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Factsheet: The 10th Month:Bombay's Historic Textile Strike, A chronology of events.

by centre for Education & Documentation

 

The ongoing textile strike in Bombay represent a watershed in the history of Indian labour. The ten month long struggle of the textile workers has, once again re-established their credentials as a workforce that has stayed at the forefront of industrial unionism in the country and has in fact even dictated its course.It was their pioneering efforts in the early years of this century that determined the scope and nature of all legislation pertaining to industrial relations. After a virtually dormant decade, two-and-a-half lakh workers are now threatening to breakdown the carefully-designed, repressive structures that had straitjacketed them for over thirty years, particularly the INTUC-affiliated Rastriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh which has been the sole bargaining agent for the cotton textile industry under the provisions of the Bombay Industrial Relations Act since 1946.

 

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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