Today 12 April at 9:08 Italian time the story of Kautilya Society will be broadcasted by the Italian Television where Vrinda Dar, the General Secretary, will speak about the fight to protect Varanasi’s architectural heritage and why preservation of the cultural assets is necessary for a sustainable development.
“People must dance more together”, Bernhard Hoeper told EUGAD in an interview. When people connect through their heart, the information touches them at a much greater degree; and this is what “Eight” aimed at.
Let’s unite, STAND UP and take action. Organized by Filmbooth, in collaboration with the UN, EU and many other non-profit organizations; ‘Eight’ was a two day film festival (18-19 Sep 2010) aimed to raise awareness, motivate and unite people – through the medium of short films, workshops, seminars – and bring their heart closer with each others and with humanity for the achievements of the MDGs. The festival ended with a mesmerizing concert combining Indian classical music’s from all of India’s corners.
While focusing on India’s achievements and failures, the speaker also mentioned the importance India’s achievements hold for the worldwide achievements of the MDGs worldwide. “If India progresses, the world progresses, without us you are going to miss your target” told Nafisa Ali, a social activist and actor.
The speaker also debated over the re-definition of what progress really means and what the GDP really measures. “We are unlikely to meet any of these goals unless we re-define what progress really is” said Dr. Pachauri, chairmen of the IPCC – the organization which won the Nobel peace price with Al Gore
In this time when we are in the middle of the UN meeting on the MDGs, it is important to remind ourselves of the underling poetry to this commitment. It is time to remind our government to have the courage to Stand Up and its people the courage to share.
What is your perception of aid coming from an other culture an an other country?
It’s a challenge, isn’t it. You have to be very sensitive on how much you challenge and how much you assist countries to achieve MDGs. I think it is how you approach… is about dialogue, about communication, it is certainly not taking a dictatorial or accusatory attitude towards any country or colture.
Do you think that local communities have say in how the aid is used?
That is one of the biggest challenge, i would say. We get it badly wrong in occasion… because if you want to be inclusive and genuine then you need to work at very grass root level and you need to do you over a very long period of time because you want to include the voices of the most disfranchised. To get that authentic voice takes trust, takes time, takes investment… and very often agencies don’t have that length of time to achieve the scope of goals they want to. The challenge of listening and being inclusive of community voices means that you have a much stronger solution to their problem… and i genuinely believe that all communities can actually find their own solution if you create the right space around them, the enabling environment and create the resources to make change, they can often come up with the right answers.
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Today 12 April at 9:08 Italian time the story of Kautilya Society will be broadcasted by the Italian Television where Vrinda Dar, the General Secretary, will speak about the fight to protect Varanasi’s architectural heritage and why preservation of the cultural assets is necessary for a sustainable development.
