paramita nath

Mamma. Nonfiction filmmaker. New York/Toronto/The Hague.

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

@OmairTAhmad Where in Amreeka are you? Is NY on your list by any chance? If so we would love to have you over! Will message you.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Thousands of people in India — including poets, political organizers and a Catholic priest — have been jailed under an antiterror law with roots in the British colonial era. The law is being challenged by the courts, which say it is an abuse of power.
https://t.co/egmqdUz6vN

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

Feeling hopeful. The #NobelPeacePrize2021 winners point to the urgency of protecting ethical & fearless journalism in our world of alternate truths. Thinking of @CineDiaz’s brilliant doc @_athousandcuts that follows #mariaressa https://t.co/oz8ORGmg2q

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

“Their objections have raised issues about what constitutes informed consent by traumatized survivors and about the different standards applied to documentary subjects in Western countries.” via @NYTimes #sabaya https://t.co/5yqML8w2mQ

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

@TIFF_NET @annshin Congrats @annshin! Will the film be in NY soon? Look forward to seeing it!

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

“Write the tale that scares you, that makes you feel uncertain, that isn’t comfortable,” she said. “I dare you … Do not be afraid to disappear—from it, from us—for a while, and see what comes to you in the silence.” Thank you #MichaelaCoel

[Variety @Variety]

"I dedicate this story to every single survivor of sexual assault," Michaela Coel said in her #Emmys acceptance speech. https://t.co/SoemTXjvIZ

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

“Under what circumstances is a person born in England never English?” #BhanuKapil

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

A big fan of #BhanuKapil & finally read her powerful ‘How To Wash A Heart’, this year’s T S Eliot Poetry prize recipient. A lovely interview here with Liverpool UP blog:
https://t.co/nVaU3nTgyN

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

“this was [...] a way to write about the discrepancy between being in spaces that, outwardly, present themselves as inclusive, open to outsiders or minority presences, but which, in the lived experience of inhabiting them, is excruciating.”

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

Today’s essential long read from @GhoshAmitav “When and how did a small group of humans come to believe that other beings, including the majority of their own species, were incapable of articulation and agency?” https://t.co/x3O8IiHMp1

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

This essential piece from @Vicmapplebeck “Why are stories which explore how women navigate the world, at all stages of life, described as “small”?”

[TIFF @TIFF_NET]

The International Premiere of Payal Kapadia’s electrifying debut feature, A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING, is a fever dream of impossible love tied to a broader reflection on contemporary India. #TIFF21 https://t.co/P24fsT0grt

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

@ShashaNakhai @TIFF_NET Congrats! Can’t wait to see the film. Any NYC dates coming up?

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

“Because while we’re busy talking, the Earth is busy dying.” #ArundhatiRoy on America’s fiery, brutal impotence ⁦@TheEconomist⁩ https://t.co/EvvDtrjFIi

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

Halfway into “The Great Derangement” by @GhoshAmitav as the tri-state area goes into tornado warning, record breaking rains, and severe flash floods... #HurricaneSeason #ClimateCrisis #nyc

[Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow]

Streaming alert: just remembered (and verified) that Mani Kaul's great film Duvidha, which has some of the most memorable images, moods, and moments in anything I've seen in a while, is on @criterionchannl https://t.co/Zxub80GMtN

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

@devikagirgayi Great list!

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

@DeblinaDebnath1 Can you dm me your WhatsApp contact?

[paramita nath @paramita_nath]

@kolkatacovid19 are there any tiffin delivery services in Kaikhali? PIN: 700052. Information urgently needed please. #KolkataCovidResources #KolkataCovidCare #CovidKolkata