'The Kashmir Files' Director Vivek Agnihotri Shares Why India Needs A 'Genocide Museum'
Apart from giving a tour of the Holocaust museum in DC, he also explained that India also needs one since several unheard and untold stories need a platform to be conveyed across the globe.
Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files became a rage in India. The story of the pain, suffering, struggle & trauma of the Kashmiri Pandits became a blockbuster in India.
It also stirred controversies and debate in India. After working for four years and finally releasing the movie, the director recently shared a video from his visit to the Holocaust museum in Washington DC.
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The director, who delivered a keynote speech to Congressmen, senators, and policymakers of the US at The Capitol in Washington, D.C. on the topic ¡®India, Kashmir & Humanism', shared the old video with an important message.
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Apart from giving a tour of the Holocaust museum in DC, he also explained that India also needs one since several unheard and untold stories need a platform to be conveyed across the globe.
In the video, Agnihotri pans the camera to showcase all the pictures of the survivors being pinned on the walls. He shares how the holocaust museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity.
Vivek Agnihotri is currently working on his dram along with MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who has acquired land in the state to construct a Genocide Museum.
The concept of a #GenocideMuseum came to my mind here in almost dark @HolocaustMuseum while talking to @surinderkauldr. Thanks to CM @ChouhanShivraj this will be a reality soon and it will be India¡¯s first monument of love, peace and humanity. #Oneness is our motto. pic.twitter.com/g2NZj3rILS
¡ª Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) April 26, 2022
Talking about the need for such a museum in India, he says, "I am here at the holocaust museum at the Washinton DC, and you can see the pictures of the most tragic incident of human history. We don't have museums like this, but I hope a new dialogue will begin."
The director thanked Chouhan while captioning the video and wrote,
"The concept of a #GenocideMuseum came to my mind here in almost dark @HolocaustMuseum while talking to @surinderkauldr. Thanks to CM @ChouhanShivraj, this will be a reality soon, and it will be India¡¯s first monument of love, peace, and humanity. #Oneness is our motto."
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