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Pahar Aur Hum - A workshop for youth from the Himalayas
Organization: Sambhaavna
Event Duration: 16 Feb. 2019 - 23 Feb. 2019
Apply By: 20 Jan 2019
Event title: Pahar Aur Hum - A workshop for youth from the Himalayas
Deadline: 20th January 2019
Background: There is a common saying in the hill-states, ‘Pahar kaa paani aur jawaani, kabhi pahar ke kaam nahin aati’ (the youth and water of the mountains, never serve the mountains’). While it seems like a simple reference to the out-migration of youth from mountains for work and so also to the discharge of water, through the rivers, carrying fertile silt to the plains for productive agriculture elsewhere, the essence of the statement needs to be understood. Both the scenarios, one related to a natural resource and the other to a human one, are about a ‘loss’. And the context of this ‘loss’ can be situated in post colonial, independent India, more so the ‘developing’ India, in which the hill states, remained largely at the margins even as they were exploited. The narrative of this ‘loss’ also includes the struggles for assertion of separate identity of hill states from Kashmir to the North East of the country, at different periods of time, in varied forms. Young people, have been part of many of these struggles, which had strong dimensions of economic and socio-cultural identity, apart from political one.
About the workshop: About 5 years ago we initiated a process called ‘Pahar Aur Hum: Rethinkign Development in the Himalayas’. A short journey which ties people in one common thread called the ‘Himalaya’. Program after program we have explored our common as well as unique cultural, social and ecological heritage of the ‘pahars’. We have looked critically at our failures as a society and our struggles to break free from various kinds of oppression. We embark on this journey once again with a new set of fellow travelers from the Himalayan region, irrespective of state and national boundaries. The format of the program includes talks, discussions, activities, field visits, theatre, manual labour, open spaces and silence. The key themes that will be explored are:
- Discussing our histories and exploring our collective cultural identity.
- Understanding Mountain Geology and Ecology-State of our Rivers, Forests, Land
- Politics of Development.
- Re-imagining Mountain Economy and Society.
- Conflict Zones in the Himalayas.
Who can participate: Individuals of the age group 22 to 35, from (living or/and working in) the Himalayan region (Himachal Pradesh (including Lahaul-Spiti), Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan.) Preference will be given to youth who already work or wish to work with communities/issues in the Himalayas.
Program Contributions: Sambhaavnaa hopes that participants could make a monetary contribution towards registration for the program (please select the option in the application form). If there are participants who need support (towards registration or in some cases travel) they could mention so in their application form along with the reason for the same.
Last Date of Applications: 20th January 2019
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