Audio Visual Resources
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Video Resources in Bengali |
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Stories of Hope and Initiative |
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| 'Brikhshapatta' Turning Tree Pattas into Reality (Bengali) - a North Bengal Gram Panchayat's successful implementation of Tree based Livelihoods for the poor |
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| 'Pathikrit' [Wayfarer] - an inspiring story of how a rural teacher planted a few hundred mango trees on either side of the road near his school which today benefits the entire community |
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| Treading new pathways in rural education (Bengali) - a remote school in North Bengal puts to practice a vision of a localised conceptually appropriate education |
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Resources Dubbed in Bengali |
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| Ancient Futures - Learning from Ladakh (Bengali) - the documentary film based on Helena Norberg-Hodge's classic book |
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| Animal Farm (Bengali) - George Orwells classic on the vagaries of State power |
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| Economics of Happiness (Bengali) - a film from 'Local Futures' on how localisation can give a new meaning to our ideas of progress |
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| The Buddha - the story of Siddhartha (Bengali) - a PBS documentary abdridged and dubbed in Bengali for schoolchildren |
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| Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (Bengali) - Richard Bach's classic dubbed in bengali for the youth of Bengal |
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| Mangroves of the Sunderbans (Bengali) - a valuable EMRC (Kolkata) video produced under the guidance of Dr.Kumud Ranjan Naskar dubbed for the bengali speaking people of the Sunderbans |
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Short Films |
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| The Stranger (Bengali) - a short story on how girls from rural areas are easy prey for traffickers |
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| Porichoy [Roots] (Bengali) - a short film on how falling back on his rural roots helps a young man cope with the depression and travails of urban consumerism |
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| Prakrito [Nature] (Bengali) - a story of a young rural woman who saves home & hearth through her skills for tree based livlihoods |
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| Akashi the Film - a short film on Akashi the newly elected female Gram Pradhan |
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Communicating audio-visually |
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| A Parrot's Tale (Bengali) - Rabindranath Tagore's classic 'Tota Kahini' brought to you through puppetry |
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| Shantiniketan (Bengali) - archived clips relating Rabindranath Tagore's quest for a different type of education |
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| A Teacher' Tale (Bengali) - story of a how a young rural teacher transforms a moribund school with the help of the Gram Panchayat |
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| Mala's Story - a pictorial journey of Mala's efforts to better the lives of her neighbours with the help of her Gram Panchayat |
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| Mala's Nutrition Garden - an animation of Mala's Nutrition Garden and how it inspires others to follow her footsteps |
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| 'Swarnalata' [The Golden Vine] - an animated short story on the environment and the consequences of its degradation |
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| Miyawaki's Rapid Afforestation (Bengali) - collage of clips demonstrating Miyawaki's method of rapid afforestation |
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| Forests - Our Heritage, our Resource - a film for schoolchildren on the forests of the Dooars in North Bengal |
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| Communities of the Dooars - their heritage & identity - a documentary which delves into the rich culture and heritage of some of the many tribes and ethnic groups that have made the Dooars of North Bengal their home. |
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| Akashi's Panchayat - an animated introduction to Local Self Government for schoolchildren through the story of a female Gram Panchayat Chairperson |
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| Global Warming - a warning for our children on the legacy we are leaving for them |
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| The Jatra Theatrical Art Form - a videographic introduction for rural aspirants of the theatrical 'Jatra' art form to launch their own productions |
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| Nursery - an introduction to starting a nursery |
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The Animated Ostad Singh Series |
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| Ostad Singh's story about Mosquitoes - Ostad Singh teaches children to be wary of mosquitoes and avoid diseases like malaria, dengue & filaria |
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| Ostad Singh's story on Flies - Ostad Singh teaches children that flies are responsible for a lot of diseases & stomach ailments |
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| Ostad Singh on Worms - Ostad Singh cautions children on the various types of worms they need to defend themselves against |
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| Ostad Singh saves Shikha - Ostad Singh relates the dangers of trafficking and how he once saved a young girl |
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Some audio-visual resources for schools |
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| Jadab's Penchant for Trees - a pictorial story of a farmer whose sole objective in life was to plant trees |
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| Young Mala - the start of Mala's journey to have her own Nutrition Garden at home |
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| Ananda's Vegetable Garden - how farmers can reach out to teach rural children their most important life skill for survival |
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| All about Water - a video to instill an appreciation for the most valuable resource for life |
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| Gandhi - some nuggets of wisdom that Gandhi has left for us |
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| Our Blue Earth - satellite imagery that rural children will be in awe of |
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| All about Snakes - an introduction to the snakes of rural Bengal and precautions or actions we might need to take |
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| The Song of the Forest - an animation which speaks for itself on how urbanisation has deprived us of the song of the forest |
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| The Story of Spices (Part - 1) - the mystery, history and legends around spices and how to grow them |
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| The Story of Spices (Part - 2) - the mystery, history and legends around spices and how to grow them |
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| Chronicles of Tea - a look at the history, growing and production of tea, made for the schoolchildren of North bengal |
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| Lets fortify our Body (Part-1) - a series on Health and Hygiene for schoolchildren |
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| Lets fortify our Body (Part-2) - a series on Health and Hygiene for schoolchildren |
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| Lets fortify our Body (Part-3) - a series on Health and Hygiene for schoolchildren |
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| Lets fortify our Body (Part-4) - a series on Health and Hygiene for schoolchildren |
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| Eat Well to Stay Well (Part-1) - a series on Food & Nutrition for schoolchildren |
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| Eat Well to Stay Well (Part-2) - a series on Food & Nutrition for schoolchildren |
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| Eat Well to Stay Well (Part-3) - a series on Food & Nutrition for schoolchildren |
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| Eat Well to Stay Well (Part-4) - a series on Food & Nutrition for schoolchildren |
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Some more dubbed resources for schools |
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| Nutrtion - a Red Cross animated production on nutrition |
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| Plant Reproducation - a well crafted animation dubbed in Bengali |
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| Seed Germination - another well crafted animation dubbed in Bengali |
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| I Am a Tree - teach them young the value of trees |
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