film Shramjeevi Express Directed by Tarun Bhartiya A Hindi documentary on the flip side of “Make In India”. A stark revelation of the tenuous, embattled life of “cheap labour” in village Kapashera on Delhi border.

Tarun Bhartiya is a filmmaker, a poet in the Hindi language and a political activist based in Shillong. His films include The Last Train in Nepal (2015, BBC4), When the Hens Crow (2013), Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (Royal Television Society Award, Best documentary series 2010), Tourist Information for Shillong (2007) as well as music videos for several Shillong bands. As an editor he has worked on notable films with film-makers like Vasudha Joshi (Girl Song, 2003; Songlines, 2010, and Cancer Katha, Special Jury Award, National Awards 2012), Red Ant Dream (Editor & Co-Writer, Sanjay Kak, 2014), Jashn-e-Azadi (Sanjay Kak 2007) and In Camera (Ranjan Palit 2010, National Award for Best Editing). For his work on Indian Hill Railways, he was also nominated for The Guild of Television Camerapersons of UK award for best camera work, His poems and their translations have appeared in various anthologies including Dancing Earth: Contemporary poetry from North East India(Penguin), Das Baras – Hindi Kavita Ayodhya ke Baad(SAHMAT). He was a founder member of alt-space, an independent cultural and political space in Shillong, and is a member of Thma U Rangli Juki (TUR), a progressive people’s group in Meghalaya. He is a member and commssioning editor of Three Essays Collective, a small independent publisher.

The screening will be followed by an interactive online discussion with the filmmaker.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.