bq. Why can't you simply let the people of the Narmada valley drown? They are mere tribals and villagers - marginal people. Peripheral to our lives. The kind of farmers who commit suicides in high numbers and spoil our cocktail dinners. The kind who support naxalites. The type who demand reservations in jobs that rightly belong to the elite. The uncouth majority who can't distinguish a chardonnay from a chappal. The non-consumers, without disposable incomes. Many of them are mere freeloaders, demanding all kinds of rights when they do not even buy a bike or a computer to contibute to the glowing health of "our" economy. But for you, we would have happily underplayed them in our newspapers and TV news bulletins, like we ignored Medha Patkar and NBA activists for the first 8 days of their starvation but carried images of Modi's designer hunger strike in its first 8 minutes! Why did you have to play the spoilsport and draw attention to the issue? Why are you speaking of the Supreme Court, justice and equity? Grow up, Aamir, don't you know we are not a welfare state anymore?
"Rakesh Sharma":http://rakeshindia.blogspot.com/ of Final Solution Fame.
I was lucky enough to watch the movie, since it was shown at the World Social Forum, and most of the copies of the movies were dumped on my desk before the event. The film was banned by the Indian censor board for months, till it was finally lifted on October 2004 after a huge petition and campaign. The film has won numerous awards and has been screened in a number of places.
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