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         16                                                                                                            DECEMBER 17, 2021
                                  an impactful day for





                the movie ‘the Kashmir Files’





                                     in washington, dC






            At event attended by Congressional leaders, Vivek Agnihotri, the award-winning filmmaker, talked about the

                              Indian civilization of oneness that emerged from the sacred land of Kashmir

        OuR BuREAu

        Washington DC
               lobal Kashmiri Pandit Dias-
               pora is hosting the private
        Gtheatrical screening of ‘The
        Kashmir Files.  As impact advisor
        of The Kashmir Files, Priya Samant
        devised and introduced the strategy
        of impact-screenings for The Kash-
        mir Files which are taking place in
        many cities across the US. The 2hrs
        55 minutes movie was made into a
        20 minutes screener for the impact
        screening. The movie is based on the
        Kashmiri Pandit genocide and eth-
        nic cleansing. The movie depicts the
        humanitarian angle of the challenges
        that Global terrorism brings and dis-
        rupts communities and make them
        rootless.  It  also  highlights  human
        pain and sufferings.
            2nd December was an impactful
        day in Washington. The day started
        with the lunch meeting which was
        hosted by Mr Ramesh Kapur, Pres-
        ident of the US India Security Coun-
        cil Inc. The day progressed by a VIP
        tour of the US Holocaust Museum
        for the celebrity guest from India,
        award winning director Mr Vivek
        Ranjan Agnihotri, his wife, award
        winning actress Pallavi Joshi, their
        daughter Mallika Agnihotri and few
        other community leaders.
            As Priya is also a changemak-
        er, she conceived and organized the
        congressional reception of Indian
        Americans from the Kashmiri-Pandit
        community at the US Capitol Hill.
        The objective of the congressional   cide.  The event was co-sponsored   set that stage by saying “We are here   genocide have stood for the human
        reception was to celebrate and honor   by Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspo-  to celebrate and honor the resilience   values of Harmony and co-exis-
        the success stories of their resilience   ra (GKPD) in partnership with US   and the strength of the Peace-loving   tence”.
        and the strength despite being the   India Security Council Inc.  She was   Kashmir Hindu community, who   The evening started with remarks
        victims of ethnic cleansing and geno-  also the Master of Ceremonies and   despite facing ethnic cleansing and   Continued at next page... >>


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