Ep 288: Chandrahas Choudhury's Country of Literature
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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O Co Ami Translates Fore Into Indian History Is Without Question, a Synematic Venture of Remarkable Daring
O co ami translates fore into indian history is without question, a synematic venture of remarkable daring. In almost two decades of watching bollywood productions, i have never come across such preposterous drivel as that served up in the second half of this film. You can be much more provoked, provoking and damaging in a mass medium than you can in something like a novel. It's very rare that novels can change and damage a culture in the same way that a badly med film can. And er, a freedom of expression still means that they have to come out on their own. There's no way of proscribing them but at least one must push back in writing
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