An Invisible Minority - Rationalists in Contemporary India

The once glorious Rationalist Movement, threatened to becoming a minority, compromising India's secular democracy. Screened at Mumbai. Directed by Raksha Kumar | 2016 Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra Raksha Kumar an independent multimedia journalist focusing on politics, gender rights, social injustices and culture. A Fulbright and Chevening scholar, she graduated from the Journalism School, Columbia University. She has written for the New York Times, TIME magazine, Christian Science Monitor, DAWN, Caravan, Al Jazeera America, The Hindu and South China Morning Post. Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M.... PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...) PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra. Credits Editor: Prabhu Subramanian Cinematographers: Suman S.H., Venkatachala, Raksha Kumar Graphics Editor: Srikanth S H Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India. http://www.psbt.org/; http://www.ddindia.gov.in/ For festival and screening queries, please write to us at distribution@psbt.org Last updated: June 2020