >is the role of globalization in this context > >. AKHRA has made this film on the History of indigenous (Adivasi) >labours in the tea gardens. It is also a personal journey of >the Director (Biju Toppo) who tries to find out how his ancestors went to the >tea gardens, and what is the present situation. > >The film has English subtitle > > > >AKHRA >Sastri Nagar(2nd lane) >Kanke Road >Ranchi 834008 >Jharkhand >India >Ph.no 0651-2231693 >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Anjali Tirkey
