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Stateless in India is a documentary which examines the human cost of preparing the National Register of Citizens (N.R.C.) in Assam. The film aired on Channel News Asia last month and is part of ‘Insight’, the channel’s ongoing investigative series on Asia. It combines analysis by experts,
Varun Thomas Mathew’s The Black Dwarves of the Good Little Bay paints a picture of a future India where the sins of the past are almost forgotten. The year is 2040, and development has finally freed India from deprivation, violence and division. In the wasteland where Mumbai once stood
Annie Zaidi’s Prelude to a Riot is a closely observed study of the underlying tensions lurking within a sleepy South Indian community. Told from the perspective of various townspeople, including Muslim and Hindu estate-owning families, the story deftly captures the othering of one’s own community, one’s own
Bhaskar Hazarika has spoken about how it was the sight of two people eating KFC chicken and the sense of their tacit connection forged through the food that first gave him the idea for Aamis, his second Assamese-language feature which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. The
The ten stories that make up Aruni Kashyap’s unflinching new collection, His Father’s Disease, roam between the turbulent villages of Assam and the frigid placidity of the American Midwest, and explore the complexities of identity and isolation, violence and resilience amidst diverse backdrops. In these wide-ranging stories, folklore
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[16 January 2020] We are no longer accepting submissions for volume 7. A huge thank you to everyone who has sent in their writing. You'll be hearing from us soon! We're currently accepting submissions for Volume 7 of the Helter Skelter Anthology of New Writing. Our
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“When you paint burning chinar leaves and the smoke, it gives a very beautiful effect. Especially in water colours,” says painter and teacher Masood Hussain in Raqs-e-Inquilab (Art in a Time of Conflict). It is a striking and yet wistful moment that powerfully encapsulates the film’s central theme---the coming