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Changing the Stream
A Backgrounder on the Women's Movement in India
by Shubha Chacko
Price: Rs. 190/-  US $12 outside India  Pages: 163  Paperback  Print 2001
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This publication outlines the nature and constituents of the Movement, as also its engagement with the State, with various institutions and its bid to influence and rewrite agendas. It captures the various strands that make up the women's movement and proceeds to look at where we are now before finally setting out some of the challenges facing us

 

Table of Contents

I   Contextualising The Struggle

II  Our Movement, Ourselves

III Tracing the Path of the Struggle

IV  Violence Against Women, Women Against Violence

V   The Wrong Arm of the Law?

VI  The Body Politic: Women's Health

VII  Other Engagements

VIII The Politics of Identity

IX   Women and the State

X     Women, Development and the state

XI    Women and Environment

XII   The Future: Looking forward


Reviews

Films

Rajni Bakshi on Social Business


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Singing out of time

PAL, 26.22mins, Telugu with English subtitles.

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Highlights of the People's Tribunal on livelihoods and Climate Change (South India), 22 October 2010.


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“I am the Drum” starts with the sudden floods in   North Karnataka which is a semi-arid region, and    the understanding of the people in terms of its  causes and unpredictability of weather...


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Veerabagupathy  : A Community in Transition
Duration [English, 28 minutes]

A film showcases tsunami affected Veerabagupathy village in Kanyakumari District.


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Inayand Seyal Peduttal  ("Net-working" Together )
Duration [TAMIL, 38 mins 7 secs, PAL-VCD-Colour]

This film tries to address few such concerns related to reconstruction of livelihoods of the...


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Interviews

 "Livelihood restoration of the fishing community after tsunami "
An interview with Fr. Thomas Kocherry

 

 (Interviewed by Priya C Nair and Shruti Kulkarni  in Thiruvananthapuram, 27 April 2006 )

 

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Livelihood restoration after tsunami and the market economy

An interview with V Vivekanandan, South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies(SIFFS)

 

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Interview with R L Kumar, a philosopher, an architect with passion for the earth
Kumar reflects on his attempt to build houses differently. On a journey with Kumar where he explains how it all started-
    * The birth of Center for Vernacular Architecture
    * Housing Rights and Policies
    * Mainstream Architecture and Vernacular Architecture
    * On why he objects his style of architecture being called unconventional
    * On projects undertaken by CIEDS
    * Anecdote

 

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Interview with MR. Bablu Ganguly

 

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Interview with Dr R T Doshi
Dr R.T. Doshi experimented with an innovative package of workable farming practices  that enables city dwellers to grow their own food on every available square inch of urban space, including terraces and balconies. Dr Doshi narrates his interesting journey into growing vegetables and fruits in the “Doshiâ€� way.


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Climate Education Series

 

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