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SPARK- An initiative of Ambedkar Bhagat Singh Study Circle. Issue no. 3, October 2017 1
tried to complain the anomalies Throughout the process of the
to the DIG but he seemed to be election a local adivasi school
aware of everything and more teacher Malko Netam stayed with
than happy about it. Newton and the team. It appeared
as if she was present as a
As the movie progresses, more representative of the adivasi
and more truth about the system community to watch what this
unfolds, but the stock of democracy could offer them, and
answers Newton has becomes she probably got the answer, or
smaller and smaller. The film is maybe she already had the
written and made in a similar answers.
spirit, not by someone with
sustained answers, but by ones
who discovered lot of questions.
The maker’s personal
astonishment while this
discovery causes both, the magic
of the narrative and the lack of
end-to-end clarity. Like for
example, we hear a lot about the
terror of Maoists in the film,
but learn nothing about their
passion. The movie raises tough
questions; it does not show the
way to bring a change but
passionately shows the dire need
of it. However, it also suggests
that bringing such a change
won’t be quick or easy.
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