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Join us in our initiative to preserve our fading cinematic memories, stars and legacy.

To register for the symposium click on the link in bio.

#FutureOfMemories #FilmPreservation #IndianCinemaHistory #CinemaMemories #OralHistories #FilmHeritage #MemoryKeeper by @kumaonlitfest

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Join us for this enriching session on cinema and advertising paraphernalia and their role in writing the history of Indian cinema with our esteemed panelist for the session 'History of Indian cinema through cinema literature'

Register by clicking on the link in bio.

#FutureOfMemories #VoicesOfMemory #FilmPreservation#IndianCinemaHistory #CinemaMemories #OralHistories#FilmHeritage #MemoryKeeper by @kumaonlitfest

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Film archiving and preservation can extend beyond the recovery and restoring deteriorating materials. The boom in technology has brought forth the role of AI in preserving film heritage. Use of AI may often result in having to make decisions on colour grading, sound design, aspect ratio adjustments, or the reconstruction of missing footage – altering aesthetics. Interpretations often involves choices between historical fidelity, artistic intention, and present-day viewing expectations, raising questions about authenticity and cultural responsibility. This session will bring scholars, researchers, academicians together to talk about the future of film history preservation with the technological acceleration and eventually the ‘future of memories’. To join this conversation, click on the link in bio to register. #FutureOfMemories #FilmPreservation #AestheticsAndAI #IndianCinema #CinemaHeritage #AIandCulture #FilmArchiving #MemoryKeeper by @kumaonlitfest

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Old film advertisements, pamphlets, magazines, and books are not just nostalgic keepsakes—they are invaluable records of cinema’s past. These printed materials preserve fragments of film culture, from contemporary reviews and journals to rare publications that shaped how audiences understood cinema. They offer scholars, writers, and enthusiasts vital entry points into exploring Indian film history, helping to piece together narratives that films alone cannot tell. Yet, while these archives open windows to cultural memory, questions of ownership and rights remain pressing. Who truly holds these materials—the publishers, collectors, institutions, or the public? And how can they be preserved and made accessible for future generations without erasing their histories of circulation and use? This panel will bring together scholars, archivists, writers, and cinephiles to reflect on the role of cinema literature in documenting history and to debate the challenges of preservation, access, and ownership in a rapidly changing archival landscape.

To join this important dialogue, please register by clicking the link in bio.

#FutureOfMemories #CinemaLiterature #FilmPreservation #IndianCinemaHistory #FilmCulture #FilmMagazines #CulturalHeritage #MemoryKeeper by @kumaonlitfest

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Before hashtags, the passion for Indian cinema flourished in early online forums like RMIM (rec.music.indian.misc) and Passion for Cinema. These platforms became vital hubs where dispersed fans evolved into unofficial archivists, collaboratively preserving our cinematic heritage.
The second session, at Future of Memories symposium, will explore how these digital communities, driven by shared knowledge and passion, built invaluable repositories of film history, music, and memorabilia. We will examine their role in democratizing cultural memory through crowd-sourced archiving and metadata creation, making film history accessible to all.
The conversation will also address the significant challenges these communities face today, including issues of sustainability, recognition, and preserving digital archives for future generations. Join us to celebrate these pioneers of online fandom and discuss the future of community-driven preservation.

To join this important dialogue, please register by clicking the link in bio.

#FutureOfMemories #DigitalArchiving #FilmCommunity #IndianCinema #CinemaMemories #FilmPreservation #CulturalMemory #MemoryKeeper by @kumaonlitfest

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Indian cinema isn’t just preserved in archives — it lives in memories.
What can octogenarian cinephiles teach us about film history?

At Future of Memories, a one-day symposium on film history documentation and archiving, we have a panel specifically dedicated to this aspect that will bring together voices who have lived through cinema’s golden decades. Their stories humanize history and show us how memories shape the way we understand film culture today. The panelists will include eminent intermedia historian and archivist Ravikant, film critic Sukhpreet Kahlon and film enthusiast and archivist Pavan Jha. Alongside, we will have voices with lived experiences of the lost time who will lend their memories in forming the history of Indian cinema.
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To join this important dialogue, please register by clicking the link in bio.

#FutureOfMemories #VoicesOfMemory #FilmPreservation #IndianCinemaHistory #CinemaMemories #OralHistories #FilmHeritage #MemoryKeeper by @kumaonlitfest

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After 6 years of rigorous documenting and archiving Indian Cinema’s rich history and heritage, Cinemaazi - the flagship project of Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation, is set to start a national dialogue and movement on archiving and preserving cinematic heritage. Throughout, Indian cinema has managed to entertain, educate and even agitate the viewers through its myriad storytelling ways. However, its rich history and content stays neglected and undocumented, with only a handful films and persons remembered. The Foundation is organising a one day symposium - Future of Memories: Archiving and Preserving Cinematic Heritage, on Saturday 15 November 2025 in New Delhi, to bring together the key stakeholders and start a meaningful dialogue and set agenda for future work.

Watch this space for more details! by @kumaonlitfest

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In view of enthusiastic response to Singapore Edition of Kumaon Literary Festival, the organisers and our Singapore partners have decided to have more sessions than initially planned. Therefore, we have shifted the festival to new dates. #kumaonlitfest by @kumaonlitfest

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Kumaon Literary Festival is travelling to Singapore. Watch this space for more details!

Look forward to working with Namastebharatworld Purnima Kamath DeIdeaz

#KumaonLitFest #singaporetravel #klfsingapore by @kumaonlitfest

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HAVE YOU HEARD OF YAKSHI ❓

👉These female spirits occupy an important place in our folklore. They are part of our rich culture and are depicted differently in different folklore .

👉These celestial creatures are very different from Devas , asura , apsaras and Gandharvas .

K Harikumar ,Author✍️ and screenwriter spoke about them in the retreat organised by Kumaon Literary Festival at 📍Te Aroha .

“ women power in Indian Mythology, revisiting the hidden voices “

A snippet of the session ‼️ by @kumaonlitfest

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Delighted that Lipika Bhushan, an award-winning senior publishing professional, will be joining the literary retreat organised by @dhanachuli_tearoha in collaboration with Kumaon Literary Festival.

Lipika is the founder of MarketMyBook, a leading publicity and digital marketing agency for writers and publishers. She founded MarketMyBook in 2013 after heading Marketing at HarperCollins India for about 7 years. In the last 16 years of her career building brands out of writers, Bhushan has worked with almost all the leading writers, politicians, business heads, and sports personalities in India and the world.

Bhushan was also a consulting head for Pan Macmillan/Picador India and led publicity for some key Juggernaut titles. Her firm, MarketMyBook, has been servicing some of the leading publishers such as Penguin India, Simon and Schuster, Picador, and others. Lipika is a Bajaj and IIM (A) alumnus, and her rich experience of having worked with over 1500 writers and building some of the leading personal brands in the literary space makes her the only publishing professional in the country to have such rich experience and expertise.

Bhushan is regularly invited to festivals and business forums. Lipika contributes as an industry expert to various publications, and her interviews and views have been published in some of the leading business dailies and magazines, including the Financial Express, New Indian Express, Economic Times, and others. Bhushan nurtures her own creativity through writing, and her poems have been published in the NavBharat Times and Amar Ujala. Lipika's essay was published in Global Pandemic Crisis: A Series of Literary Essays on Quarantine (Transcendent Zero Press, US) in 2020. Her first short story featured in the anthology When Mommy Was a Little Girl (Ponytale Books) in January 2022, which opened at number 1 in the category on Amazon. Her next short story for children is soon to be published and her chapter book on a historical figure is scheduled to be published in early 2023. by @kumaonlitfest

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Want to attend the retreat, please see the link in the bio. by @kumaonlitfest

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