| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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10/24 Parents' Weekend |
10/25 WEX meeting, 9:00 pm |
10/26 | 10/27 |
10/28 Reception with Bina Sharif, 5:00 pm, Slater Afghan Woman , 7:00 pm, Jewett Auditorium |
10/29 |
10/30 Film Screening: Final Solution with Director Rakesh Sharma, 4:00 pm, PNW 212 |
| 10/31 |
11/1 WEX meeting, 9:00 pm |
11/2 Shruti Laya Dress Rehearsal, 7:00 pm, Jewett |
11/3 South Asian Studies committee meeting , 2:30 pm |
11/4 Shruti Laya Dress Rehearsal, 7:00 pm, Jewett
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11/5 Shruti Laya , 7:30 pm, Jewett Cast Party, 10 pm, Munger |
11/6 Shruti Laya , 7:30 pm, Jewett After party, 10 pm, Alumnae Ballroom |
| 11/7 | 11/8 | 11/9 | 11/10 | 11/11 | 11/12 | 11/13 Saheli Meeting , 12:00 pm, Burlington Public Library |
Bina Sharif, New York-based Pakistani playwright and actor, will perform her celebrated and provocative Afghan Woman,
a powerful examination of the life of a Muslim woman.
Final Solution
4:00 pm, PNW 212
Food Served.
Final Solution is a study of the politics of hate. Set in Gujarat, India, the film graphically documents the changing
face of right-wing politics in India through a study of the 2002 genocide of Muslims in Gujarat. The film examines the aftermath of
the deadly violence that followed the burning of 58 Hindus on the Sabarmati Express train at Godhra on February 27 2002. In ÒreactionÓ
to that incident, some 2,500 Muslims were brutally murdered, hundreds of women raped, and more than 200,000 families driven from their
homes. Borrowing its reference from the history of Nazism, the title of the film exposes what the film director calls 'Indian Fascism'
and seeks to remind that Òthose who forget history are condemned to relive it."
Film followed by discussion with Rakesh Sharma. Rakesh Sharma began his film/TV career in 1986 as an assistant director on Shyam Benegal's Discovery of India. His broadcast industry experience includes the set up/ launch of 3 broadcast channels in India: Channel [V], Star Plus and Vijay TVand several production consultancy assignments. He has now gone back to independent documentary film-making.
Saheli Meeting
12:00 pm, Burlington Public Library
Saheli Boston is a group that provides support to women by helping with immigration and legal issues, assisting in issues with family
discord, preparing women for economic independence, offering ESL classes, encouraging entreprenuership, doing community service outreach,
and organizing social and cultural events.