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Desert Dunes | -minute read
Just as a warrior, or a spy, or a fugitive chooses to die than fall in enemy's hands, it is the same spirit that drove women to self-immolation.
An entire population now thinks that thousands of women burning themselves alive is a good thing.
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Tarar Square | 9-minute read
Which India has been shown?
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The Pulp Pit | 3-minute read
Sanjay Leela Bhansali adds to the myth of Padmavati spectacularly.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's glorified treatment of the archaic practice of jauhar - mass suicide by fire - is a disconcerting watch.
It begs the question if issues should be settled on streets and statements made through dead bodies.
Let us not forget the grim violence that went into the movie's making.
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Desert Dunes | 8-minute read
Padmini belongs to an era when Rajput history in Mewar was still not well recorded and was a part of oral traditions and ballads.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's squad left the discussion table.