As two key nations of South Asia India and Pakistan are getting gear-up to mark their 63 years of independence next month in August 2010, continuing to the our previous year tradition, Fraser Valley Peace Council (FVPC) is presenting two days events in joint collaboration with South Asian Network of Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD) and South Asian Film Education Society (SAFES). Our aim is to celebrate the formal end of colonialism in the subcontinent and to commemorate the loss of more than million lives during that period. The program details are as under; (Please also see the attached poster)
Day 1st
Saturday, 14th August 2010 (2.00pm to 5.00 pm)
Newton Library Hall
13795-70th Avenue, Surrey, BC
Public Educational Forum
“Discovery of Independence: South Asia at 63”
A Talk by Dr. Hassan Gardezi
Free Event- Donations are welcome
Dr. Hassan Gardezi, is a political activist, sociologist and anthropologist, a well known writer and an intellectual. He earned his PhD at Washington State University, USA and has served as Head of Department of Sociology, Punjab University, Lahore. He wrote several journal articles and books on the political economy of Pakistan and South Asia and also published translations of and commentaries on Sufi poetry written in Punjabi, Siraiki and Sindhi languages. Hassan has taught and lectured at a number of North American colleges and universities as well as Pakistani institutions.
Day 2nd
Sunday, 15th August 2010 (2.00 pm-5.00 pm)
Simon Fraser University-Surrey Campus (SUR 2600)
13450 102 Avenue, Surrey, BC
Screening of ‘THE SKY BELOW’
A Best Film Debut Award winner documentary on the Partition of India and Pakistan by Sarah Singh.
Sarah will be present at the screening to introduce the film and conduct a discussion with the audience.
Organized by South Asian Film Education Society (SAFES) and supported by SFU, Surrey Campus and Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) and co-sponsored by SANSAD, Pakistan Action Network, Fraser Valley Peace Council (FVPC) and Progressive Intercultural Community Services (PICS).
Admission by Donation.
Sarah Singh was born in Patiala, Punjab and now living in US since 1974. She is an artist, filmmaker and an accomplished photographer. Much of her fine art from the last 15 years is included in private collections. Sarah has worked in the film and television industry in New York for over 5 years. Her work as a cinematographer, editor, director, and writer has been featured on MTV, Showtime, and the History Channel, along with many independent films
For more information please contact Chin Banerjee 604-421-6752 or Shahzad Nazir Khan 604-613-0735
Please join this people to people struggle for peace, communal harmony and shared progress in Indo-Pak sub continent.
In Solidarity,
Shahzad Nazir Khan
604-613-0735
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