Word: icing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This summer, my friend James asked me a most astounding question. We were eating frozen yogurt outside Temptations when he said: "Is frozen yogurt better for you than ice cream...
...under the care of her nanny Shanta (Nandita Das). Shanta is a beautiful young Hindu woman who attracts suitors from all three religious backgrounds: Hindu, Sikh and Muslim. The two suitors that Shanta most favors with her attention are both Muslim: the charismatic yet somewhat roguish Dil Navaz or "Ice Candy Man" (Aamir Khan) and the kind, gentle Hasan (Rahul Khanna), Lenny's hero...
...begin to divide along religious lines as news of genocidal bloodshed trickles in from the surrounding areas. As Lahore itself begins the tumultuous transition from a former Indian city to its current status as the capitol of Pakistan, a variety of the characters' dispositions also change. The transformation of "Ice Candy Man" is the most dramatic, as he goes from being the reasonable peacemaker among the group to the most extreme example of religious hatred. Shanta falls in love with Hasan, much to the chagrin of the "Ice Candy Man", but their relationship appears almost inconsequential after the figurative...
...film's intention for using a child's perspective manifests itself most clearly when Lenny innocently asks the "Ice Candy Man" if he saw his two sisters, who were on the train, in one of the sacks. In another scene, Lenny sees the Muslim refugees camped next door and asks her cousin who they are. Irritated that her cousin will not explain what he means by "fallen women" and "rape," she questions a young boy. The boy describes how he hid under dead bodies until the massacre of his village was complete and then went to search for his mother...
...when I'm not doing much, we'll play a mock game of 'paper, rock, scissors' where I win every single time. If I went to a party, and they didn't have enough to drink, they'd be like 'get over here, we've got a bucket of ice--change this into something!'...Some people say they're really reluctant to piss me off now, because any condemnation I make 'carries so much weight...