Harold Pinter and John Pilger may help further in this. Siddharth, the first principle for any democracy is representation of the people and the participation of them in state institutions. I don't know what do you mean when you coining this word. Not only tormenting, those are histories of suppression and appropriating and segregation as well. We need to reread histories now.
Life goes beyond and transcends any ideological formulations of human essentials and human life.
I talking about melodramatic nationalism and life, I preferred film or literature, which dealt life. This is my choice, before nationalism I put healthy life and its living relationships. There were propaganda films from china and Iran before, but now the conscious filmmakers of these countries went beyond those barriers. It is important for me when discussing the consequences of nationalism and human life. Regarding Hindu icons and concept, your argument is trivialising.