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In my earlier blogpost I pointed out the similarities between the Netflix movie Skater Girl and the Janwaar story. Now I’d like to focus on what is different in REAL life – and what is written below is based on Mannan’s thoughts while and after watching the movie. Mannan was with me in the days […]
Since the trailer and then the movie SKATER GIRL was released on Netflix a few weeks, a discussion is going on on social media and in various media outlets wether the movie was inspired by our story in Janwaar or not. While the movie writers/producers state that the SkaterGirl movie was an amalgamation of many […]
They speak in Bundeli – here is the translation. Maniklal seems to be in ease with his answers. Regarding “marriage” Asha is saying that he always was the first person in my family who was saying that I have to get marry. But this has now changed as well. Asha: When the skatepark was constructed […]
I think what we have to do with #SkaterGirl on #Netflix is best described by Sushmita Pathak who did a piece for National Public Radio (npr), India. It’s a clear and complete article in which everyone gets a voice. Good journalistic work – not PR. Of course we feel it’s fair to say that the Janwaar story […]
In this interview Asha speaks with her mother about the changes in the behaviour and mindset of her mother over the years. Which obstacles she was facing and what people were telling her when she decided to let her daughter go and live her own life. The interview is in Bundeli, which is very close […]
The land beside our new skatepark was always meant to become in parts a kitchen garden. We started the project now to be ready to sow the seeds and plant the trees after the first sets in. This will be in the third week of June. Pappu, our local backbone and Abhishek gathered the information […]
My focus in April-May was: Indian Skateboarding Championships in Chandigarh Distributing water filters in the village Making the kitchen garden near the skatepark Once again the village of Janwaar was on fire. 12 kids were getting ready to travel to Chandigarh to participate in the Indian Skateboarding Championships in Chandigarh. Excitement was in the air […]
Thank you Rijul Kataria (Delhi) and Lucy Pepper (Lisbon) for your efforts to make this series of comics become reality in such a short time. This Covid/Corona Awareness Campaign aims to reach the youth of rural India. Anil Kumar and Keshuram made print outs of the posters in Panna and posted them at public places. […]
Skateboarding became a thing in India in the 2000s. It was, however, confined to cities and centres where people were already ‘in’ on the skateboarding rush. But when a skatepark came to the Indian hinterland of Madhya Pradesh in 2015, it changed things for better, for everyone, and especially for Asha Gond. Today, Asha, who […]