With brexit, the chumocrats who drew borders from india to. The radcliffe line was the boundary demarcation line between the indian and pakistani. I dont count myself among them, having had a good time with a lot of seagals directtovideo adventures, but i agree that this is a good vehicle, not to mention a. Exit wounds is a fun, wellrounded action flick from 2001 that carries the minor distinction of being considered the last good steven seagal vehicle by many mainstream fans. Large parts of the subcontinent were descending into chaos, as the implications of partitioning the indian empire along religious lines. Up to one million people died, countless women were abducted and raped, and the worlds. The demarcation line was published on 17 august 1947 upon the partition of india. Indian nationalist leader jawaharlal nehru l, and viceroy of india lord louis mountbatten. In march 1947, lord mountbatten arrived in india as the next viceroy, with an explicit. Mountbatten, derided as master of disaster in british naval circles, was a representative member of a small group of upper and middleclass british men from which the imperial masters of. The film was inspired by wh audens poem on the partition. May to speed up the exit clock and create insoluble and eternal problems. Overview of exit wounds, 2001, directed by andrzej bartkowiak, with steven seagal, tom arnold, eva mendes, at turner classic movies.
They waited quietly until the two teens finally settled down into a loving cuddle. Mountbatten became extremely hurry to come to a conclusion that partition. Mountbatten insisted on 15 august 1947 as the date for partition, just two and a. The four sighed a collective sigh of relief, yumi and yosuke shared a high five as the older men smiled. Mohandas gandhi exhorted the british to leave india to god or to. The album is the soundtrack to andrzej bartkowiaks 2001 film exit wounds. During the chase tim hortons is visible, too this particular store is located at the corner of hughson and king street east in hamilton, ontario.
Opinion the malign incompetence of the british ruling. Exit wounds the legacy of indian partition by pankaj mishra. He actually shoots down a helicopter with a pistol. A man with grasp, forecast and understanding he analyzed the complexity of the political situation of india. If it wasnt lord mountbatten then who divided india. Those are some powerful sound effects ya got there, partner. None of the concerned parties were pushing for a hasty british exit. Although his decision to transfer power at such a fast pace, by preopening the date from july 1948 to august 1947, is criticized on several ac. A convoy of sikhs migrating to east punjab in october, 1947.
Gifted with high imagination, sharp intellect he started his drive in this regard. World history exit wounds india and partition pages 1 2 text. In a grotesque irony, borders imposed in 1921 on ireland, englands first colony, have proved to be the biggest stumbling block for the english brexiteers chasing imperial virility. After saving the vice president from a militia group. What was the role of mountbatten in the partition of india.
After exposing his ship to german torpedo fire, mountbatten. It is actually more accurate, for those invoking british history, to say that partition the british empires ruinous exit strategy has come home. He presided over what was the inevitable partition of india as it became clear that moslems and hindus could not, or would not live together in harmony in one country but the partition was badly handled for which the british have to take their share of the blame and the. According to allen mcgrath many british leaders including the british viceroy, mountbatten, were unhappy over the partition of india. After partition, her family were forced to flee their homes, her fathers. The deep wounds left behind by the division of british india in 1947, forming the. Dead on the inside raised by wolves in sheeps clothes that abandoned me but taught me to get up when i fall to my knees. What politicians saw the congress party as a party of uppercaste hindus. Jinnah hardly could have anticipated such irresponsible behavior by the british. Brexit, theresa may and the malign incompetence of the. He tried to work out a political solution of the problem. World history northern highlands regional high school.
As a crucial determiner in the outcomes of the partition, the radcliffe line and award process has been referred to in many films, books, and other artistic depictions of the partition of india. Yumi ozawa, yosuke hanamura, ryotaro dojima and soujis father watched rise and soujis confrontation from the safety of a nearby tea house. Lord louis mountbatten and his wife, edwina, sat down in the viceregal mansion in new delhi to watch the latest bob hope movie, my favorite brunette. Large parts of the subcontinent were descending into chaos, as. With brexit, the british chumocrats who drew borders from india to ireland are getting a taste of their own medicine describing britains calamitous e. Immediately after his arrival on 24th march, lord mountbatten started discussions with indian political leaders. What leopold amery denounced as churchills hitlerlike attitude to india manifested itself most starkly during a famine, caused by a combination of war and mismanagement, that claimed between one and two million lives in bengal in 1943. The shots were close, about 60 yards, through the lungs and the deer each ran about 20 yards before falling over.
Just as the movie ends, in the street scene where boyd departs, the bar across the street has a sign with the letters l. It was released on march 20, 2001, four days after the film, through blackground records and virgin records with distribution via warner bros. Son of the british royal family son of queen victorias granddaughter an able sailorsoldier mountbatten knew the art of dealing with the political leaders of. No wonder the last viceroy, lord louis mountbatten, the kings cousin sent to india to hand back power, has been vilified for the mountbatten plan which led to partition and the. Exit wounds is a 2001 american action film directed by andrzej bartkowiak, and starring steven seagal and dmx. The partition of india is one of the central events in the collective memory in india, pakistan, and bangladesh. Lord mountbatten played a very important role in the transfer of power to the indian union in 1947. On the evening of august 14, 1947, in the viceroys house in new delhi, mountbatten and his wife settled down to watch a bob hope movie, my favorite brunette. Watch exit wounds online stream full movie directv. British soldiers confined to their barracks, ordered by mountbatten to save only british lives, may prove to be the most enduring image of imperial retreat. Urgently beseeched by amery and the indian viceroy to release food. An exnavy seal turned cook is the only person who can stop a group. As partition comes home, threatening bloodshed in ireland and secession in scotland, and an unimaginable chaos of nodeal brexit looms, ordinary british people stand to suffer from the untreatable exit wounds once inflicted by britains bumbling chumocrats on millions of asians and africans. How many people may have been murdered in the partition of india and pakistan.
Mountbatten observed a torpedo streaking toward his ship. Large parts of the subcontinent were descending into chaos, as the implications of partitioning the indian empire along religious lines became. World history exit wounds india and partition pages 1 2. Telling the story of india and pakistans traumatic. The movie tries to help him out with a lot of support from talented costars. Just a few months after the botched partition, for instance, india and pakistan were fighting a war over the disputed territory of kashmir. What was mountbatten s nickname in the british admiralty. Ironically, i did not feel even a bit patriotic and proud of it. Telling the story of india and pakistans traumatic birth. The book takes place on long island, while the film is set in detroit. Exit wounds, whether they are the result of contact, intermediate, or distant firing, all have the same general characteristics. Garis radcliffe wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia.
While the mountbattens were sitting down to their bob hope movie, indias constituent assembly was convening in new delhi. The film is based on the book of the same name by john westermann. Steven seagal is definitely in fat elvis mode in exit wounds, a colorbynumbers honestcop against corruption story. Literature and cinema found ways of representing the horror of what happened. Steven seagal stars as maverick detroit police detective orin boyd, whose takenoprisoners approach to domestic terrorism gets him booted downtown to the citys toughest precinct. In retrospect, mountbatten had even less reason than mrs. They are typically larger and more irregular than entrance wounds and, with rare exception, do not possess an abrasion ring. Neoimperialist ventures abroad, followed by the rolling. Describing britains calamitous exit from its indian empire in 1947, the novelist paul. Sixty years ago, on the evening of august 14, 1947, a few hours before britains indian empire was formally divided into the nationstates of india and pakistan, lord louis mountbatten and his wife, edwina, sat down in the viceregal mansion in new delhi to watch the latest bob hope movie, my favorite brunette. The legacy of indian partition new yorker article blogger.
Mountbatten and the partition of india by larry collins. This movie tells the story of a man who goes undercover in a hitech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. Its wounds are partially healed when indians and pakistanis meet to. Watch exit wounds starring steven seagal in this mysterycrime on directv. As pankaj mishra 2007 writes, no one had prepared for a massive transfer of population. This article is the first in a bbc series looking at partition 70 years on.
To think about partition on its 70th anniversary is to think, unavoidably. In a recent new york times oped the malign ineptitude of the british elite, january 20, mishra argues that the politics of brexit are a rerun of the british empires ruinous exit strategy, the 1947 partition of india and pakistan. This means i desired highflying, overthetop action that includes lots of cool. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Exit wounds is a 2001 action film starring steven seagal as a disgraced detroit police detective who uncovers a criminal enterprise involving drug dealers and corrupt cops in the precinct hes been reassigned to. This fastpaced movie with a pounding hiphop soundtrack, stars detroit cop orin who plays by his own rules. Placebo exit wounds official alternate director version. Entrance versus exit wounds entrance wounds gunshot wounds. I went into this movie with the no expectations, except to see a cheesy action flick. World history exit wounds india and partition the ne. British people stand to suffer from the untreatable exit wounds once inflicted by.
India completed 60 years of its independence day before yesterday. How many people were estimated to have been uprooted during the partition of india. Steven seagal plays orin boyd, a police detective notorious for pushing the limits of the law in his quest for justice. Mohsin hamids most recent novel, exit west, published by hamish hamilton.
Mountbatten, derided as master of disaster in british naval circles, was a. The idea is to develop a theory around a war document of 1945. I had to rewind just to enjoy the mindlessness of this again and again. Garis tersebut mengambil nama dari pencetusnya, sir cyril radcliffe, yang, sebagai ketua komisi perbatasan, mengubah pembagian wilayah seluas 175000 mil persegi 450000 km 2 dengan 88 juta orang. Large parts of the subcontinent were descending into chaos, as the implications of. Trains carrying nothing but corpses through a desolate countryside became the totemic image of the savagery of partition. The bloody legacy of indian partition the new yorker. No bullets were recovered, though and through penetration with quartersize exit wounds.
India partition guiding questions timeline 1 when was the idea of a separate homeland for muslims first introduced. The author persists on talking about the bob hope movie in the article. Even as armed militias roamed the countryside, looking for people to kidnap, rape, and kill, houses to. Moreover, britain itself faces the prospect of partition if brexit. Garis radcliffe dipublikasikan pada 17 agustus 1947 sebagai garis demarkasi perbatasan antara india dan pakistan setelah pemisahan india. World history exit wounds india and partition the new yorker august.
The malign incompetence of the british ruling class. New yorkers august, 2007 issue on exit wounds, the legacy of india partition. Steven seagal takes no crap from anthony anderson and dmx. Mountbatten became extremely hurry to come to a conclusion that partition of india was inevitable. Gurinder chadhas new film brings to screen one of the most crucial moments in.