Sounds as asinine an article as C-da ascribes to the Sentinel editorials! --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How true! > cm > > > > > REFLECTED GLORY > > After chasing Deepa Mehta out, India smells an > opportunity to take credit. > > Sonia Faleiro > > India is never shy of claiming successful Indians - > even those who > hold citizenship elsewhere - as entirely her own. > It's not surprising > then that filmmaker Deepa Mehta's Water is seen by > some as our best > hope at the Oscars. Never mind that Mehta is > Canadian, and that Water > was literally chased out of, and blacklisted, in the > nation that is > now intent on bathing in its accolades. In 2000, > Hindu > fundamentalists stormed the sets of Water in > Varanasi, threatening to > beat Mehta "black and blue". She postponed > production, and two films > later, completed the final episode of her trilogy in > Sri Lanka. India > supported Mehta with death threats, warnings of > arrest, and mutilated > freedom of expression. > > However, now that it's time to revel in reflected > glory, India seems > to have forgotten that it failed Mehta when she > needed it most. > Should she win, as Canada's entry to the Oscars, > there will be, no > doubt, boasts of how Bollywood is conquering the > world. Contrast that > with the fact that until recently Water had neither > a distributor nor > a confirmed release date here. Let's hope that any > euphoria over > Mehta's "Indian" achievement is matched with equal > support of her > work being peacefully seen, and that she understands > and forgives our > schizophrenic reactions. > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
