This film is dedicated to the heroes of Kargil who sacrificed their lives for the safety, security and well being of their fellow citizens and the nation.
In house in the shifting cultivation fields, Ringjeng T. Marak and Sotjak Ch. Sangma of Selbalgre, Garo Hills celebrate their 45 years of life together with songs and music played on myriad musical instruments of the A.chik people.
Lord of the Orphans is the story of a family (The Palit Family) reeling under a hundred year old curse. It is a unique biopic, a sort of auto-biopic, where filmmaker Ranjan Palit turns the lens on himself and his family.
The film covers aspects of the threat of opium addiction looming large over the local youth, and social initiatives from the community against the menace such as the opium de-addiction campaign in Chongkham-Namsai, the organic tea-cultivation in Wakro circle led by Basamlu Krisikro, and the ‘Joy of Reading Campaign’ in Yatong, Tezu and Wakro, led by the Lohit Youth Library Movemen
The film unfolds the miraculous and tender process of the creation of a big river island with rich biodiversity on the barren sand deposits of river Brahmaputra by a tribal person over a period of 30 years. It also focuses on the destruction of the largest river island, Majuli in Assam.
The documentary film finds its beginning, born out of the need to explore existing geographical & political boundaries of India, juxtaposed with, human, emotional & spiritual bridges. Geographically speaking, India is a peninsula. Three sides are flanked by water. Specifically the east, west & south. Incidentally, the north too, is serrated by mighty rivers. This makes boundaries of India fluid, inclusive & accessible to our neighbors. The same adjectives interpreted in the political jargon means, menace of porosity, infiltration & threat to security. The magnitude and the irony of this dichotomy is the need to address this subject, as a film. In a sometimes dark and hopeless world, we need stories reminding us of the constructive options that are always present. The film is to engage, enthuse and envision a new-found look at liquid borders.
This is about Lime stone quarry in Byrnihat. The limestone mined is used chiefly for the manufacturing of cement, limes and edible lime. Meghalaya is abundantly blessed with limestone.
This documentary portrays the common life of the people of Nartiang in Jaintia Hills. The livelihood of the this villagers highly depend on the markets that use to be held in different villages within the Doloi. Raliang market is one the biggest market in those locality. The sardar collects the revenue from the sellers those who are not from the Nartiang region.
Personal and private story of a family of Guwahati having a 12 years old boy named Ron suffering from Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, a rare disease having no cure at sight. It is shot in actual locations with real-life characters. The film is shot with the real characters acting in their life story.
The Film explores the unique and hybrid identity of the Anglo Indian and understands the future of the community in India through the lives and voices of some of its members.
A sequel to "Glimpses of Assam", this documentary presents further report on this enchanting land of melody and moods. Following the river Brahmaputra, which flows through Assam, the film spotlights the river's vagaries in alternately ravaging and helping Assam to reap rich harvests.
An indeterminate portrait of Saurav Kumar Chaliha, a face-less fiction-writer of Assam, India. For nearly six decades he has existed only through his voice, and writings having no biography, no official photograph, and the so-called interviews. A rare species in today's much-hyped literary world, and that too in the present market-driven economy!
The streets of Shillong are fraught with arguments… A Bihari filmmaker married to a Khasi finds himself using the phrase as the title of his new documentary to start discussions on the much-debated topic, the existential crisis of the hill tribe. * Are the men of the Indian plains stealing Khasi women’s affections? * Will the influx of outsiders and mixed marriages prove apocalyptic for the indigenous people? * Is matrilineality a curse in disguise? 'La Mana / Not Allowed' explores the marginal multicultural dreams of Khasi Shillong
Why do songs die? Can they be revived? In Syndai village in War Jaintia, women remember a song called Long Hai, supposedly a weeding song. Long Hai has not been sung for at least 65 years in the village.
Khasi is one of the indigenous communities in Bangladesh. The community has been living in Sylhet region. The main occupation of the Khasi indigenous people of this district is cultivation of betel-leaf in the small hilly lands. They search for lands and plan to farms diverse crops but landless situation has not allowed them space to do that rather their problems are getting intensified due to the skyrocketing of the daily commodities.
Khasi Women Wisdom who number about 1 million in India's north-eastern state of Meghalaya, carry on the matrilineal tradition. The youngest daughter inherits, children take their mother's surname, and once married, men live in their mother-in-law's home. These stories from Khasi women give insight and weave the tapestry of this unique social framework and matrilineal society that has influenced culture and arts and that in turn contributes to the larger universal discussion of gender equality.
Der indische Bundesstaat Meghalya liegt nördlich von Bangladesch und südlich von Assam in den Vorläufern des Himalaya. Meghalaya heißt übersetzt: Wo die Wolken wohnen. In dieser Region hat sich beim Volksstamm der Khasi die matrilineare Gesellschaftsform erhalten, das heißt, die Erbfolge richtet sich immer nach der weiblichen Linie. Im Bundesstaat Meghalaya ist das sogar in der Verfassung verankert. Obwohl die meisten Khasis während der Kolonialisierung der Engländer zum Christentum übergetreten sind, halten sie an ihrer traditionellen Lebensweise fest.
Thayang area of Ri Bhoi district in the north Khasi hills where the practice of rice cultivation done by groups of both men and women makes it necessary for a singer, armed with a small drum to accompany them in their work by singing the Krud Ksing songs.
