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Journeying with Mahasveta Devi

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 3, 2012

This is a sequel to an earlier film ‘Journeying with Mahasveta Devi’, and the second in the trilogy being made on the Magsasay Award winning writer-activist made by Drik India. The viewed and the viewer, the act and the response, … Continue reading →

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Frank Fournier at Pathshala

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 2, 2012

Pathshala, the South Asian Media Academy takes pleasure in inviting you to the presentation of Frank Fournier in Pathshala. Frank Fournier is a French photographer. He originally studied medicine before becoming a photographer. He moved to New York and became a staff photographer … Continue reading →

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International Conference on Photography of India

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 30, 2012

International Conference on Photography of India Inauguration of Exhibitions – Pradyumna Vyas, Director, National Institute of Design 1700 hrs T S Satyan – Recorder of Life, Beauty and Truth, Aquarium | NID & Tasveer 1730 hrs Travelling Light, Foyer | … Continue reading →

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Homai Vyarawalla: India’s First Woman Photo Journalist

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 19, 2012

Biographer Sabeena Gadihoke’s book on Homai Vyarawalla tells the story of India’s first woman photojournalist who passed away on January 15 2012. First published in Parsiana, April 21, 2006.  Getting the three of them together for a photograph was a task. … Continue reading →

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Marines Urinating on Dead Taliban: How Low Will We Go?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 14, 2012

By Ethan Casey Huffington Post Posted: 1/13/12 11:45 AM ET I haven’t fully digested the disgusting news that U.S. Marines have been caught on video urinating on dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, so this post is not offered as a coherent … Continue reading →

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American Activists and the Birth of Bangladesh

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 2, 2012

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Podcast Play in New Window | Download Forty years ago this month, the country of Bangladesh declared its independence from Pakistan. Then-President Richard Nixon supported Pakistan during the war because he wanted to prove the US would stand … Continue reading →

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Shahidul Alam in conversation with Ranjit Hoskote at Goa LitFest

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 20, 2011

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Tuesday 20th December Goa Literary Festival My Journey as a Witness Shahidul Alam in conversation with Ranjit Hoskote Goa Arts and Literary Festival Dec 17-21 2011-11-25 The 2nd Goa Arts and Literary Festival is meant … Continue reading →

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Bangladesh war: The article that changed history

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 16, 2011

By Mark Dummett BBC News On 13 June 1971, an article in the UK’s Sunday Times exposed the brutality of Pakistan’s suppression of the Bangladeshi uprising. It forced the reporter’s family into hiding and changed history. Abdul Bari had run … Continue reading →

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The Inheritance of Loss

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 14, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The Open Magazine Rosalyn D’Mello 29th October 2011 The story of India’s contemporary photography movement is ridden with egoistic tussles. It’s no wonder then that it has taken so long for the country to host an international … Continue reading →

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Delhi Photo Festival 2011

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 15, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The biennial Delhi Photo Festival 2011 is an initiative of the India Habitat Centre & Nazar Foundation to bring photography, the real democratic art form, into the public space, thereby creating awareness of photographic arts and initiating dialogue amongst … Continue reading →

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