The mind is new the moon is new, the vast expanse of water is new, I Lalla am a new phenomena! Hello Universe!

T1‘Are there shortcuts in the sky, summer moon?’ 14th cen woman zen poet

T2‘Summer Moon’ is the title of my 40 minute documentary on trafficked minor girls in the Deonar remand home, made in 2004.

T3Screening it on the 26th of December at the SP Jain institute of management for the guest lecture I am deliver to their graduates.

T3The title ‘Summer Moon’ for a film on trafficked minors?--- because there are no short cuts to the rehabilitation process...

T5...just as there are no short cuts to success in life, and definitely no short cuts that the moon takes to traverse the sky..!

T63 months is the government ordained time for a trafficked child to ‘reform’ and enter the mainstream society. In actuality two years..

T7 ...is needed for the obliteration of trauma..for her to become a person of unshakable faith in herself ( to deal with the world outside…)

T1Acted in the Wachowsky's film 'Sense 8'. What a sense of joy/ serenity (as an actress), when a director loves it if you excel yourself

T2 Lana Wachowsky draws a quick cartoon of herself on my copy of ‘The making of the Matrik’, murmurs with delight as she flips the pages..

T3 shares anecdotes.. sitting in a makeshift basement studio, sketching till dawn, going out to work in the film studios

T4Her autograph reads ‘What a pleasure to make art with you’ Hollywood blockbuster directors refers to their work as ‘Art’ Wow! Love that!

Performing Lal Ded at Epicentre Gurgaon 19th July. The great mystic heart of Kashmir, this phenomenal woman poet

Gurmehar Kaur’s message of peace had 347 words. Sehwag, Randeep Hooda and Modi Bhakts read… ln.is/hillele.org/20…