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A Filmmaker Starved Himself to Expose a Famine
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A Filmmaker Starved Himself to Expose a Famine

When the grain ships passed Calcutta's starving millions to feed London's war machine, one man tried to starve himself to death in protest.

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Colonial IndiaBritish EmpireWorld War IIFamineBengalFilm HistorySatyajit RayProtestDocumentationSouth AsiaWinston ChurchillImperial Policy

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