Was Sir #WinstonChurchill responsible for the #BengalFamine of 1943-1944? This thread on Twitter says no:

"It's rather concerning that a current MP wants the Bengal Famine 1943-1944 declared as genocide. Though a terrible tragedy in which 1.5-3 million died, the accusation that Churchill committed genocide is completely false. Let's review what actually happened. A thread 🧵"

https://twitter.com/AndreasKoureas_/status/1662868386781560834

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#Bales2023FilmChallenge May 28: Hungry on #WorldHungerDay

In Mrinal Sen's আকালের সন্ধানে [Akaler Sandhane / In Search of Famine] (1982), a Calcutta film crew arrives in a small Bengal town to make a film about the 1943 #BengalFamine. Initially, their arrival sparks joy and wonder but while filming, the participants – travelling back and forth between 43 and 80, Calcutta and rural Bengal, and reality and re-enactment – face the one constant, #famine.

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