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EVENT NOTICE: Documentary on Nuclear South Asia (please
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bilal Zuberi)
Thu Nov 15 14:12:58 2001
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Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy will present:
PAKISTAN AND INDIA UNDER THE NUCLEAR SHADOW
A video documentary from the Eqbal Ahmad Foundation
Room 4-231
MIT
6 PM
Saturday, November 17, 2001
In May 1998, over a billion people were thrust into the nuclear shadow as
India and Pakistan blasted their way onto the world stage as nuclear
weapons states. This path-breaking 35 minute independent documentary made
in Pakistan takes a critical look at what the bomb has done for the two
countries since then. Senior Indian and Pakistani military leaders assess
the consequences of nuclear testing in South Asia and the possibility of
war. Heads of Islamic religious organizations and militant groups engaged
in jihad explain the hopes they have for the bomb and why they believe it
strengthens Pakistan and Islam. Leading peace activists, academics and
journalists make the case that nuclear South Asia is spiralling into
instability, an arms race, deepening poverty, and an ever-greater threat
of nuclear war, both deliberate and accidental. Through interviews,
graphics, and archive footage, the film spells out in stark and urgent
terms the nuclear danger that now imperils the people of Pakistan and
India and the desperate need for peace.
Produced and directed by Pervez Hoodbhoy; script by Zia Mian
