Muslims, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Our Duties as Indians

Watch the trailer of the movie The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mira Nair. The film is expected to be a different take on the issue of “terrorism”, the 9/11 attacks and the post 9/11 so-called “war on terror” by America. Will this Mira Nair movie only make the stereotypes against Muslims stronger, or will it help dispel the wrong notions? Only time will tell.

Here is what is the official description under the trailer:

A young Pakistani man is chasing corporate success on Wall Street. He finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family’s homeland.

In this context, it is worthwhile giving the link of this particular post in Tehelka by Shoma Chaudhury on how important it is to safeguard the rights of Muslims in India for upholding true democracy.

Innocent Muslims have been jailed with impunity in India over the past decade because it was easy to jail them. Within hours of any terror attack, a bunch of Muslim boys would be arrested and their names aired in the media as “masterminds”. Then they would disappear from mainstream consciousness. Their guilt was assumed: it did not need to be proved.