Pakistani and Indian national flags. Photo: Xinhua/SIPA USA/PA Images. All rights reserved.
It’s a curious phenomenon: the further Indian independence from Britain recedes into the past, the more attention it receives. It’s as if the British psyche is in greater need of past glories amidst Brexit. The 70th anniversary of Indian independence this year appears to have attracted more attention in the British media than even the 50th. This month’s London Film Festival also nods in this direction with its screening of Azmaish: A Journey Through the Subcontinent, billed as “a rare and incisive female-centric documentary”.
