Dr. Harsh Mander
Writer, activist and human-rights advocate whose work addresses justice, citizenship and the everyday consequences of violence.
FILMTAGE KICK-OFF / SCREENING + CONVERSATION
Kang Bo A Loti(The Lost Path).
An award-winning film about crisis and political and social struggle in North-East India, followed by a conversation with Dr. Harsh Mander and a guest to be announced.
AFTERNOON PROGRAMME
Film screening + panel discussion
Kang Bo A Loti (The Lost Path), directed by Khanjan Kishore Nath, followed by a conversation with Dr. Harsh Mander and a guest to be announced.
ABOUT THE FILM
The lost
path.
Longsing, a young man from the Karbi tribe, is an active member of a local militant group. Sent to Punja to recruit new members, he stays with Bidyasing, meets his daughter Ringli and falls in love with her. Gradually, Longsing becomes part of local life.
When the village schoolteacher, a critic of militant groups and their cruel machinations, is kidnapped, the community asks Longsing for help. Knowing the group is behind the kidnapping, he pleads the teacher's case but fails. Deeply shaken, he recognises the group's cruelty and decides to renounce it. On his way back to the village, full of hopes for a new future, two armed men suddenly appear.
The film won the German Star of India for Best Feature Film at the Indian Film Festival Stuttgart in July 2026 and the Special Jury Award at the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival in November 2025. It highlights crisis and political and social struggle in North-East India.
IN CONVERSATION
Staying with the questions
the film leaves open.
Further guest
Conversation partner to be announced.
ADMISSION
All are welcome.
Entry is free. Seating is available on a first-come basis. Please arrive ten minutes before the screening begins.