Matrubhoomi, Manish Jha, 2003
Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (Hindi: मातृभूमि, translation: Motherland) is a 2003 Indian film written and directed by Manish Jha. The film examines the impact of female foeticide and female infanticide on the gender balance and consequently the stability and attitudes of society. Matrubhoomi received widespread critical acclaim and was shown at festivals through 2003, including the 2003 Venice Film Festival, where it was presented in the Critic's Week (Parallel Sections) and later awarded the FIPRESCI Award "For it's important theme on women's issues and female infanticide handled with sensitivity by a first-time director"
The River of Girls
BY TISHANI DOSHI
i.m. India's missing girls
This is not really myth or secret.
This murmur in the mouth
of the mountain where the sound
of rain is born. This surging
past pilgrim town and village well.
This coin-thin vagina
and acid stain of bone.
This doctor with his rusty tools,
this street cleaner, this mother
laying down the bloody offerings
of birth. This is not the cry
of a beginning, or a river
buried in the bowels of the earth.
This is the sound of ten million girls
singing of a time in the universe
when they were born with tigers
breathing between their thighs;
when they set out for battle
with all three eyes on fire,
their golden breasts held high
like weapons to the sky.
Tishani Doshi, "The River of Girls" from Everything Begins Elsewhere. Copyright © 2013 by Tishani Doshi. in Everything Begins Elsewhere ( Copper Canyon Press, 2013 )
Indian activists estimate that eight million female babies have been aborted in the past decade, a result of cultural preference for boys. Girls are also the victims of infanticide, sexual violence, and poorer access to nutrition, education, and medical care. All in all, The Guardian estimates, 63 million Indian women are statistically deemed as missing.
Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women
Directed by Manish Jha
Produced by Patrick Sobelman, Punkej Kharbanda
Written by Manish Jha
Starring Tulip Joshi, Sudhir Pandey, Piyush Mishra, Sushant Singh, Aditya Srivastava
Music by Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant
Cinematography Venu Gopal
Edited by Ashmith Kunder, Shirish Kunder
Release date
17 December 2003
Running time
93 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (Hindi: मातृभूमि, translation: Motherland) is a 2003 Indian film written and directed by Manish Jha. The film examines the impact of female foeticide and female infanticide on the gender balance and consequently the stability and attitudes of society. Matrubhoomi received widespread critical acclaim and was shown at festivals through 2003, including the 2003 Venice Film Festival, where it was presented in the Critic's Week (Parallel Sections) and later awarded the FIPRESCI Award "For it's important theme on women's issues and female infanticide handled with sensitivity by a first-time director"
The River of Girls
BY TISHANI DOSHI
i.m. India's missing girls
This is not really myth or secret.
This murmur in the mouth
of the mountain where the sound
of rain is born. This surging
past pilgrim town and village well.
This coin-thin vagina
and acid stain of bone.
This doctor with his rusty tools,
this street cleaner, this mother
laying down the bloody offerings
of birth. This is not the cry
of a beginning, or a river
buried in the bowels of the earth.
This is the sound of ten million girls
singing of a time in the universe
when they were born with tigers
breathing between their thighs;
when they set out for battle
with all three eyes on fire,
their golden breasts held high
like weapons to the sky.
Tishani Doshi, "The River of Girls" from Everything Begins Elsewhere. Copyright © 2013 by Tishani Doshi. in Everything Begins Elsewhere ( Copper Canyon Press, 2013 )
Indian activists estimate that eight million female babies have been aborted in the past decade, a result of cultural preference for boys. Girls are also the victims of infanticide, sexual violence, and poorer access to nutrition, education, and medical care. All in all, The Guardian estimates, 63 million Indian women are statistically deemed as missing.
Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women
Directed by Manish Jha
Produced by Patrick Sobelman, Punkej Kharbanda
Written by Manish Jha
Starring Tulip Joshi, Sudhir Pandey, Piyush Mishra, Sushant Singh, Aditya Srivastava
Music by Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant
Cinematography Venu Gopal
Edited by Ashmith Kunder, Shirish Kunder
Release date
17 December 2003
Running time
93 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
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