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25/04/18 Arts & Culture , Australia , Diaspora & Travel , Society & Politics # , , , , , , , , , , ,

Letter to the High Commissioner of India in Australia re “Zero tolerance after Asifa”

This is the text of the letter addressed to the High Commissioner of India in Australia, the representative of the Indian Government in Australia. The letter was delivered in person to the Consulates of India in Sydney and Melbourne on Monday, April 23, 2018. The full text of the letter is reproduced below. The letter was signed by 102 concerned and prominent Australian and Indian-Australian writers, artists, musicians, theatre practitioners and academics, many of whom are Indian citizens and Overseas Citizens of India, and who have ongoing connections with India.

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19/05/15 Arts & Culture , Australia , Diaspora & Travel , Society & Politics # , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

India’s Daughter v/s Struggle Street: The uses of documentary in a parochial and globalised world

India’s Daughter v/s Struggle Street: The uses of documentary in a parochial and globalised world

By Mridula Nath Chakraborty

 

Imagine this: a documentary titled Australia’s Children is broadcast on free-to-air television channels in seven countries around the world on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Australia protests against such high-handed parachute solidarity by the well-meaning international community and bans the doco in this antipodean nation. The popularity of the doco rises hundred-fold with millions of people watching it anyway on YouTube. Is there anything wrong in this picture?

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