Films and Newspapers

Thought i'd cover two posts in one here, I also watched a Bollywood film about an Indian village under the tight grip of a greedy English captain who administrates some cruel treatment of the people in the province he rules over. The film was called Lagaan and was made in 2003, It was very useful as i got an insight into the attitudes of India, the film blended story and acting with song and dance, and i had no idea it was a musical until the first song kicked in. In the end they manage to overcome the oppressive British overlords using peaceful methods.

Also i found a newspaper from the early 1860's which deals with some of the atrocities dealt by the British during the Sepoy Rebellion of the late 1850's. Unfortunately i got it from an American, far right wing, hate site trying to insight hatred towards the British, i don't deny that what it says is true however, but since the newspaper comes from the United states
at a time when the British were there mortal enemy, it may take some bias. The British did do some seriously dispicable things in it's history and it would be highly disresepectful to the victims to deny this ever happened, so i wanted to highlight that this project will show an unbiased view towards both parties involved during this period of history, historical accuracy (With everything except for technology) is very important to me.


This image shows Indian prisoners of wars being ties to the mouths of cannons.