Soul of India. Hindus and Muslims in conflict
Description
Home to more than a billion people, India struggles to remain the secular and tolerant society that Mahatma Gandhi envisioned. This Wide Angle documentary focuses on India's increasingly powerful Hindu nationalist movement, the specter of religious and ethnic strife that has haunted the nation since the dawn of its independence in 1947, and the actions of government and partisan forces that may be headed for a large-scale confrontation. Exploring mob violence in the state of Gujarat, the efforts of India's "supercop" to quell the unrest, and the influence of a dynamic Hindu youth movement, this program offers an in-depth look into the identity of the world's largest democracy. In addition, former Senator George Mitchell talks with anchor Jamie Rubin.
Runtime
58 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2002
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
Similar Films
State of the Talib
Made in Germany. Europe's Economic Superstar
AIDS Warriors. Confronting Africa's health crisis
Leave No Dark Corner
The Empty ATM. Inside Argentina's broken economy
Ethnic identity, regional conflict, and peacekeeping initiatives
Coca and the congressman. Drugs, farming, and socialism in Bolivia
Benazir Bhutto. Battling dictatorship in Pakistan
Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and the Search for Identity. Children of Argentina's "Disappeared
Fascist barbarians. Soviet animation vs. Nazi tyranny
Bitter harvest. War on drugs meets war on terror
Liberia. An Uncivil War
Free market economies. Commanding heights
Heads of State (Barack Obama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Charles De Gaulle, Bill Clinton, Nicolas Sarkozy). Advocates of Change