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Under the threat of death, she continues to investigate all corruption associated with the Sikh extremists, seeking to shed light on the 1985 bombing and to uncover other acts of violence...
...their government. Before the partition takes place, Lenny, despite being forced by polio to wear a leg brace, enjoys a happy childhood playing 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...
...fact, it is the Congress party which has historically pandered to minority interests in return for votes and turned a blind eye to communal violence when minorities withdrew support. Congress's blatant non-intervention in anti-Sikh violence in the 1984 Punjab reprisal and anti-Muslim violence in the 1992 Bombay riots are ample evidence. The incidence of communal violence has actually gone down in the states where Hindu nationalism has replaced the hypocritical "secularism" of Congress. This is because "Hindutva," while being a more Hindu-centric view, most definitely does not entail oppression of minorities but rather just...
Though the course also looks at Native American, Christian and Jewish traditions, it emphasizes more the religious life of Asian-Americans--Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh and Jain--and the African-American and immigrant tradition of Islam...
...pathways of diplomacy must be trod with care. It's customary when visiting the Golden Temple, the Sikh's holiest shrine in the Punjab, to remove one's shoes. However, Queen Elizabeth, who will visit the Indian temple later this month, is not a barefoot kind of gal. So a compromise has been reached. The Queen will wear white socks...