Posts Tagged ‘Docu Diaries’

Today i went into viewing the rushes from the shoot. All you can see is dry heat and warm tones. And viewing the footage made me realise that no matter what the fuckups the story that is going to be told is one of hope. Not one of despair. It is not the story [...]

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“It costs Rs.3 lakhs – Rs.300,000 – to get into the army. About Rs.1 lakh to become a teacher and something inbetween to get a job as a pune in a college. where do we get that kind of money from?” is a constant refrain that you hear.
The levels of educated unemployed amongst Dalits [...]

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“we need books” is the answer. The question is ‘what can be done to improve the situation of Dalits in rural Maharashtra.’
Gyaneshwar Suryavanshi tells me that students from Dalit backgrounds who have graduated high school (12th) or even graduation with high marks find it next to impossible to go on to higher education. They [...]

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TDSS funds four projects and over 50 scholarship holders in this region. The four projects are:
a) The Maharashtra Samaj Unnati Mandal (MSUM) -the social upliftment forum of Maharashtra – implemented Self Reliance Programme for widows and destitute women. This is the project that involves goat rearing. MSUM is headed by Gyaneshwar Suryavanshi.
b) The Parivartan [...]

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… TDSS – Training and Development Scholarship Society – a Catholic charity based in the Indian city of Pune does a fair amount of work in Dalit and Tribal areas in Marathwada. It is a 3 member office with one head – Sister (Dr.) Rodrigues, one field officer Sigi Joeseph, and one office boy.
They work [...]

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10 hours from Pune by ST (State Transport) Bus, is the town of Udgir. Like most small towns in Rural Maharashtra – Udgir is dominated by a giant Shivaji Statue in the centre of town. This is a town where the top brands are Bata, Aditya Birla Cement, Doordarshan and God – and not necessarily [...]

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