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Bus Stop Bangladesh Part I
Bus Stop Bangladesh Part I Serves Diverse Audience We showed the Storytelling Saris to the public for the first time on June 4, 2013 with a performance at Mt. Rainier City Hall in front of a bus stop, just outside Washington DC. It was a...
Launch of film trailer and Kickstarter!
Nandita and I have been working hard on the trailer for the film and an appeal video for Kickstarter. Here is the link to both videos and our Kickstarter page. Please watch it and pledge your support and tell your friends! Thanks so much! Monica...
Cyclone Mahasen causes storm damage
I just spoke with our friends in Katakhali. Cyclone Mahasen in coastal Bangladesh caused a big storm in Katakhali during the last 30 hours. Thankfully, all the villagers took shelter in the Samhati Health Center and no one was hurt. However, there was extensive damage...
Spring Sari Party in DC!
Nandita and I have spent two days this week (first in New York and then in DC) working on a video for our Kickstarter campaign. Then we had a Spring Sari Party to Celebrate Storytelling with Saris on Saturday May 4 at my home in...
Talk in NYC
We had a full-house for the panel discussion organized by SAWCC at the Asian American Writer’s Workshop on April 29, 2013. The panel, “Illuminating Contemporary Feminisms in South Asia,” included a presentation by Monica Jahan Bose and Nandita Ahmed on “Storytelling with Saris” and a...
Update 10: Website Launch…
Update 10: Website Launch, Performance, and Talk! Dear friends, I have several exciting pieces of news. First, we have launched a website for Her Words: Storytelling with Saris. Check out the bios of the 12 Kathakhali women working with me on the project. Much more...
Project Update Talk & Demo
Big thanks to all of you who made it to my project update talk and printmaking demonstration at the Brentwood Arts Exchange on March 16 from 3- 5 pm! It was a full house and what a nice surprise to see so many new faces....
Update 9: Goodbye Katakhali
I am back in Dhaka after a whirlwind 9 days of travel, work, and celebration down south in my ancestral village, Katakhali, on Barobaisdia Island. It was a fanstastic experience — better than I could have imagined. I was accompanied by my mother, my daughters,...
Update 8: Photo Shoot!
We had a fantastic day of sari making followed by a photo shoot and singing and dancing to celebrate. These women can really move! We have been working very long days to get all the saris and oral histories done. We borrowed a table from...
Update 7: First Saris
The sari printing has begun and it was incredible fun! We made seven saris collaboratively today. Tuli and Koli played with goats. We have received gifts of papaya, a chicken, and buffalo milk so far. Here are some photos of the sari printmaking.
