Reaching There

I don't think I've to set any preface for this post. I recently watched the movie Tanhaji. It's a Bollywood movie that has imagined the historical dramatization of the life of Tanaji Malusare. There is no doubt that writers have taken creative liberty and made it a true Bollywood movie with creative action sequences as well as song & dance sequences.  Why did I watch Tanhaji? Is it because of the 'hyper-nationalism' or 'revisionist history' or perhaps the binary portrayal of the Hindu-Muslim relationship during the 1600s? I beg to disagree with the film-critics who are using the crutches of JNU & AMU "activism" which started for fee hike and is seizing the debate on CAA & NRC for its' selfishness.  So why is Tanhaji important? 1. It makes me ponder about the history of Southern India and realize how much of history is missing in the textual history books. It was surprising for me to found out the Vijayanagara Empire (...