Aman Charitable Trust

Events

The objective of the event is to have free-flowing, informal but informed discussion on issues concerning AMAN Trust's work. You are welcome to attend with friends and colleagues.

Our Events

Exhibitions, film festivals and public programmes that bring people together.

Invitation: A Photo Exhibition by AMAN Trust
Exhibition 15–18 June 2012

Invitation: A Photo Exhibition by AMAN Trust

Organised by AMAN Trust

Venue: Art Gallery, IIC Annexe, Max Mueller Marg, Lodi Estate, New Delhi

AMAN Trust invited friends and colleagues for the inauguration of a photo-exhibition, “Flowers in the Dust”. The photographs, taken by our colleague Kausiki Sarma, are on the everyday lives of the waste pickers of Delhi. The inauguration took place at 6.00 PM on 15th June, 2012 at the Art Gallery, IIC Annexe. The exhibition ran from 15th–18th June, 11 AM – 7 PM.

Invite for Film Festival in Patna
Film Festival 7–8 July 2012, 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Invite for Film Festival in Patna

Organised by AMAN Trust, in collaboration with Samar and Lok Panch

Venue: Patna Museum Auditorium, Buddha Marg, Patna

AMAN Trust, in collaboration with Samar and Lok Panch, organised “Aghaaz-2012”, a film festival of documentary and feature films. Each film was followed by discussions with the audience.

Invite for Faasle, a Film Festival in Lucknow
Film Festival 25–26 August 2012

Invite for Faasle, a Film Festival in Lucknow

Organised by AMAN Trust, in collaboration with Sanatkada

Venue: Lucknow

AMAN organised Faasle, a film festival in Lucknow, in collaboration with Sanatkada. The festival explored themes of distance, division and reconciliation, and the invitation was extended to friends and family across the city.

Flowers in the Dust: A Photo Exhibition on Waste-Pickers of Delhi by AMAN Trust
Exhibition 15–18 June 2012

Flowers in the Dust: A Photo Exhibition on Waste-Pickers of Delhi by AMAN Trust

Organised by AMAN Trust, in collaboration with All India Kachra Shramik Mahasangh

Venue: India International Centre Annexe, New Delhi

AMAN Trust, in collaboration with All India Kachra Shramik Mahasangh, displayed a photo exhibition on the everyday life of waste pickers of Delhi and the issues concerning them. Titled “Flowers in the Dust”, the exhibition featured 30 photographs shot by AMAN's photographer Kausiki Sarma from the slums of Shahbad Daulatpur near Rohini and Massoodpur near Vasant Kunj — the first exhibition of its kind on the subject. It was inaugurated by 13-year-old Salman, himself a waste picker, and drew close to two hundred visitors over four days. The exhibition was widely covered by national dailies and All India Radio, and AMAN went on to take it to universities including Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia and JNU.

Flowers in the Dust: Photo Exhibition and Seminar at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Exhibition + Seminar 22–26 April 2012

Flowers in the Dust: Photo Exhibition and Seminar at Jawaharlal Nehru University

Organised by Jointly organised by the Women's Studies Programme, JNU and AMAN Trust

Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

A photo exhibition on waste pickers in Delhi, paired with a seminar series on Gender, Labour and Migration, jointly organised by the Women's Studies Programme, JNU and AMAN Trust. Photographer Kausiki Sarma's series of 30 photographs, “Flowers in the Dust”, portrayed waste pickers not as victims but as survivors of extreme neglect. The exhibition was inaugurated by 13-year-old waste picker Salman, and the accompanying two-day seminar brought together students, researchers, labour unions and members of the waste-picking community to discuss the politics of unorganised labour, gender and migration amid the growing informalisation of work. Speakers included Jamal Kidwai (AMAN Trust), Dharmendra Yadav (All India Kachra Shramik Mahasangh), Moushmi Basu (JNU) and members of NGOs working with waste pickers.

The objective of our events is to have free-flowing, informal but informed discussion on issues concerning Aman Trust's work. All are welcome — bring friends and colleagues.