Acknowledgements

The film ‘Concert for India’s Environment’ was shown at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona on 8th October 2008.

Chinmaya Dunster presented the ‘Concert for India’s Environment’ live at the Wildscreen Film Festival, hosted by the British Council in New Delhi on 9th Feb 2009. More on the blog where you can also see the video of this concert...

Concert for India’s Environment DVD

In this film:

• · the concert given by the Celtic Ragas Band at the Bharatiya Vidyapeeth Institute of Environmental Education and Awareness (BVIEER) in Pune (India)
• · poems on nature, composed and read by Indian schoolchildren
• · interviews with environmentalists and educators
• · stunning footage of scenery, wildlife and peoples from all over India

This documentary, created by Chinmaya Dunster to raise awareness for India’s environmental issues, evokes feelings of reverence for the wonders of India’s nature. It is also a tribute to the people who have lived alongside these wonders and have preserved so much of them over countless generations.

To know more about this film visit the website www.fragranceoftheeast.org which is totally dedicated to the concert and to the making of it.

Read the article in the Deccan Herald about the film: Green on screen by Utpal Borpujari