Re: help - Holi, 1984

Dear Abhijeet,

Thanks for the information. I did manage to get in ouch with Mr
Elkunchiwar, thanks to a member of the Reader-List. The film, though,
is still elusive. Mr Elkunchiwar says that he has never seen the film,
and if I get a copy, I should send him one as well!

You wrote:
> With due regards to the anti-ragging campaign, HOLI was not a
> straightjacketed "anti ragging play". 

I would be grateful to you if you could find any article/essay/post by
me in which I have claimed so.

Unfortunately, the anthology you mention will not be accessible to me
as it is in Marathi.

As for 'mob mentality' - ragging does have something to do with it. I
have referred to it in one of my research postings.

Thanks,
Shivam



On 6/27/05, Abhijeet Tamhane <abhitamhane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Shivam, 
> All the best in your efforts... 
> For the record, even before Ketan Mehta directed the film, HOLI was a play
> in Marathi which was staged (actually they managed without a proper stage)
> also in college campuses...? 
> With due regards to the anti-ragging campaign, HOLI was not a
> straightjacketed "anti ragging play". It aslo opened a discussion on the mob
> mentality, the plight of an underdog etc... a mention of one such discussion
> in the IIT Mumbai (after staging of the play, where the director, Vijaya
> Mehta, was present) can be found in Sankalp, a collection of
> autobiographical writings of some 20-odd dalit/leftist/socialist youth
> movement leaders in Maharashtra. The book, now out of print, is in Marathi. 
>   
> -- abhijeet tamhane

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