The documentary begins with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by the religious extremist Nathuram Godse in 1948 . The film then describes the years after Indian independence . In a voice-over , Patwardhan describes several events , including the United States ' use of the nuclear bomb , the nuclear arms race during the cold war , and India 's first nuclear test in 1974 . Patwardhan summarizes them in the following manner : " The collapse of socialism saw a revival of bigotry . America had now become our role model . " The film then examines the growing nuclear nationalism in India . It covers the Hindu-nationalist rhetoric of the Bharatiya Janata Party that surrounded Indian nuclear weapons tests in 1998 . The film covers the " Global Peace March " that occurred following the nuclear tests at Pokhran , and the opposition it faced from activists of the Sangh Parivar . It also covers the rise of religious extremism in both India and Pakistan . Patwardhan travels to Pakistan , where he interviews several people , including school-girls participating in a debate on the use of the bomb . In the second half of the documentary , Patwardhan travels to Japan to interview the '' hibakusha '' , survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States . The film then moves to the United States , where Patwardhan interviews curators of the Smithsonian Institution . The curators describe how the United States Congress blocked an attempt to create an exhibition on the American use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima , and the effects of nuclear weapons . A postscript to the film shows the September 11 attacks , and the response of the US
Indian nuclear weapons tests
Pokhran-II
War and Peace (2002 film)