Thread by @ashwinsanghi

Just watched #TheKashmirFiles and I am so grateful to @vivekagnihotri for being brave enough to present before us a bloody chapter in our history without any whitewashing or filters. This movie is as hardhitting as it gets. 1/10

Frankly, I was apprehensive about watching the movie because I knew that it would trigger emotions that I prefer to keep supressed. And I was right. The movie is raw — alternately inducing pain, sorrow, anger, fear, horror, frustration yet hope. 2/10

The performances are outstanding, in particular those of @AnupamPKher @bhashasumbli @mithunda_off and Pallavi Joshi. But content is king… it is the story (backed by meticulous research) that is the true hero of this film. Kudos to @vivekagnihotri for that. 3/10

I have always held the view that we do a great disservice to ourselves and future generations by airbrushing history. See sanghi.in/The-Problem-of… I believe that movies like #TheKashmirFiles will force us to re-examine our historical narratives. 4/10

My own views on the Kashmir situation are outlined in this article that I wrote some months ago sanghi.in/maeeshat.html I am all for “reconcilliation” but “truth” must come before reconcilliation. Reconcilliation follows from truth. 5/10

For those saying that #TheKashmirFiles presents a one-sided story, please think… how the world would react to a movie that made Nazi actions seem “understandable” or the #Holocaust seem “acceptable”? 6/10

To call a film “biased” or “propaganda” is unfair. All history suffers from the narrator’s bias. By that logic, we would have to discard all historical narratives entirely. 7/10

It is also time that we understand that the problem in Kashmir is not a political one but an Islamist one. And there are lessons to be learnt and remembered if we want genuine pluralism in India. sanghi.in/Secularism-In-… 8/10

All I can hope is that this movie will prompt a fresh and unbiased look at the #KashmirGenocide (or pogrom) and force us to take corrective steps to prevent a repeat of it anywhere in our country. 9/10

It is said that “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Alas, Georg Hegel reminded us, “The only thing that we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” We must find a way to prove Hegel wrong. 10/10