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CMS VATAVARAN 2019 Nomination Series: Koti Banal
Mother Nature imposes considerable levels of seismic hazards in large areas of the Indian Himalayas. This film explores the idea of settlements and buildings in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and their relationship with the landscape.
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CMS VATAVARAN 2019 Nomination Series: Singalila in the Himalayas
Sikkim is one of the smallest states of India, with an area of 7299 sq. km., flanked between the two Himalayan kingdoms of Bhutan and Nepal.
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CMS VATAVARAN 2019 Nomination Series: An Uncertain Winter
This film foregrounds the issues associated with climate change in the Himalayas — a particularly fragile mountain system, highly sensitive to climate change impacts, containing one of the largest human populations affected.
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Air Pollution in India: The Understated Silent Killer
Air pollution kills over a million Indians every year. It is strongly linked to strokes, heart attacks, many kinds of cancer, premature birth and dementia, throwing families into a vicious cycle of poor health and financial hardship.
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CMS VATAVARAN 2019 Nomination Series: Mountain of Humanity
The great Himalayas contain snow-capped peaks that are melting at a rapid rate due to global warming and climate change, already resulting in floods, landslides and other natural disasters.
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CMS VATAVARAN 2019 Nomination Series: 'Moti Bagh'
India is a nation in churn witnessing significant internal migration. Migration is not simply a movement of people across borders — it carries distinct social and political consequences.
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CMS VATAVARAN 2019 Nomination Series: The Call of Pashmina
Ladakh is a wonderland of mesmerising, sweeping vistas. With its barren, rugged mountains, crystal clear skies and inspiring visions of a lost Shangri-La, Ladakh is doubtless a special place.
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Parvat, Purohit, Putra (Mountain, Priest, Son)
A brief introduction to the films showcased at the CMS Vatavaran Festival this year — exploring the relationship between mountains, spirituality, and generations of people who call the Himalayas home.
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Understanding the Health of the Himalayan Region with 13 Critical Questions
One of the key objectives of CMS Vatavaran this year is to start conversations assessing the key issues related to the health of the Himalayan ecosystem — a geologically fragile region with young and rising mountains.
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Invoking the Himalayas: God's Bounty, Nature's Blessing and a Planetary Asset
As we look at the Himalaya from a distance that lets us see things whole and in just proportion, the pain and disorder vanish into insignificance — and what remains is the Power that out of chaos ever makes good to come.
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Mission Himalayas for the 10th CMS VATAVARAN
This year, the CMS VATAVARAN festival and forum will focus on the Himalayas — providing a platform to filmmakers to address identified issues and formulate a vision statement for the region.
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