Mispterz performance at Zoo Labs
Mipsterz performance at Zoo Labs in Oakland on March 2, 2018. Featuring Abbas Ratani (one of the founders of Mipsterz), Yusuf Siddiquee (lead artist), and Neel Agrawal, images from SAADA's archive were projected onto the background during the performance. Photographs taken by Sana Khan (1, 2, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) and James Huang (3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11).
Correspondence between Ram Bagai and M.R. Ahuja
"Correspondence between Ram Bagai and M.R. Ahuja, the Indian Consul General in San Francisco, that took place eight years after Bagai opened “Gyandev of India” in New York City. After 1943, Bagai showed Gyandev at various cinema art houses, Indian-American cultural events, and universities, including the University of Hawaii in 1951.
"Through India With Camera and Mascara"
Newspaper article providing back story about how Ram Bagai acquired “Gyandev of India” among other Indian films during a trip to India in early 1940.
"Devastating Flood In Bangladesh" Flyer
This flyer, titled “Devastating Flood in Bangladesh,” distributed by the San Francisco Bay Area Bangladesh Association (BABA), details the effects of flooding in Bangladesh in an appeal for donations.
Late Lala Har Dayal
Newspaper clipping dated April 7, 1939, reporting a telegram from Sreemati Chandoo Bibi, President of the Workers’ League, to Subash Chandra Bose requesting Bose’s orders for the observance of "India Hardayal Day" in honor of Har Dayal’s memory. Lala Har Dayal was one of the founders of the Ghadar Party.
Interview with Rais Bhuiyan
Rais Bhuiyan is an immigrant who moved to the United States from Bangladesh in 1999 for school. On September 21st, 2001, one week after the attacks on 9/11, he was shot in the face by Mark Stroman as part of a string of shootings Stroman claimed were revenge for the 9/11 attacks. Bhuiyan was the only survivor. Stroman received the death penalty and was on Death Row for eleven years.