"Freedom"
Coming up is the news regarding
"The Citizenship Amendment Bill"
Minority non-Muslims from Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Afghanistan who left
their respective countries due to
religious differences and moved to India
will be given Indian citizenship
was the promise made by
the BJP in their election manifesto.
Yes!!!
According to this, the 1955.....
(phone ringing)
Tell me bro...
Did you listen to the news bro?
Did our leader's speech give you a high
like you just drank imported alcohol
I thought as much..
so you heard it too, did you?
Brilliant announcement right..
Unwanted people can't come in anymore bro
Yes bro.. Everyone who opposes this
law should be kicked out of the country
Only then can we live here in peace
Bro.. But didn't our leader say something
about getting rid of black money
and about taking
the country to another level..
he even announced that Rs 500 & Rs. 1000
notes will be demonetized overnight
But I don't think that it really
made much of a difference
It's just that one thing, that's
making me doubt this slightly
What do you think?
Bro that's old news. Do you know how many
people with black money were arrested?
Do you know how many
money hoarders are in jail?
Things are still happening in secret bro
Bro.. Understand one thing...
Not a single soul can
escape our leader's hawk eyes
Yes, I heard so too. Whatever.. As long as
India becomes a superpower, its fine.
All that matters is the country's
economy and the country's growth
That's the reason why our leader is making
these plans inspite of all this opposition
It's just a matter of days Varadhan,
then everything will change
Then.. We will be the ones
ruling all over India
If only this plan sketched by our leader
is implemented, It would be superb.
Of course it will happen bro..
Or else we will make it happen..
Alright bro.. I'm going to bed.
Okay you go sleep bro...
I'll see you in the morning
Bye..
- Good night bro.. - Good night
A few months later...
Are you an Indian citizen?
Birth certificate, High school
certificate, Family card,
Voter ID, Passport,
Driving License, PAN Card...
and Aadhar card. Do you have all of these?
Renew your citizenship
This rule does not apply to
any particular group of people,
It applies to all Indian citizens
I've got an Aadhar card,
I also have a PAN Card
I have a driving license too,
but I don't have a birth certificate...
It's okay.. I'm going to the
Tasildar's office anyway...
I'll ask Moorthi brother about it.
Moorthi brother.
Come Varadha...
What brings you here?
Nothing brother.. I came
to inquire about a news.
What news?
This notice here.. It was
delivered to my house this morning...
Oh this... This has been
doing the rounds for the past 2 months
Ok.. but do you have all of these proofs?
I have everything, except for
this birth certificate brother
Oh..okay Varadha...
You first go and submit all these...
but these will be valid only for NPR
NPR?
What are you saying brother?
Yes..There are three types
in this NPR, NRC, CAA...
But all three are the same.
- I can't understand brother
Ok.. Do you have any
records of your parents?
Brother I don't have my
own birth certificate...
From where can I bring
my parents' certificates? How can I?
What is this son...
But you need all of this for NRC
For registering your citizenship, you
need everything from 30 years ago
Don't you have anything?
No brother, I cant understand any
of the things that you are saying
Okay leave it... I'm telling you
this only because you are one of us
I'll put in a word with an officer outside
You go and meet him
Okay brother
He will explain in detail about
the three things that I talked about
Follow what he says
-Okay brother then I shall go and meet him
Okay Varadha.. Bye..
Here...
When the CM himself doesn't
have a certificate, what will he do
(phone ringing)
Tell me bro..
- Where are you bro?
I just got home - Where did you go?
I've been trying for so long
I need to speak to you... Come
- What's so urgent?
Where are you?
I'm on my way.. I'm coming..
I can't hear you.. I asked where you were?
Where are you? Come immediately.
I need to speak to you
I'm standing right behind you..
Over..Over...
Oh! So you were right here
and playing a prank on me..
What happened bro? You look tired.
What's this?
- Read it. See what it is.
Are you an Indian citizen....?
Hey wait up.. Hey...
Bro.. Wait..
Varadha.. tell me.. what's your problem?
Did you read it?
Oh this...
I saw it.. I showed it to my mother..
She laughed.. So I left it at that..
Do you know how happy I was,
when I heard the news
that these laws about CAA, NRC,
& NPR are going to brought about?
Why, even you were excited thinking
that India is going to become a superpower
But now, this whole country is going to
laugh about this law like your mother did.
Bro.. what are you saying?
I can't understand a word.
We thought that this law was only for the
Muslims because we didn't understand it.
I understood the full impact
of this law
only after I met Moorthi's
friend in the Taluka office.
Varadha, don't confuse
me by saying something
Tell me clearly.. What is CAA, NPR & NRC ?
So was it without knowing
any of this that...
you too were screaming out that India
is going to become a superpower?
I'm asking you only because
I don't know.. Tell me
Listen...
CAA : Citizenship Amendment Act
NRC : National Register of Citizens
NPR : National Population Register
These laws have been in enforcement
for more than 50 years now
but no one has been
affected by it.. but now...
Its been changed to the CAA,
Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019.
In order to catch a thief
who is hiding somewhere
they are going to trouble the general
public who work for a living
So what if some Amendment Act
is going to be brought about
Like it's going to affect us
We are all pure Tamizhans
we are indigenous Hindus bro
Don't worry.. we are all safe...
Listen you crazy bugger..
This law is not for any individual group
such as Hindus, Christians or Muslims
It applies to all Indians..
I'm not the one saying this.. This is
what the Indian Government is saying.
But didn't our leaders and big film stars
say that this law will not affect anyone,
They did tell us not to be
afraid and not to panic...
Even they are speaking
without understanding
They too will face the
same plight tomorrow..
While taking the statistics for NPR,
they will ask for your family details,
the number of members in your family,
where you were born,
where were your parents born,
Aadhar Card, License, Pan Card,
and your Election ID...
They will ask you for all these details.
Oh! So is that why you went to
the office before they could come?
Yes. In case during
this statistics taking,
your name is spelt as Kosavan
instead of Kesavan
or if there is any error in
your birth certificate
or if there is even a minor error in
any of the documents you submit
Then that's it.
You and I will be
considered Doubtful Citizens
They will mark your documents
with a "D",
then you become a doubtful citizen
This is just a sample of
what could happen.. Go away man..
"Doubtful Citizen"?...
What are you trying to say?
Why would they doubt us?
They are the target. Then the doubts
will be raised only on them right?
Bro.. They are all immigrants...
They are Arab country imports.
Any doubts that may come
will be raised only on them.
We are safe.
This is how they have
made us all fools.
I just understood now that
Muslims are not immigrants
Ask any Muslim and see, their ancestors
names will either be Ramasamy or Kuppusamy
It's only the religion that they follow
that has come from the Arab country
But every Muslim living in India
is basically an Indian
That's true. Fine, please
explain that law to me in detail
Once the NPR statistics
are taken, then its NRC
National Register of Citizens
Remember the "D" mark they put during NPR?
"Doubtful Citizens"
All those people will receive
a letter after a month stating that
they need to take this letter
and all their original documents
and prove that they are Indian citizens.
That's what will be written in that letter
Here's where there is a twist.
For this verification, your
Aadhar card will not be accepted
Your Voter ID will not be accepted.
Your driving license will not be accepted,
nor will your PAN card be accepted
Not this nor that, none of your documents
will be accepted as valid proofs
Understood?
What are saying? My Aadhar card contains
my retinal scan and fingerprints
What more do you need?
That means this law does not even
consider me a normal human being
Not just this.. There's more.. Listen..
The last thing that you need to show
for NRC is your birth certificate
In case you don't have it, you need
your parents' Voter ID's from 30 years ago
In case you don't have that then you need
property documents from 30 years ago
That too has to be in
the your parents' name.
that too has to be without any error.
In case after submitting all these
documents you are still unable to prove
under NRC law that you
are an Indian citizen...
then according to the
Foreign Tribunal's law,
you are a person who has come from a
foreign country and are residing in India
The law states that you are
a Non Residential Indian.
How can they say that?
My ancestors have lived
here for generations..
For thousands of years we have lived here
and prayed to our them as our clan gods.
And now they will call
us immigrants is it?
That's what this
Citizenship Amendments Act states.
You can be an indigenous
native for all they care
As long as you can't prove your
citizenship under NPR and NRC
because you are a Hindu,
you'll be considered an immigrant from
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan.
We will be known
as Refugee Varadhan & refugee Kesavan
According to the CAA, the foreign tribunal
will give us a card for the same.
That card will decide our citizenship
Does that mean that even indigenous people
like us have to live with a refugee card?
With that refugee card though you can't
hold onto even a handful of mud here
Well at least we have a NRI identity
we will still have a life here...
But our neighbor Ismail brother
will not get even that
They will only get the refugee camp.
But whatever it is..
If we have lost one eye, at least
the enemy has lost both in Assam.
Fool. Out of the people who have
lost their citizenship in Assam
15 lakh of them are Hindus.
It was not the Muslims, but people
like you and me who suffered there.
Hindus suffered.
What 15 lakh of them were Hindus?
Does that mean that so many of them
didn't have correct records.
How will they have?
You will be able to give them
your son's birth certificate
You may even have your certificates..
But what about your father?
What about your mother?
The Birth & Death Certificates Act itself
came into existence only on May 31st, 1969
Where can you get the certificates
for those before that?
There's no way that even the CM of
TamilNadu has a certificate.
When we got independence in 1947,
many Indians were living abroad
while their family and
relatives lived in India
This is a political issue.
This is not a citizenship issue.
You need to clearly understand that first.
So if the ancestors of
today's Indians were living abroad,
Will that make all those Indians
living here today not citizens?
But this is what this CAA
amendment act states.. Understood?
And I thought the country is going to
become a superpower because of this law..
But it looks like this entire country and
its people will be ruined by it.
I thought they were protesting against
the CAA only for themselves
but I just realised that they
are screaming "Azadi... Azadi"
for the sake of entire India...
By calling ourselves as
Hindus and Muslims
we have only increased
separation amongst us
I'll give you an example.. Listen...
Supposing there is not a
single Muslim in India...
Supposing there is not a
single Christian in India too...
Then what does that make
you and me? Tell me
We are Hindus of course.
What's the doubt in that?
Bullshit. Who are the ones in our country
who are calling themselves true Hindus?
Who?
They...
Are we allowed to touch them? Or at least
drink a sip of water from their homes?
No we can't. We definitely can't.
Then once the Muslims and Christians
leave, you and me are not Hindus anymore
We are either Pallar, Paraiyar,
Sakliyar, Nadar, Thevar.
We will be categorized
into one of these castes
and Brahmanism will
dominate us once more
Then we have to remain
slaves to Brahmanism and
remain slaves of this country too..
It would better for us to die
than to live a life like this.
The Citizenship Amendment Act
is just first trick in this..
You and me are Hindus only as long as
Ismail Bhai or Sagayam brother are here
It doesn't matter if we are Muslims or
Christians.We will fight and then reunite
But under no circumstances should we ever
permit religious politics in our country
You are right bro
Did you see those people
who are protesting..
They did not take to the streets even
to fight for the Babri Masjid issue
But when the problem was for the
country and the people of the country
They are protesting on streets all night
with their entire families
You're right. This protest is no
longer just their issue
It's our problem.
They created an unrest in the
Delhi protests.
They burned down mosques and Muslim
shops with the help of the police
The changed the entire
area into a war zone
Before that happens here. We need
stand like a fence before them
We need to shout the "Azadi" slogan so
loud that it can be heard in Delhi
Come
(Indian National Anthem
instrumental playing in background)
