Set in Gujarat, India, Final Solution examines the aftermath of the deadly violence that followed the burning of 58 Hindus on the Sabarmati Express train at Godhra on February 27, 2002. In reaction to that incident, some 2,500 Muslims were brutally murdered, hundreds of women raped, and more than 200,000 families driven from their homes. Borrowing its reference from the history of Nazism, the title of the film exposes what the film director calls 'Indian Fascism'.This is a powerful and skillfully developed account of the fearsome mechanisms generated by the politics of hate. A brilliant documentary, which performs an autopsy of this pogrom in South Asia, this film is also relevant to a broader audience interested in exploring the global geo-politics of violence and state-sponsored terror.  This documentary has won many acclaims at various International Film Festivals.

Harsh Mander is an ex-IAS officer, former Country Director of ActionAID and co-founder of ANHAD (Act Now for Harmony And Democracy).

WHEN:        Sunday, November 14^th

TIME:          

2:30  4 PM: Screening

4:00 - 5 PM:  Panel Discussion with Rakesh Sharma, Harsh Mander and Raju Rajagopal

WHERE:     

Building 200 (History Corner), Room #2,

Stanford University

Screening is Free and open to the public

Organized by: Promise of India

Co-Sponsors: Indian Muslim Council-USA

For more information call or email: Prashant Jawalikar 510 825 2315, pjawalikar@yahoo.com