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In this Screen Southasia Q&A session, recorded on 7 August 2023, Kanak Mani Dixit, founder of Southasia Trust, speaks with director of the documentary 'Taangh (Longing)', Bani Singh, and political scientist Ishtiaq Ahmed, on the topic of 'Two Punjabs, One Southasia.'
Synopsis of 'Taangh (Longing)': Against the backdrop of Partition, newly independent India's first hockey team defeats England, their erstwhile coloniser, to win the Gold at the 1948 London Olympics. Six decades later, when Nandy Singh, a member of this iconic team suffers a stroke at the age of 84, his tenacious will to recover inspires his daughter to go on a journey to discover the champion he was before she was born.