“The World is Family”: Film Screening with director Anand Patwardhan
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 — 5:30 PM
Location: Stanford University, McMurtry Building (Oshman Hall), 355 Roth Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Sponsors: Center for South Asia; Department of Art & Art History (co-sponsored)
About the film:
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam—“the world is family”—is a universalist idea that challenges exclusivist Hindu notions of caste. In this documentary, Anand Patwardhan turns toward family footage and oral history, tracing how the values of “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” (enshrined in India’s Constitution) shaped a household—and how those memories sharpen in a time when self-described supremacists are in power and history is being rewritten.
About the filmmaker:
Anand Patwardhan is an award-winning socio-political documentary filmmaker with over five decades of work on issues at the heart of public life in India. Many of his films have faced censorship; he has repeatedly challenged such rulings in court. Patwardhan has long been active in movements for civil liberties, communal harmony, housing rights, and against militarism and nuclear nationalism.
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