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MONSOON
– The Two Faces of Indra
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(English, Hindi / 23 min / Rs.500)
Director:
Aparajita Gogoi & Saurabh
Rawla
Production
Co.: Development Alternatives
Fifty
years of independence and seventy percent of India agriculture
still depends on the monsoon rains. Indian agriculture is
rain-fed and thus those multitudes of farmers, marginal and
not-so-marginal, all depend on the summer showers. Food
production continues to be at the mercy of the vagaries of the
monsoon rain. A generous monsoon leads to devastating floods
and a reticent monsoon to dry spells, drought, famine and
starvation. The film concludes on the note that water
harvesting can spell an end to the woes of the farmer caused
by an unreliable and unpredictable monsoon. |
TARACrete
: A Roof for the Millions
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( English,Hindi / 18 min. / Rs.450 )
Director
: Aparajita Gogoi
Production
Co. : Development Alternatives
This
film is about the existing roofing gap in India and the
resulting need for affordable and quality roofing material.
The MCR technology and TARAcrete tiles are projected as an
answer to these needs. It also explains in brief the process
of manufacturing TARACrete tiles and the economics of setting
up an MCR enterprise selling these tiles.
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Building
with Mud t
( English, Hindi / 23 min./ Rs.400 )
Director
: Safina Uberoi
Production
Co. : Development Alternatives
The
film is meant for NGOs, architects, builders and people
involved in exploring the possibility of mud as a viable
building material. The Balram mud block press, designed and
marketed by Development Alternatives, is a simple manual
device which makes easy the tedious job of mud block making.
The film explains the procedure and applications of Balram. |
VSBK:
A Technology for the Millennium t
( English / 9.30 min. / Rs. 400/- )
Director
: Aparajita Gogoi
Production
Co. : Development Alternatives
Traditional
methods of manufacturing bricks use one of the most polluting
processes. The government in India has started its clamp down
on traditional brick kilns. The search for a cleaner
alternatives led Development Alterantives to the VSBK
technology – a technoloty which enables improved fuel
efficiency over existing kilns and conforms to all
environmental norms. The technology, is now being disseminated
in India along with multi-sectoral partners. |
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The
TARA Advantage t
( English / 12.30 min. / Rs. 400/- )
Director
: A Sahni
Production
Co. : Development Alternatives
The
industrial revolution brought the power looms into the market.
It spelt disaster for traditional weavers. Their looms could
not keep up with the production capacity of power looms. The
result was the displacement of traditional weavers. The need
was to find an alternative to get the weavers back into the
market. The TARAloom, an upgraded version of the traditional
loom, can accomplish this. The modifications and upgradation
enables the TARAloom to produce as much cloth as the power
loom without using power. |
Flying
Shuttle t
( English / 16.30 / Rs. 400/- )
Director
: A Sahni
Production
Co. : Development Alternatives
The
TARAloom is a modern looms which enables traditional weavers
to compete with power loom and its products in open market.
This loom is a machine which is being used by rural weavers,
state run craft centres and entrepreneurs. Users of this loom
can use this film as a instruction manual in assembling and
maintenance of the loom.
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Power
to the People t
( English / 7 min. / Rs. 400 )
Director
: Aparajita Gogoi
Production
Co. : FREND
This
film covers the paucity of electrification in India and the
resulting need for affordable and reliable sources of power.
It projects small independent power production units as a
solution to such problems and cites the example of DESI POWER,
Orchha, a power station which runs on ipomea, a weed. It talks
about the advantages of non-fossil fuel based electricity
production. It also explains in brief the process of
electricity production from renewable sources like bio-mass
and the economics of setting up independent power producing
units. |
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For
further information, please contact
Communication
Unit
Development Alternatives
B-32, Tara Crescent
Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi 110 016, INDIA |
