Films as Platforms of Solidarity, Resistance, and New Modes of Assertions

On January 22, 2024, Monday, Calcutta Research Group (CRG) hosted a film screening session by award-winning documentary filmmaker Nagehan Uskan from 5-7 p.m. The documentary film screening was followed by a brief lecture by Uskan on “Collective Interventions in Visual Self-Representation of Migration: Kino Video Collective from Lesvos Island”. The session was moderated by Prof. Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury, a stalwart in the fields of international political theory, the politics of globalisation, democracy, rights, and justice in South Asia. Debasree Sarkar reports.

“Taking Stock: Refugee and Migration Situations in South Asia” – A Report

On August 30, 2023, the South Asia Network for Communication, Displacement and Migration organised an online discussion titled “Taking Stock: refugee and Migrant Situations in South Asia”. There were five speakers in this roundtable discussion: Iqbal Khattak, journalist, media development expert, and head of Freedom Network from Pakistan; Shafqat Munir, political and security analyst from Bangladesh; Shambhu Kattel, journalist from Anapa Media Group of Nepal; Greeshma Kuthar, Independent Journalist from India; and M.C. Rasmin, Centre for Media and Information Legacy, Sri Lanka. The discussion included incidents leading to displacement and migration in South Asia and the various issues faced by the displaced. The discussion was largely focused on the role played by traditional and non-traditional media in portraying these crises. Anannya Das reports.