Totally agree with you Rico. You are saying what I feel too.
When I said tweaked I mean tweaked by whoever is writing it. Read history as
written by the Greeks re Alexander on India. Then read the same battle by
Indian historians. Both versions are vastly different.
As for the film, I liked the
Dear Wendell,
The issue is not so much about the *film*, as about the way history gets
depicted in our parts of the world (and I guess elsewhere too). These myths
go beyond films and are consistently celebrated in daily life too. Aakar
Patel might have done a good job by questioning it in a
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/aakarvani/bajirao-the-great-hindu-nationalist-thats-only-in-the-movies/
Bajirao the great Hindu nationalist -- That's only in the movies
Aakar Patel in Aakarvani | India | TOI
I think I'll write about Bajirao Mastani today. I have not
seen the movie, nor
