Sunday, September 1, 2013

Leeds varsity professor films anguish of Maharashtra's two Muslim ghettos | ummid.com

Leeds varsity professor films anguish of Maharashtra's two Muslim ghettos | ummid.com
Byculla in Mumbai and Malegaon in Nashik district, both are considered as Muslim majority areas, and have surprisingly similar stories of pain and anguish the people there had to undergo because of years of negligence and step-motherly attitude meted to them by the state. Documented regularly by various people, the issues with these two Muslim majority neighbourhoods are again in news, this time through two short films produced by an Indian-origin researcher at University of Leeds, UK.