India’s Circularity – Not a Trend, But a Tradition from the Margins + Q&A

Across India’s overlooked margins, India’s Circularity – Not a Trend, But a Tradition from the Margins reveals how reuse, repair, and regeneration are not innovations—but inherited ways of life rooted in culture, necessity, and care.

Featuring voices across sectors—artists, makers, NGO leaders, entrepreneurs, government officials, planners, engineers, institutions, and homemakers—the film journeys through terracotta clusters in Rajasthan, bamboo-timber homes in Sikkim, palm-leaf artisans in Kerala, and community commons in Chhattisgarh.

One story is deeply personal: the director’s mother, whose regenerative practices shaped the director’s own circular worldview long before her professional work in sustainability. With poetic narration, immersive visuals, and grounded research, the film reframes circularity as a lived tradition, not a future policy aspiration.

Stay around post-screening for a Q&A with filmmaker Dr Purva Tavri

Director: Dr Purva Tavri