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Merā apanā śahara = my own city [video recording] / the Public Service Broadcasting Trust supported by the Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India presents ; script, direction, and editing, Sameera Jain.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Public Service Broadcasting Trust, 2011.Description: 1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A00972
Summary: Delhi, the capital city of the country. The experiences of a gendered urban landscape - where the gaze, the voice and the body are at all times under surveillance. What if this multiple surveillance was to be turned upon itself to observe what is contained in the everyday? The film explores whether there is a sense of belonging, of ownership of the city. Can a woman in the city, as she continuously negotiates the polarities of anxiety and comfort, be free?
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DVD DVD Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore A00972 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00972

Delhi, the capital city of the country. The experiences of a gendered urban landscape - where the gaze, the voice and the body are at all times under surveillance. What if this multiple surveillance was to be turned upon itself to observe what is contained in the everyday? The film explores whether there is a sense of belonging, of ownership of the city. Can a woman in the city, as she continuously negotiates the polarities of anxiety and comfort, be free?

In Hindi with English subtitles.

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