Little Terrorist~a short Film

Little Terrorist tells the moving story of a Pakistani Muslim boy who accidentally crosses the Pakistani-Indian border which is riddled with landmines. He ends up in a strange country that regards him as a terrorist. The old orthodox Hindu Bhola takes him in and hides him from the Indian soldiers. However, traditions and prejudices about [...]

“O God, to those who have hunger, give bread, and to us who have bread, give the hunger for justice.” ~ Prayer from Latin America

A PLEDGE: Let us make this Ramadan, special, by making our Iftars, simple, So that we may, share with the hungry and the poor some food and loads of love. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: “Eating alone is a disappointment. But not eating matter more, is hollow and green, has thorns like a chain of fish hooks, [...]

The Girl Effect

Girl Effect is a NPO founded in 2008. The following are excerpts from an article published in Businessweek, 2009 ‘Girl Effect’ Could Lift the Global Economy There are 600 million adolescent girls in developing countries, but they are largely invisible to the world at large. Included among them are girls affected by armed conflict, domestic [...]

Koi Sunta Hai: A Film on Kabir by Shabnam Virmani

A incredibly beautiful film on how Kabir Poetry is woven into the Folk Music in India. View this movie at cultureunplugged.com

Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein : A Film on Kabir by Shabnam Virmani

View this movie at cultureunplugged.com

THE DAY MY GOD DIED–a documentary by Global Voices

Trafficking of young girls for sex trade. “The day I was sold is the day my God died.” One  million of the world’s women and children disappear into that darkness every year. Trafficking is absolutely, positively the worst possible case of Human Right violation you can think of. Trafficking is abduction, trafficking is rape,  trafficking [...]

Had Anhad: Journeys With Ram & Kabir (Bounded-Boundless) :

http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/2831 /Had-Anhad–Journeys-With-Ram—Kabir–Bounded-Boundless- Director: Shabnam Virmani | Producer: Srishti Genre: Documentary | Produced In: 2008 | Country:India Synopsis: Kabir was a 15th century mystic poet of north India who defied the boundaries between Hindus and Muslims. He had a Muslim name and upbringing, but his poetry repeatedly invokes the widely revered Hindu name for God – Ram. Who is Kabir’s Ram? This [...]