Docu-feature 'Minority Diary' explores the rich history of Christianity in Bengal

India is better known as the Land of Gods and is being highlighted globally for its Unity in Diversity. The Ministry of Minority Affairs of the Government of India has even marked Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Jains as minority communities in India separated in terms of their religion. Now, Indranil Sarkar is making a docu-feature ‘Minority Diary’ on a wide study on the socio-economic state, cultural interrelation and the contribution of the Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and the Jains to society.Thus, it aims to portray the factor of diversified unity.
Interestingly, Christianity is India's third-largest religion after Hinduism and Islam, with approximately 27.8 million (2.78 Crore) followers, constituting 2.3 percent of India's population. There's an assumption that there were no Christians in India until the Western missionaries brought the Gospel to this land of Pagans, and that's not the truth at all. DE SAM LAZARO: Long before it reached many parts of Europe, Christianity came across the Arabian Sea to India along the thriving spice trade routes.
West Bengal being a versatile state, both geographically and culturally, is the prime subject of the docu-feature. ‘Minority Diary’ is the quest and a study of the Christian community in West Bengal revealing their history, evolution, intercultural bonding and their contribution to society.
Indranil Sarkar is internationally acclaimed for his previous docu-features ‘The Turning Point “ – a film on Irom Chanu Sharmila, the Iron lady of Manipur, ‘Utopic Assassins’ – a film on narcotics and third world politics, “Embryonic Journey “ – a film on estuarine crocodile at the Sunderban delta region and ‘The Worker for a drop of honey “- based and the hone collectors of the Sunderbans.