Shall write a note detailed thread later, but this movie is stark and visceral.
Anupam Kher and the lady who acts as Sharda. The pain in their eyes is reflective of the collective pain of the Kashmiri Pandits.I feel the guilt on behalf of India
That we let this happen to them, to our own people. That they have had to suffer this on their own, their stories unfold, their cries unheard, their Hope's of justice dashed by an uncaring state, and even more uncaring fellow citizens.
We walked out of the movie in stunned silence.
The last scene was SO raw that it stunned the mind. I don't want to say more since it would act as a spoiler.
Kudos to .@vivekagnihotri for providing a voice to the Kashmiri Pandits. And of saying it how it was. It was an Ispamic jihad against the infidels. Plain and simple. For all the talk of the mythical Kashmiriyat and "azaadi", this was a jihad against the "Kafirs"
Kudos to him for not sugar coating that.
Full Mark's to him for also portraying "ANU" the way JNU actually works.
As the professor says,"Govt unka hai to kya hua, system yo hamara hai".
What the movie does though is lift the veil off a dark period in our nation's recent history. Of a period ignored by all, for being inconvenient to a certain narrative.
A story that would never have been told by Bollywood.
The only Bollywood movie about Kashmir, took a sympathetic, pro-terrorist view (Haider) and the chutzpah to actually stage a dance on the ruins of the Martand Temple. The MARTAND TEMPLE!!
My heart goes out to those Kashmiri Hindus who lived and are still living in refugee camps, in their own country.
My heart goes out to those Kashmiri Pandits who had to ace Ralive, Galive ya Chalive (Convert, Die or Leave).
This happened barely 30 years ago. Yet we are told that Islamic conquests in India were peaceful. That the population suddenly embraced the religion.
The crap they have fed us over the years. The media, the intelligentsia, the historians, etc!!
The horror is brought out in the last scene. It punches you in the guts. I cringed while I watched it. I could hear the OH gasp in shock.
The announcements from mosque loudspeakers, the behavior of the mullahs and worse, the betrayal by neighbours and "friends"
Am so glad that I went to watch it. Would recommend that all Indians go and watch it to learn what happens when a country keeps quiet and does not come to he rescue of its citizens.
I urge all Hindus to watch it to know the fate that awaits them, if they become a minority.
Have just been watching "Ukraine Under Fire" and I must say that it is a revelation.
The parallels to the Maydan protests in Ukraine in 2014 and our own "Farm Laws" protests are eerily similar. rumble.com/vwxxi8-ukraine…
The show talks about how there were three main pieces of any of these color revolutions 1. Money 2. Media 3. Tactics
2/n
The CIA has often used NGOs as a means of funneling money to various revolutions and regime change operations across countries.
They did the same in Ukraine with various NGOs being funded.
3/n
I saw this and apart from the deviousness of Kejri, the following struck me: Vishwas says that Punjabis will NEVER accept a Hindu CM because Punjabi's worldwide will not. Punjabi is an emotion! So let me understand this. Sikhs are a majority in one state and they will NOT accept
a non-Sikh Leader. Kashmiris have a Muslim majority SO of course they will NOT accept a Hindu CM. Nagaland has a Christian majority so of course they will have to have a Christian CM. But, Hindus, who are in a majority in India are supposed to and HAVE accepted..
a Parsi COAS, a Jewish General who helped win a war, Sikh COAS, Sikh Presidents and PM, Christian power behind the PM's throne, sundry Christian CMs because ... because we are supposed to show our secular credentials all the time?
I love the fact that Hindus are like this.
Sharing a bit about my literary influences here. As a writer. Thanks to @BoredMallu for seeding this.
I have read pretty much the gamut (more reflective of my age than anything else) from the Russians to the Brit classicals to Victor Hugo, Tolkien, to Maclean, PGW, Wilbur Smith
@BoredMallu John Grisham, Sidney Sheldon, Perry Mason, Agatha Christie, Louis L'Amour, Sherlock Holmes, Kalki etc etc.
When writing however, I realized that there were five authors who have had a major impact in the way I structure the book and my thought process.
They are, in no particular order,
PG Wodehouse
Jeffrey Archer
Kalki
Louis L'Amour
Alistair Maclean
I especially like a quote attributed to Louis L'Amour where he says "I think of myself as a storyteller, a modern day troubador". That always appealed to me.
1/ I just love professionalism. In whatever field it is displayed. Be it a man making a dosai or someone ironing clothes, or the CEO of a company.
There is something abt seeing a professional ay work that warms the cockles of my heart.
This is the story of one such person, Saqib.
2/ Saqib is a barber by profession. Last week, I had booked a barber through Urban clap to show up at 10:30 AM. He never did. When we called him up at 12:00, he said that he was with another customer and would reach at 1:00 PM. We had to cancel.With Saqib, the experience was diff
3/ He called up last night to confirm the place and time. We had asked for him to show up at 7:30 AM. At 7:25 AM, the bell rang. I saw an immaculately dressed gentleman with a strolley, standing outside.
1/ I went to a Hanumanji Temple today. Had darshan, circumambulated thrice and then sat down.
The sounds were soothing, reassuring. There were three ringing of bells. The chants of Rama Rama Hare Hare, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare.
There was a mother with her two young kids...
2/ She had a 8 yr old boy and perhaps a 2 year old girl and was trying to teach them some mantras.
I closed my eyes. I could then hear sounds more distinctly. The sounds of anklets on the feet of girls, the whispers and murmurs of the crowd, the sounds of feet ...
3/ brushing against the floor as people walked around the shrine.
I could hear the mantras that the mother was teaching her kids.
And I realized that I was actually outside time.
What do I mean, you ask?
I felt like this could have been any time, over the last 5000 years.