Asha for Education - Movie "Rang De Basanti"
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I am writing on behalf of Asha for Education - Virginia Tech Chapter. We are a newly instituted RSO at VT started last semester. Asha for Education is an organization dedicated to change in SE Asia by focusing on basic education in the belief that education is a critical requisite for socio-economic change. In keeping with this focus, our volunteers are involved with and support projects that are secular and have an education-related component to them. The objectives of our group are: 1. To provide education to underprivileged children in SE Asia. 2. To encourage the formation of various local groups across the world to reach out to larger sections of the population. 3. To support and cooperate with persons and groups already engaged in similar activities. 4. To raise the required human and other resources to achieve the group objectives. 5. To provide opportunities to individuals living outside SE Asia who wish to participate in Asha activities in SE Asia. 6. To address, whenever possible, other issues affecting human life such as health care, environment, socio-economic aspects and women's issues. As part of this effort, we were planning to screen an Indian Movie “Rang De Basanti”, as a fund raising event, on the 9th of February in partnership with VTU. We would like to know if you could forward this email everyone on the KSA Listserv. Thanks a lot. Event: Movie Screening “Rang De Basanti” Date : 02/09/2008, Saturday Time : 6:00pm Cost: $3.00 General Admission @ Door Venue: Colonial Hall Movie Synopsis RANG DE BASANTI is a story about the youth of India today. A young, London based film maker chances upon the diaries of her grandfather, who served in the British police force in India during the freedom struggle. Excited about these memoirs, she makes plans to shoot a film on the Indian revolutionaries mentioned in the diaries. She comes down to Delhi, and casts a group of five youthful friends to play the pivotal roles of these revolutionaries. However, products of modern India, the five youngsters initially refuse to be part of the project, as they don't identify with these characters from the past. Not surprising, considering that they're part of a generation of Indians that believes in consumerism. To them issues like patriotism and giving one's life for one's beliefs is the stuff stuffy text books are made of. They would rather party than be patriots. In the film both the 1930's British India and the India today run parallel and intersect with each other at crucial points. As the film reaches its resolution the line between past and present blur's, as they become one in spirit. -Naresh K C Selvarasu PhD Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 114K, Randolph Hall, Virginia Tech. |
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