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Shubhradeep Chakravorty | ... | Contributor |
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Meera Chaudhary | ... | Contributor |
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Nakul Singh Sawhney | ... | Narrator |
In September, 2013, Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of Western Uttar Pradesh, India, witnessed one of India's worst ever pogrom since Indian Independence. More than 100 people were killed and close to 80,000 people were displaced. In the past, the two districts have seen relative harmony between Muslims and Hindus. What happened this time? 'Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai...' (Muzaffarnagar eventually...) straddles between various socio-political-economic dynamics in the areas that have been affected by the violence. This documentary speaks to a cross-section of people. While looking at the immediate violence and it's repercussions, it takes a journey around the many facets of the massacre- the question of a woman's 'honour', which becomes the biggest rallying point to instigate people, the way communal polarisation was orchestrated, the merging of caste identity politics within the larger political fold and the breakdown of the once powerful farmers' union - Bhartiya Kissan Union - from ... Written by prabhat1729
People calling this documentary biased are the very people who have turned a blind eye towards the monstrous Islamophobia that BJP in India have propogated throughout the country since campaigns for the 2014 General Elections, well since 1992, through 2002 for that matter.
They can't see how the BJP leaders clearly call for danga, from the lowliest of workers, right up to Amit Shah and Modi. Those two at the helm have corrupted the minds of impressionable people and turned them into open unabashed rioteers