"Jashn-e-Azadi": Documentary screening and discussion with filmmaker
CASI Seminar
Sanjay Kak
Filmmaker
Fisher-Bennett Hall, Room 401, 3340 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Shot and edited between August 2004-2006, "Jashn-e-Azadi" engages us with the idea of Azadi in Kashmir. In 2007, as India celebrates its 60th anniversary of Independence, this is also a conversation about Freedom in India. Sanjay Kak is one of India's most significant documentary film makers today.
Written and directed by Sanjay Kak, photography Ranjan Palit, edited by Tarun Bhartiya 138 mins / Digital Video, Kashmiri/Urdu/English (English subtitles)
The Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series is an endowed public program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). Launched in the 2007-08 academic year, and made possible through the generous support of the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, the series brings renowned India specialists to the Penn community and serves as a critical forum for analyzing and understanding the complex economic, political, social, and cultural changes that the world’s largest democracy is experiencing, as well as the challenges that lie ahead.
The Saluja Global Fellows Program has been made possible by the generous gift from Vishal Saluja ENG’89 W’89. CASI was excited to launch the program during the 2022–23 academic year, coinciding with the Center’s 30th Anniversary. This new program enables CASI to invite eminent leaders and rising experts on contemporary India preferably from the fields of media, culture, law, and contemporary history to be in residence for one to two weeks at CASI.