During the War, the Osman family escapes from Afghanistan leaving everything behind. Their only suitcase, filled with family photos, is stolen. Now after two decades of living in America, Wazhmah Osman, a young Afghan-American returns to her childhood home. With only rapidly fading memories, she recruits some unlikely and reluctant guides to put together the pieces of her past.
A four-member group of IT students who, in spite of suitable job opportunities and the opposition expressed by their families, want to start up their own business. Other than their education and determination, all they have is an idea. They need backing, experience and business knowledge, so they...
My daughter, Baran’s childhood in the 1980s coincided with the Iran-Iraq war and bombardment of Iranian cities. Terrifying sleepless nights were followed by the next morning’s involvement in daily life which had to go on. Every morning when I took Baran to nursery school I used to wonder how the ...
The Patua (Chitrakar) communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. They tell stories of Muslim saints as well as Hindu deities, and offer devotion to saints at Muslim shrines. They used to wander from village to village, receiving food and coins for re...
