This is a short video that gives you a glimpse of how agriculture cooperatives are working in Goa. This was made as part of a working project in 2015.

The world’s widest-reaching LGBTIQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, +) digital short-film programme returns from 17 to 28 March 2021. The British Council, in partnership with BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, makes five short films available for the world to watch online for free, over a 12-day period each year. Anyone with an internet connection can watch all five films from 17 – 28 March 2020 on the British Council Arts Channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiB3YQ6fPnndqDjciREylU6R--vk43jZ The programme is brought to you for a sixth year by the British Council and BFI. More information: https://film.britishcouncil.org/about/work/fivefilmsforfreedom​ Trailer edited by Jasper Wilkins. The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language. Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/britishcounci... Visit our website: https://www.britishcouncil.org/

STREAMING ON NOWNESS ASIA Using Varsha Panikar’s poetry series by the same name, as the point of departure, Bodies of Desire, is a visual poetry film. A sensual celebration of gender-less love and desire, inspired by the poet’s lived reality.

A documentary film by Shataakshi Verma. Every year, especially during the summers, women and young girls of villages from the Tikamgarh district travel for about 1 to 3 km to fetch water for their households. The issue of water scarcity is widespread in India which most adversely affects the drought prone districts such as Vidharbha in Maharashtra, Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh and many others. As the issue of water unavailability increases to other areas of the country, most issues related to the problem of water do not get reported on or the attention it requires. Why is that everywhere you go, in rural parts of the country, one always finds a woman at the source of water fetching water? What is this relationship that a woman plays with water and the issue that it portrays? To explore these questions and to shed some light on an unreported issue of water scarcity and the social discrimination that becomes a part of it, Shataakshi Verma decided to use the medium of a camera and further research with the help of local women to establish a new narrative around water, women and work.

A short fiction exploring the world of obituaries and the emotions that are at play when one understands death.

The Mahua story is a tale of few women from the villages of Chandrapur District who dared to take the risk of building their enterprise and collective making products out of a flower named 'mahua'. Mahua, in most of the rural part of India is infamous for its alcoholic use and when these women started created products such as mahua pickles, biscuits and juices it gave them an opportunity to also break away from stereotypes. This is a story of a flower as well as the women who have both been misunderstood by our society for long.

Urmi Foundation works with the identified special children around different communities in Mumbai and provides academic and social skills through its curriculum. I worked with the organization to document their work on the camera and help the organization seek funding and create more impact.

It's a short insight into the lives of the people of Jambulpada of Aghai Village. A small and remote village in Maharashtra.