India and Iran The Unexplored Northeast

Rewben's songs echoed the music of the endangered birds of Kaziranga, the blue mountains of the regions, yellow butterflies, shadows of the trees, harvest and cool autumn, and the vibrant pictures of children in the fields. [...] - SUBHRA MAZUMDAR Music of the Sax FILM The Sax in the City DIRECTOR: Praveen Kumar 15 September 2016 The name of the film is a take-off on the well-known American TV series 'Sex And The City'. [...] In conjunction with the exhibition, a series of talks with local and international speakers addressed the implications of the influx of asylum seekers on internal politics, the idea of the nation state and its detriment. [...] Gauging the current times, where institutions are crumbling before the claustrophobic forces of the right and others, the speakers unanimously agreed on the need to re-imagine the making of institutions. [...] It is the first animated folktale from the state and narrates the story of the mythical hero Abotani and his sibling Yapom, and addresses man's relationship with both the natural and the supernatural world.