I watched Rahul Dolakia and David Donihue's Parzania today.

I don't feel like describing the quality of the production in any way. For a film like this, it doesn't matter. I don't want to use my own words. Gujarat : Lengthening Shadows Of Swastika :

Gujarat carnage was very different from the communal violence which took place in Independent India so far. Here one could most clearly see the well planned violence unleashed on the pretext of Godhra train accident, duly supported by the state Government under the patronizing eye of the central government. While every possible rule of the law was violated by the authorities, the hapless victims were left to rot in the refugee camps with atrocious living conditions, totally ignored by the state government. The mirror of Gujarat's dominant social thinking was to come to light soon with the winning of elections by Narendra Modi, who had played central role in the violence. What has been happening in the social milieu of Gujarat is beyond belief as far as the democratic norms and the communal amity is concerned.

This film left me angry and with a distantly familiar feeling of helplessness at the destiny of my country. A country whose several thousand year old deep rotting "culture" fills me with disgust; a deep disgust and shame at its lethargy and pretentiousness; at its devices for breeding contempt and entrapment.

What bothers me the most is that I am sure these things will happen again. Every bit of my intuition tells me so, and I am helpless to do anything about it. With no accountability, no information, I cant see how to instigate any lasting change. How do you bring accountability to a country like ours?