Anand Patwardhan

His documentary explored the campaign waged to build a Ram temple at the site of the Babri mosque and the violence that it triggered.

Joint appeal has been issued by many well known artistes and filmmakers across the country in 12 languages, saying the upcoming Lok Sabha elections are the "most critical in the history" of the country.

On Anand Patwardhan's latest—the tension and the potential inherent in the title, that of twinning the concerns of the Ambedkarite movement (Jai Bhim) and those of the Left (Comrade), and the apparent impossibility of such reconciliation.

Officials of the Censor Board must be made to understand that their brief cannot be to wield their scissors in the interests of particular ideologies.

Today, Ayodhya is full of Ram temples that claim to be built at the birthplace of Ram. The reason is obvious. Any temple that establishes itself as the birthplace of Ram gets huge donations from devotees, writes filmmaker Anand Patwardhan.

Attempting to restore order while abandoning the rule of law will do exactly what the bombing of Iraq and Afghanistan did to restore democracy.

Why was Ambedkar’s critique of caste anathema for Indian Marxists?

On his new documentary film War & Peace