While many Indian people greeted the nuclear tests conducted by New Delhi in 1998 with enthusiasm, one Indian film director claims that nationalist fervor has blinded the Indian public toward the hideous potential of nuclear weapons.
The film "War and Peace: Non-violence to Nuclear Nationalism," directed by Anand Patwardhan, was awarded the grand prize at the Earth Vision -- Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival, which was held in Shinjuku Ward the first two days of February.
Patwardhan, who has made documentaries on social and political issues in India for nearly three decades, spent 3 1/2 years making a feature documentary centering on India's successful nuclear test of May 1998.