New Delhi: The School of Media and Cultural Studies (SMCS), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai is organising the 5th Cut.In Student Film Festival on Dec 15 and 16. Students from across India, including the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad; L V Prasad Film and TV Academy, Chennai; Jamia Millia Islamia and Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication, New Delhi; Film and Television Institute of India, Pune; Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai; and St Xavier's College, Ranchi, will be presenting their films at the festival. The jury members for this year are filmmakers Avijit Mukul Kishore, Anik Ghosh and Anjali Monteiro.
This year the SMCS, in collaboration with the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), is introducing a special competitive category, the Cut.In-FES Gold and Silver Prize for the Best Film on the theme of 'Commons'. The objective of this video competition is to create awareness on the issue of 'Commons' and encourage citizens to take action to protect, preserve and manage their common cultural and natural resources.
The festival will also feature a series of films titled "Remembering 1992" which seeks to revisit the city of Mumbai, twenty years after the communal violence of 1992-93, considered an assault on the city's secular fabric. The trailers of these films could be seen here....
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11:15 AM, Dec 11, 2012
One does not attain freedom from the bondage of Karma by merely abstaining from work. No one attains perfection merely by giving up work Because no one can remain actionless even for a moment. Everyone is driven to action, helplessly indeed, by the Gunas of nature The deluded ones, who restrain their organs of action but mentally dwell upon the sense of enjoyment, are called hypocrites The one who controls...
01:04 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday lambasted a section of the national television media for allegedly trying to paint a "negative picture" of the greater Assamese society in the wake of molestation of a girl in the city on July nine. "I am unhappy and angry and this is most condemnable. The media (national) wanted to blame and project a negative picture of the Assamese society by giving...
08:15 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Mumbai: Investigations are still on into the July 13 serial blasts which rocked India's business hub Mumbai - but more important than that is the post-traumatic care for the victims at this point. However, a report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) reveals that the government agencies have not maintained a follow-up with victims post the major terror attack. One such person is 66-year-old Anantrai Gandhi whose life...
09:38 AM, Jul 28, 2011
Mumbai: A group of around 20 students on Wednesday boycotted the convocation ceremony at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), as a mark of protest against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear plant in coastal Konkan and POSCO steel project in Orissa. Union Environment minister Jairam Ramesh was the chief guest at the convocation. Around 250 students from different courses (including those who boycotted the function) graduated on Wednesday, earning their...
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A Mumbai court on Wednesday acquitted all the 6 accused in the rape of an American student at the reputed Tata Institute of Social Sciences. ...
12:05 AM, Oct 07, 2010
Mumbai: All six persons arrested for allegedly raping a 23-year-old American student of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) last year were acquitted on Wednesday by a court here due to lack of evidence. The Sewri Sessions Court, while acquitting the accused, observed that the evidence of the victim is not credible and she is an unreliable witness. The prosecution has failed to provide corroborative evidence against the accused, it...
05:01 PM, Oct 06, 2010
Students of prestigious Mumbai colleges accused of gang rape. ...
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