BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.2//EN TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:VEVENT UID:984@map-india.org DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250830T110000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250830T130000 DTSTAMP:20250826T055630Z URL:https://map-india.org/map-events/livelihood-and-living-traditions/ SUMMARY:Livelihood and Living Traditions DESCRIPTION:Image Credits: Tailor Made City\, Nagari 2021\nWhen livelihoods disappear and become stigmatised\, what happens?\n\nJoin us for a screeni ng of Nagari films that look at various ways in which communities' livelih oods and living traditions are stripped\, held against\, or deemed obsolet e.  This will be followed by a conversation between the Assistant Directo r Tanvi Karia from Charles Correa Foundation and filmmakers Niki Nirvikalp a and Rajeev Malagi.\n\nAbout the films\n\n01. Olam I Chennai\n\nDirected by Priyadharshan Anand\, Nagendran Arumugam\, Arunmani Vasu and Dishon C P rince\, the film explores the tale of the Kosasthalai river. It is narrate d by Kumaresan\, a native fisherman\, voicing for the land\, the people\, its flora and fauna.\n\n \;\n\n02. The Bhavi Project I Bangalore\n\nBy Rajeev G Malagi and Smruti Balvalli\n\nThe ‘Bhavi project’ documents the changing narrative of open wells as physical systems of water storage and their association with communities. The film is developed on a fundame ntal premise: ‘What is the future of cities without open wells?’ \n\n  \;\n\n03. The Many Journeys of Water I Tiruchirapalli\n\nBy Niki Nirv ikalpa\, Sugantha Priscilla and Prasanth Kumar K\n\nThe journey of water d oesn’t end at the toilet when you flush it. The journey of ‘wastewater ’ or sewage\, as it is now known\, begins here. \n\n \;\n\n04. Tail or Made City I Bangalore\n\nBy Purna\, Himadri Das\, Arvind Dev\, Montry T haalavattam\, Karthik Murali and Ravikumar A.S \n\nThree tailors who oper ate in very different spaces of the city\, yet they share the same set of skills. They have found ingenious ways to survive. This film traces those stories of self-respect and pride. The tailors are a tribe which contribut es to the maintenance of the city and its people. They are omnipresent.\n\ n \;\n\n05. Darudi I Ahmedabad\n\nBy Atish Indrekar and Ruchika Chhara \n\n'दारुडी' (Darudi) is a word in the Bhantu language\, meani ng 'liquor'. This film is about the Chhara community\, who are stigmatised as "criminals'' due to their tainted colonial history. Because of this ex isting historical stigma in society\, women of the Chhara tribe have to br ew liquor as a part of their livelihood\, which is an act of prohibition/c rime in the dry state of Gujarat. However\, there is a negligible section of the Chhara society which is involved with small businesses and is tryin g to emerge from their stigmatised life.\n\n \;\n\n06. Cycle of Life I Nagpur\n\nBy Swanand Kottewar\, Rahul Jambhulkar\, Aniket Kolarkar &\; Sanket Ray\n\nThe cycle\, is often dismissed as a relic of the past\, has been an important means of mobility and livelihood for over a century. Cy cle of Life is an intimate exploration of change witnessed through the lif e of Umesh Sarate\, an age-old cycle customer of Shinde Cycle Store\, in N agpur. He travels to the city to buy wholesale goods from the local market \, as he rents a cycle from the store. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://map-india.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08 /Tailor-Made-City-Nagari-2021_Updated-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240830T110000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR