Catch Manipur Song on NDTV Profit- a film on the troubled North East

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Catch Manipur Song on NDTV Profit- a film on the troubled North East

It has taken almost sixty years, but it is slowly being recognized that there is something radically wrong with India's Nationalistic project. At a time when the boundaries of Nationalism are getting blurred, the world over, the conflicts between mainstream Indian Nationalism and the various sub-nationalisms are reaching their crescendo. This week NDTV Profit brings Manipur Song, a documentary film by Pankaj Butalia, which is an elegy to this conflict.

In the absence of any reliable governance in the state, the gun has become the defacto governor. The state is brutal in its response and uses extra judicial means to exercise control. So what happens to aspirations? To daily life? It becomes collateral of this violence. ‘Manipur Song’ is an attempt to look at this collateral. Catch it on NDTV Profit this Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 10:00pm with a repeat telecast on the following Sunday at 5:00pm.