For the making of a short animation film that looks at the life of a cat and her kitten, in Downtown Srinagar, the old part of this city in Kashmir. The film will be composed with over 6000 drawings, pushing the boundaries of practice for the artist who is a graphic novelist and writer. The outcome of this project will be a 15 minute animation film. The grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the film, process images and high resolution film stills. Grant funds will pay for equipment hire, professional fees, local conveyance and an accountant’s fee.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA, which will explore the political and cultural history of the Shina and Dard communities in Gurez, situating them within the larger sociopolitical history of Jammu and Kashmir via collective memories and identities. The outcomes of this project will be a photo book and an exhibition. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the photo book and audiovisual documentation from the field. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, photo book and exhibition, printing, books and library subscription and equipment purchase.
For research to study the ways in which poets and rebels contemplate the question of the self through idioms of ‘love’, in the current sociocultural and political context in Kashmir. By exploring the plurality of love depicted through images and literary expressions, the project will focus on the works of two poets—Agha Shahid Ali and Rahman Rahi—and visuals of a rebel leader. It will attempt to delve into the ways in which the discourse on love in literary sources and political practices could be employed in writing the cultural history of contemporary Kashmir. The outcome will be an essay and a photo-essay. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final reports will be an essay and a photoessay. Grant funds will pay for an honorarium, travel, food and living costs, stationery, book purchase, photocopying, professional fees, internet subscription charges and an accountant’s fee.
