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https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/bbc-documentary-on-modi-7-facts-that-make-the-film-highly-controversial-in-india-and-will-never-be-allowed-to-air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7wuP3FLdeE "BBC Documentary is a hatchet job, Govt had to show anger" I BJP's Swapan Dasgupta I Barkha Dutt Jan 25, 2023 Senior leader of the BJP Swapan Dasgupta talks to Barkha Dutt on the BBC Documentary about PM Modi and why the government felt it essential to invoke emergency powers under IT rules to stop it from airing or being accessible on social media platforms.

'Hatchet job': Participant slams BBC documentary on PM Modi, says 'they had readymade conclusions' https://www.timesnownews.com/india/swapan-dasgupta-slams-bbc-documentary-india-the-modi-question-exclusive-article-97135685  Priya Pareek  Jan 19, 2023
Swapan Dasgupta, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, who gave his views in BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke exclusively to Times Now amid the backlash and shared the inside details. He termed the documentary "a hatchet job."
He said that his interview for the documentary with the BCC went on for about an hour and covered various topics, including the CAA, Article 370 etc. He said that his views were incorporated with the views of other and added that "it was a hatched job that they were trying to do."  He also revealed that he had questioned their assumptions on the European Union (EU) report and British HC sending junior staffers to Gujarat to access the situation, and claimed that they didn't incorporate that...He also said that the ethnic cleansing of the Kashmiri Hindus is completely ignored by them as it raises tough question. Dasgupta further said that the question of Hindus dying in the Gujarat riots needs to be looked at.

 https://youtu.be/5mDRwyBYk5g?t=345 Siddharth Vardaranjan who is one of the interviewees in the Second Episode of the BBC Documentary: The Modi Question dismisses the argument on why the 2002 is being raked up when we have moved forward.. says that if that was so, why did the Home Minister at the time of the 2022 elections speak about it. The film he said is a necessary documentation of our history.. back story of current events....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lFpNp7ezHk "Rioters Taught Lesson In 2002, BJP Brought Peace": Amit Shah In Gujarat  Nov 26, 2022 Those responsible for the communal riots in Gujarat were "taught such a lesson" that the state has been peaceful for 22 years, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday, at a rally ahead of next week's elections

Inviting you to a In Person Meeting of Prayer & Remembrance at CED, 4 to 6 pm, 30th Jan 2023

4 pm to 5:10 pm
We will share experiences and reflections on the striving for nonviolence.

From 5:10 to 5:25 we will observe meditative silence.

We will close with a multi-faith prayer and singing of Vaishnav Jan To.

The meeting with also be on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88330433294?pwd=M0NoRmJJZTlteHoxUmMvWms0M21SUT09
Meeting ID: 883 3043 3294 Passcode: CED30

On Gandhiji's martyrdom day, 30th January, Ahimsa Conversations will complete three years.
https://www.youtube.com/@AhimsaConversations

* In March, 2022, the first series of 108 episodes was completed.
* The Conversations of this first series have been arranged into 12 playlists which reflect the broad themes that are emerging.
* Since then 23 Ahimsa Conversation Glimpses, videos of a minute or less, have been published.
* On October 2nd 2022, the second series of Ahimsa Conversations was launched.
* There are now 116 Ahimsa Conversations online and a total of over 250 videos -- including 'Snippets', 'Glimpses', recordings of Ahimsa Conversations Live sessions and even the occasional 'Curator's Blog'.

On Monday 30th January, let us gather both in person and online, to mark this crucial day in the recent memory of this sub-continent. We gather to reaffirm core values of truth, brotherhood, compassion and nonviolence and also to share notes on our collective efforts to live by these values.

We will start with a few songs, poems, bhajans.
Then we can share reflections on the on-going explorations of and striving for ahimsa.
I can review how and why I began Ahimsa Conversations and where the journey has taken me over these three years.
Let us have an open sharing of our nuanced understanding of multi dimensional forms of nonviolence and how we can better understand the striving for it and critique our efforts so far. Hope you can join us. Warm Regards: Rajni Bakshi