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...Indian kingdom of Avadh, and Lagaan, a crowd-pleaser nominated for an Oscar in 2002, in which the Indians thrash the British at cricket. But these are the exceptions. Most Bollywood films focus predictably on ishq?love?and little else. The travails of The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey, India's most ambitious historical movie in years, show...
...plaintiffs claiming to be descendants of a brother of Pandey, the film's central character and a hero of a 19th century uprising against the British, filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court on Sept. 1 in the hope of stopping the movie from showing. They charge that it impugns their ancestor's character, and they're seeking nominal damages from the director, screenwriter, producer and two co-stars. The lawsuit came after the film had already been blasted by critics and academics, as well as by indignant politicians from Pandey's home state, Uttar Pradesh. In fact...
...March 1857, Pandey, a soldier in the armies of the British East India Company, the commercial venture of freebooters and merchants that ruled India, attacked his officers and called on his fellow soldiers to join him. He was apparently incensed by the army's new gun cartridges, which were rumored to be coated with the grease of pigs and cows, thereby forcing him to violate his Hindu beliefs. Pandey's putsch failed; he was court-martialed and executed. But the rebellion spread, with soldiers rising up across India and proclaiming an aging Mughal ruler as Emperor. The British brutally...
...warning against travel to entire countries. While the fear of infectious disease may have eased and advisories been relaxed, surveys among international travelers by the PTA have found fear of illness remains the greatest deterrent to tourism in the region. ("There is absolutely no problem going there," says Harsaran Pandey, World Health Organization's Southeast Asia spokesperson.) Other potential visitors consider it inappropriate to holiday in a place where lives were lost...
...tsunamis? To that end, developed countries must work together for the sake of humanity and not their individual interests. There is no shortage of skills and resources throughout the world. And if we join together, the next tsunami will command only a small amount of press coverage. Umesh C. Pandey Sahibabad, India...