
Comrade Manu Kant
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Comrade Manu Kant
@ivanbelinsky
Journo | Working-class poet | Satirist | ML | 15 books | With Indians, Russians, Mayans, Incans, Red Indians, Africans, Asians & poor whites | Russia in heart














Q: What is your favourite war movie as ex-army chief? Gen. Naravane: The Longest Day. It's a World War 2 movie Q: So no Bollywood movies? Gen. Naravane: No. Because they aren't realistic. They romanticise war. But War is a bloody game


Both The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far are based on real events and, in my view, are exceptionally well made. I first watched them in school at my father @SatishBahri insistence. He was a paratrooper and for him these weren’t merely films but reflections of battles studied in IMA and understood in professional depth. Soon after, we visited Omaha Beach in Normandy and Arnhem in Netherlands. Those places don’t just tell history. They hold it. Perhaps that’s the difference. The older generation experienced these stories as history brought to life; today, they’re often judged as just another film.






