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A film that takes an in-depth look into the lives of the widows of the Sikh men who were killed in the anti-Sikh massacre of November, 1984. This was a government sponsored massacre in the World's largest Democracy, India. In the capital, New Delhi, in 3 days over 4,000 men were killed, over 1, 300 women widowed and over 4, 000 children were left fatherless. The film, directed by Harpreet Kaur, explores the suffering of these women, their battle for justice and their struggle for survival in India.
Transcript
00:06A mob had run down this street, bursting into Sikh houses, spraying them with blazing
00:11petrol and often cutting the long hair from the heads of their Sikh victims.
00:17Gruesome evidence in the rubble of their houses.
00:43Situations normal.
00:44And very fast returning to normal.
01:004,000 people have been killed.
01:04They were the citizens of this country.
01:08This country is supposed to be governed by the rule of law.
01:11And even if there is no one person who has killed someone, who has killed someone, who has killed someone,
01:17who has killed someone, who has killed someone, who has killed someone.
01:24Justice is a mockery in India for the 1984 survivors.
01:28The administration has failed the survivors.
01:30The judiciary has failed the survivors.
01:32And so has the government.
01:33Why did the society fail?
01:36Why did the system fail?
01:39Why did the government agencies, who should have acted, did not act?
01:43This should affect every Indian who is concerned about India's future or about 1984.
01:51They should find it disquieting that there is this kind of conspiracy of silence and trying to cover up crimes
01:58at the highest levels.
02:00These murders have taken place.
02:02Nobody can deny it.
02:03The state has admitted it.
02:04Now you tell us.
02:05You have to tell us how.
02:06We put you on trial.
02:08We have to tell us the money.
02:10We have to take stock for all of these murders.
02:13We have to tell them where we live, or are we going to live.
02:15We have to tell people who can't be killed, who does not, who does not.
02:16What can we hear from our children?
02:22We have to kill a child with your children.
02:24We have to kill a child with your children.
02:25This story has sent us about 20 years ago.
02:27We have to kill them.
02:28We have to kill them for 20 years, and we have to kill them for 20 years.
02:31They have to kill them for their sins.
02:36When the child is in front of us, the child will not be able to do it.
02:42We were very upset.
02:44The world didn't come.
02:45We had a story about a story.
02:47We had a story about 84 years ago.
02:4984 years ago, we had a story about 84.
03:10The End

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