Campaign Series

India Sabka series

(India belongs to all)

For an essentially secular India.

Oranges and Lemons, 5.10 mins, 2002

A childhood spent in the refugee camps in riot-torn Gujarat - fragmented memories of violence and vandalism and life in a walled community space.

Faiza Ahmed Khan

Hamara Shaher, 7.50 mins, 2002

A dejected, betrayed and humiliated Muslim youth prepares to leave his beloved city – the xenophobic Mumbai. But his mother refuses to join him in this self-exile.

Rituja Athalye

Aap Hamare Hai Kaun / Gandhi, 8 mins, 2002

The Gandhi motif in popular culture, on currency note, in visual art and in public perception. Who are you for us?

Madhusree Dutta

Spice Adventures, Computer game / CD-ROM, 2005

https://youtu.be/SqkBRi59TDQ

Warning: the Mission is fraught with danger and cheuered with fun.

Pepper is suddenly lonely. Tejpatti, the beloved; Jeera, the buddy; Elaichi-tai; Clove, the Diva; Ginger, the wise man; Hingoo, the sentimental hunk – all have been chased away from Bombay. And that too for being foreigners in this land. India food had lost its colour and fragrance.
Who will bring the colour back in life and the aroma in the palate?

A computer game about the heterogeneous sources of Indian culinary culture. WARNING: The mission is fraught with danger and chequered with fun. Pepper is suddenly lonely. Tejpatti, the beloved; Jeera, the buddy; Elaichitai; Clove, the Diva; Ginger, the wise man; Hingoo, the sentimental hunk – all have been chased away from Bombay. And that too for being foreigners in this land. Food had lost colour and so has life in general. Who will bring the colours back in life and the aroma in the palate?