Jang aur aman [videorecording] = War and peace / camera, editing, production, and direction by Anand Patwardhan
- Additional Titles
- War and peace
- Published
- New York : First Run/Icarus Films, 2002.
- Physical Description
- 2 videocassettes (147 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Additional Creators
- Patwardhan, Anand, Vajpayee, Atal Bihari, 1926-, Sharīf, Navāz, 1949-, Ramanna, Raja, 1925-2004, Rehman, I. A., Harwit, Martin, 1931-, Iyengar, P. K., Vanaik, Achin, and First Run/Icarus Films
- Language Note
- In Hindi, Urdu and Japanese with English narration and subtitles.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Non-violence to nuclear nationalism -- Enemy country -- The line of control -- Pt. 2. The legacy -- Song of America, song of India.
- Summary
- Examines the militarization of India and analyzes the human cost that is extracted from its citizens in the name of national security. Looks at peace activism in India, the political turmoil between Pakistan and India, the 1998 nuclear tests on the Indian subcontinent and the plight of those living near the test site, and the horrendous effects of uranium mining on indigenous populations. Also addresses the influence that the United States exerts as a foreign-relations role model to aspiring Third World nations.
- Subject(s)
- Peace movements—India
- Nuclear nonproliferation—India
- Antinuclear movement—India
- Militarism—India
- Militarism—Pakistan
- Militarism—United States—Foreign public opinion
- Militarism—United States—Influence
- Atomic bomb—India
- Nuclear weapons—India
- Nuclear weapons—Pakistan
- Radiation—Physiological effect
- Radiation—Health aspects—India
- Radiation—Environmental aspects—India
- Uranium mines and mining—Environmental aspects—India
- Uranium mines and mining—Health aspects—India
- India—Foreign relations—Pakistan
- Pakistan—Foreign relations—India
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)—History—Bombardment, 1945—Personal narratives, Japanese
- Genre(s)
- Note
- Originally produced in 2001.
- Participant/Performer Note
- Commentary: A.B. Vajpayee, Navaz Sharif, Raja Ramanna, I.A. Rehman, Martin Harwit, P.K. Iyengar, Achin Vanaik.
- Technical Details
- VHS.
- Terms of Use and Reproduction
- No public performance rights.
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