Espírito Kashi

A Serious Wedding (जे सी बी रवनवा) – New Ethnofiction Film!

A radical love story between a young man and a tree. Can the community’s songs help him save his love from being cut down?

Visual Anthropology Review 38.2

Posted by Espírito Kashi on March 5, 2023 in Ethnography |No Comments

The cover of Visual Anthropology Review (VAR) recent issue 38.2 features Rajat Nayyar’s photograph of Aaji and her granddaughter in Bihar!

“Granular Activisms: Women’s Vocality and Multimodality in Rural North India”

Posted by Espírito Kashi on December 3, 2022 in Ethnography |No Comments

Espírito Kashi founder Rajat Nayyar has just published his article “Granular Activisms: Women’s Vocality and Multimodality in Rural North India” in Visual Athropology Review (VAR) journal of American Anthropology Association (AAA).

Blu-ray disks of ‘Kashi Labh’ at Swiss Anthropological Association (SAA)

Posted by Espírito Kashi on February 25, 2021 in Films, News |No Comments

Blu-ray disks of our film Kashi Labh have arrived at the Swiss Anthropological Association (SAA) in Neuchâtel, Switzerland!

‘Kashi Labh’ at German International Ethnographic Film Festival 2020 in an online FREE version

Posted by Espírito Kashi on May 2, 2020 in Ethnography |No Comments

Happy to let you all know that my film ‘Kashi Labh’ will be screened at German International Ethnographic Film Festival 2020 in an online FREE version from May 13-17.

Saba Dewan’s Tawaifnama – A brief review

Posted by Espírito Kashi on February 8, 2020 in Writings |No Comments

Saba Dewan’s new book ‘Tawaifnama’ is a remarkable read about contributions of women to Hindustani classical music, All India Radio, theatre, silent film, Bollywood, and in India’s freedom from British.