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May 23rd, 2008, 02:32
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Anyone remember the name of the documentary made about Hakka people in Kolkata.
I know one known as "The Legend of the Fat Mama." Supposedly, there as another one made around 1900 and aired on BBC |
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May 23rd, 2008, 03:43
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Did you mean the year 2000? Fat Mama aired on BBC(2005) as well.
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May 23rd, 2008, 03:46
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In Addition to the Fat Mama in 2000, there was another one made prior to it
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May 29th, 2008, 22:24
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fat mama's son was a classmate of mine. his family
was a tale of survival in the world of hungry and poverty, those were the bad days of indo-chinese border war, every chinese was sacred of taking to concentration camp in rajasthan. |
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