[1855] in peace2
Shabnam Hashmi speaks 8/28-- 7pm, Rm 4-370 MIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Sat Aug 24 15:55:12 2002
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 15:51:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
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SAHMAT (means agreement in Hindi) is an organization created in the memory
of Safdar Hashmi, an activist street theatre performer. SAHMAT brings
artists, performers, and writers together to use their skills to fight
against communalism in India.
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28th 7 pm, RM 4-370, MIT*
SHABNAM HASHMI, Founder of SAHMAT and author of
"Breaking the Silence: Women's Testimonies from
Gujarat"
will speak on:
"GENOCIDE IN THE LAND OF GANDHI"
A short documentary (32 min) called
"EVIL STALKS THE LAND"
(By Gahaur Raza and Shabnam Hashmi)
will also be shown.
This event is sponsored by: Insaniyat, AID-Boston, the
Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia, and
the South Asian Center (SAC).
