With his movie 28 Years Later in the news, Director Danny Boyle said in Variety magazine recently, “Would not direct “Slumdog Millionaire” today because of “cultural appropriation” and “I’d be looking for a young Indian filmmaker to shoot it.” “We wouldn’t be able to make that now. And that’s how it should be. It’s time [...]
For those of us born in the West, especially Britain hearing ‘Hindu Nationalism’ shouted out every 5 minutes from the media or academia or politicians in reaction to Hindus speaking up against the prejudices against Hindus and Hinduism often takes us back to childhood when being mocked by racists for being a curry eater meaning [...]