Water: A Film That Surfaces our Shame

Recently I had the opportunity to watch Deepa Mehta’s film, “Water”on DVD . Most of you may have already seen this movie as well as its predecessors, “Fire” and “Earth”. “Water” is the third segment of Deepa’s elemental trilogy. I am not a film critic by any measure. However, the reason for me to write about this film is because it deals with an issue which has always been a controversial and sensitive one in our culture and religion. Continue reading