Arise Free India

Arise Free India Harnessing the power of Past . . . Inspiring the Future. Join us in creating the Freedom archive.

Arise Free India intends to capture on recorded media experiences of Indians and Englishmen related to the freedom movement of India before time mutes their voices forever. To document the culture, politics, fears, heroics and courage that gave birth to a free India. To enable the world to reflect on the nuances of the freedom movement, the atrocities of the occupying force, the discipline of Brit

ish bureaucracy and lives of countless Indians who stood up against, benefited from or supported the very regime that shaped the Indian psyche. To preserve and present these compelling accounts for the future generation.

"The day that our Bharat Mata [Mother India] won independence, my friends and I bought a new car and spent the entire da...
10/10/2015

"The day that our Bharat Mata [Mother India] won independence, my friends and I bought a new car and spent the entire day riding through the city and screaming from the windows!" -Gijubhai Vyas

10/07/2015

It's been a while since we've posted, but look out for another in a few days!

"You know I once threw one of the hand grenades that I had worked on at a British jail. Someone got hurt that day, but t...
04/17/2015

"You know I once threw one of the hand grenades that I had worked on at a British jail. Someone got hurt that day, but that was never my intention; we had just meant to cause a distraction so that some of the prisoners could get out" -Kanjibhai Bhadeliya

"My mother cried continuously when I was in jail--I was only fifteen--but my father, a government employee under the Bri...
03/14/2015

"My mother cried continuously when I was in jail--I was only fifteen--but my father, a government employee under the British, just told her, 'Let him die here with his stupid cause'" -Sureshchandra Patel

"I had a Punjabi friend who lost his wife and child during the partition. He ran here and there every day checking the t...
02/21/2015

"I had a Punjabi friend who lost his wife and child during the partition. He ran here and there every day checking the trains, sunrise to midnight" -Dhirajlal Pandya

"Sonia Gandhi was the one who offered me a glass of juice to break my 8-day fast against non-violence" -Govindbhai Solan...
02/14/2015

"Sonia Gandhi was the one who offered me a glass of juice to break my 8-day fast against non-violence" -Govindbhai Solanki

"A British policeman blinded my left eye with tear gas" -Kantilal Chawda
02/07/2015

"A British policeman blinded my left eye with tear gas" -Kantilal Chawda

02/03/2015

Last Monday (January 26th), India celebrated its 65th Anniversary of Republic Day. Arise Free India welcomes you to ring in this new year of Indian freedom by honoring and commemorating Indian Freedom Fighters with ! Every Friday from this week forward, the AFI page will post a picture of our summer interns (Abhi Parekh and Niyanta Rajpoot) with one of the freedom fighters that they interviewed! Stay posted for more.

02/01/2015

Last summer, Arise Free India sent two college-student Interns to Gujarat to conduct interviews on behalf of the organization. They were able to coordinate, record and archive interviews of over fifteen freedom fighters across more than ten cities in Gujarat. Stay posted to learn about some of the work they did!

04/06/2014

An internship opportunity to India this spring/summer from Arise Free India (AFI)

Arise Free India (AFI) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit based in Michigan. AFI is recording and archiving personal stories of those who contributed to India’s independence movement. Goal of AFI is to document and preserve the personal stories and accounts of these brave individuals, octogenarians many of them, who made history with their involvement in the Indian freedom movement before time mutes their voices forever. AFI intends to make a series of documentary films connecting their stories for a renewed, contemporary examination of the events leading to India’s independence in 1947.

This year, AFI is excited to introduce a sponsorship opportunity for individuals including college students to visit India and record a piece of Indian history. In spring/summer of 2014, AFI is offering up to 6 intern sponsorships. If you are between jobs/careers or a college student or stay-at-home individual, this is an ideal opportunity to spend time in India and meet historic figures who shaped a nation. The intern(s) will spend between 5 and 7 weeks in select parts of India, work in a team of 2 and with help from India-based network of NGOs, interview freedom fighters.

To apply for these internships:
• Write an essay (minimum 250 words and not to exceed 500 words) on: To what extent would you go to achieve freedom of expression? Why?
• Submit the essay (pdf file format) by April 15, 2014 to [email protected]
• 1st wave of interns will travel to India between May 12 and June 30th 2014 (passport and visa is the intern’s responsibility)
• Be available for a phone and/or an in-person interview once your essay has been selected
• Individuals with familiarity with one or more Indian languages are preferred

Selected interns will participate in a 4-hour workshop. For more questions, email [email protected]

12/01/2013

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