Documentary Hack
Ram Ke Naam: In the Name of GodBy Anand Patwardhan

In a Nutshell

This 1992 documentary covers the rise of Hindu nationalism and the runup to the highly contentious demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya.

Favorite Quote

Saints, I see the world is mad. If I tell the truth they rush to beat me. If I lie they trust me. Hindus claim Ram as the One. Muslims claim Rahim. Then they kill each other, knowing not the essence.

Kabir, 15th-century Indian poet

Introduction

In the early 1990s, radical Hindu activists led a campaign to demolish a local mosque.

Yet the consequences of the demolition would go far beyond a single place of worship, inflaming nationalism and communal violence in the world's second most populous country.

Anand Patwardhan is an Indian filmmaker whose socio-political documentaries like Bombay: Our City and Father, Son, and Holy War have often been censored by the government.

In Ram Ke Naam: In the Name of God, Parwardhan explores the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid and its impact on Indian politics.

Repeatedly suppressed in India, this hard-hitting documentary uncovers how politicians fan the flames of violence, using religion and caste to increase their power at the expense of the common people.

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