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South Asian Film Festival in Goa from Fri (June 27) to Mon (June 30)
At Kala Academy, and ESG, Panaji, Goa
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I believe Roland post on Anglo-Indians appeared long ago. If it was reposted I
am not sure.
I have seen Cotton Mary, 36 Cowringhee Lane and Bhowani Junction but not the
fourth one, Bow Barracks Foreveer that Ana Maria de souza-Goswami mentioned.
Cotton Mary and 36 Cowringhee Lane tackle different themes, but the core issue
is the death pangs of a dying community seen through the central characters. If
Ismail Merchant has captured the family problems in Cotton Mary, Aparna Sen has
captured the loneliness of an ageing school teacher.
Bhowani Junction, from the book by John Masters, one of the classics of the
Indian-Anglican fiction, is, I think, in black and white. Eva Gardner looks
stunning in the movie that shows love and infidelity in the British army.
Sadly, the Anglo-Indian community is in decline in India, just like the Parsis
or the mesticos in Goa or the Bene Israel Jews of Kerala. Migration of new
generations of Anglos to countries such as England, Australia and Canada has
created a vacuum in the community population in India.
Time moves on and in its wake takes away layers of history.
Eugene
