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

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

Blu-ray disks of our film Kashi Labh have arrived at the Swiss Anthropological Association (SAA) in Neuchâtel, Switzerland! The Audio-Visual Commission of the association acquired two copies for their film collection which can be borrowed by university departments and institutes in Switzerland. https://sagw.ch/en/seg/ Many thanks to German International Ethnographic Film Festival where this new archival […]

Our short film will be screened at EASA 2016

Our short film will be screened at EASA 2016

Pleased to let you all know that our short film ‘Crossing a River, Losing a Self : Retelling an ancient Indian folk tale‘, has been selected in the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA 2016) conference – Anthropological legacies and human futures. EASA 2016 will be hosted at the Department of Human Science for Education ‘Riccardo Massa’ […]

We’re in news: A Showcase of Past traditions

We’re in news: A Showcase of Past traditions

(Via TheCitizen.in) We will cherish the conversations had with Vishal Narayan from The Citizen, an online Indian daily. Here’s an excerpt, but do read the full article about my work with Espírito Kashi. The worst casualty, as anyone would agree, in the supersonic speed with which we have blanketed the whole world is the local culture, […]

Cow donation ritual: Crossing the mythical river, Vaitarni

Cow donation ritual: Crossing the mythical river, Vaitarni

In Greek mythology, River Styx had to be crossed to reach life after death. The only way to cross the Styx was in a ferryboat rowed by a an old boatman named Charon. The boatman would only take a soul if their bodies had received funereal rites on earth. Charon the ferryman also demanded to […]

We’re in news: Bhojpuri folk songs will be echoed in Italy (Via Hindustan, Patna)

Sh. Arvind Mishra of Hindustan, Patna published about our film Vivah Samskara | Bhojpuri Wedding Rites & Folk Songs,  which will be screened in universities of Italy and Germany.