Film "Bidesia in Bambai"

Art House Cinema Lumière screened "Bidesia in Bambai" by Surabhi Sharma on Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014. "Bidesia" is Bhojpuri for "the one who leaves home". One in four migrants in Mumbai is Bhojpuri, a people from the north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. "Bambai" is their name for Mumbai/Bombay. The event was organized by Lumière in co-operation with CeMIS and the "Institute for Cultural Anthropology / European Ethnology". Surabhi Sharma was at Lumière on that evening for a discussion.