88: Playing With The Past: Gandhi and Rang De Basanti

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In an effort to engage more with 20th Century Indian history, we play a board game about the Indian Independence movement and discuss Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s 2006 film Rang De Basanti. Show Notes: Welcome Torrey Dance! If you’d like to skip the board game talk, jump to 48:21 What we were taught about the decolonization of India (https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIndian_independence_movement&t=ZWJjNGFiOWM2ZDJmODAzNzY2YmZjZWZlYzA1ZDYyZDZhMWNiYWJiMixLSUg0WmY1Tw%3D%3D&b=t%3AkP3Y7y6o3K6ErDt0IV7Cnw&p=https%3A%2F%2Fbollywoodisforlovers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F189315153191%2Fepisode-88-playing-with-the-past-gandhi-and&m=1) Gandhi: The Decolonization of British India, 1917-1947 (https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gmtgames.com%2Fp-630-gandhi-the-decolonization-of-british-india-19171947.aspx&t=MDc5MTVmNzE1YjMwMDNjNTU3YzczZGIzYmZiZDVhYjkwOWIzNjUxYSxLSUg0WmY1Tw%3D%3D&b=t%3AkP3Y7y6o3K6ErDt0IV7Cnw&p=https%3A%2F%2Fbollywoodisforlovers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F189315153191%2Fepisode-88-playing-with-the-past-gandhi-and&m=1) COIN Series (https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wargamer.com%2Farticles%2Ffour-player-coin-op%2F&t=YjAxZGQ0ZjZlMDE1YmY4OGQ2NGM3NGIwYTMyYmJkNGY4ZDFlN2RmNCxLSUg0WmY1Tw%3D%3D&b=t%3AkP3Y7y6o3K6ErDt0IV7Cnw&p=https%3A%2F%2Fbollywoodisforlovers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F189315153191%2Fepisode-88-playing-with-the-past-gandhi-and&m=1) (INTERVAL (“Rang De Basanti (https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fc769V25pX08&t=Njk0YTVhMjdmMTZmZjI2YzVkMjg0ZWE2YjFmZjRjMGQyOTZmMmU3YyxLSUg0WmY1Tw%3D%3D&b=t%3AkP3Y7y6o3K6ErDt0IV7Cnw&p=https%3A%2F%2Fbollywoodisforlovers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F189315153191%2Fepisode-88-playing-with-the-past-gandhi-and&m=1) ” from Rang De Basanti) Rang De Basanti (https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRang_De_Basanti&t=ZDFkOWNjNzRjMGQxNDM1Mzg0ZDgxMjU2YWE4Y2Q4MmNiZjJhY2FlYyxLSUg0WmY1Tw%3D%3D&b=t%3AkP3Y7y6o3K6ErDt0IV7Cnw&p=https%3A%2F%2Fbollywoodisforlovers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F189315153191%2Fepisode-88-playing-with-the-past-gandhi-and&m=1) Awards aspirations Indian revolutionaries (https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRevolutionary_movement_for_Indian_independence%23Notable_revolutionaries&t=MDBjMmY1N2UyNTRkZjZkYjJlNWQxMzM1NWI3MTdhMzYxYjc2ODc0MSxLSUg0WmY1Tw%3D%3D&b=t%3AkP3Y7y6o3K6ErDt0IV7Cnw&p=https%3A%2F%2Fbollywoodisforlovers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F189315153191%2Fepisode-88-playing-with-the-past-gandhi-and&m=1) New Kings of the World by Fatima Bhutto (https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ffbhutto&t=Zjg2Y2I0NTEyNWJmNjkwNGVhODI3YjAyNGEyMTM0M2YxN2UzNTA0NSxLSUg0WmY1Tw%3D%3D&b=t%3AkP3Y7y6o3K6ErDt0IV7Cnw&p=https%3A%2F%2Fbollywoodisforlovers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F189315153191%2Fepisode-88-playing-with-the-past-gandhi-and&m=1) Arranged! 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