Natasha Ginwala’s lecture-presentation will chart the haunting legacies of the Bengal Famine from 1943-44, which resulted in mass starvation, economic drain and demonstrated British imperial tyranny during World War II as the freedom movement in India resounded with demands for total liberation from the British Raj. The complex nature of the famine will be explored through the contributions of artists and filmmakers, while the colonial mechanisms of hunger may also contribute to a better understanding of systemic violence in modernity.