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Exploring The Unexplored
19-05-24 | 07:00 PM | Gulmohar

Exploring The Unexplored. A Sacred Oasis on the Cusp of Change (2022 / English and Hindi with Eng subs/ 9 mins). Dir. Deg Rai. Mata Oran is one of Rajasthan’s largest sacred groves. A local guardian tells us how the lives of the Oran’s people and its biodiversity are intrinsically linked and why new changes to the landscape could be detrimental to this oasis. Will Leatherbacks Return to Galathea Bay? (2021 / English/ 6 mins)The world’s largest sea turtles,the leatherbacks, have nested at Galathea Bay on Great Nicobar island for millions of years. In 2021, however, the Galathea Bay Wildlife Sanctuary was stripped of its protected area status to accommodate a port. The Mud Pack: Love, Life, and Strife in the Sundarbans (2020 / English/ 6 mins) The Sundarbans mudflats are rife with tiny evolutionary curiosities that come alive with the waning tide — watch a battle in the muck, and the fine seduction of a fiddler crab. In Search of Kasturi (2024 / English and Hindi with Eng subs/ 23 mins) An exclusive premiere of this short film about searching for the iconic, elusive and endangered Himalayan musk deer, the Kasturi Mrig. Team members from Roundglass Sustain, which has produced these short films, will be present for a Q&A after the screenings. Collab. Global Wildlife Fair, Wildlife Trust of India and Roundglass Sustain.

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