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	Rakesh Sharma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rakesh Sharma (born January 13, 1949 in Patiala, Punjab, India) was the first Indian in space.
		During the flight, Squadron Leader Sharma conducted multi-spectral photography of northern India in anticipation of the construction of hydroelectric power stations in the Himalayas.
		Squadron Leader Sharma and his backup, Wing Commander Ravish Malhotra, also prepared an elaborate series of zero-gravity Yoga exercises which the former had practised aboard the Salyut 7.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rakesh_Sharma (282 words)

	Wg Cdr(Retd) Rakesh Sharma, Indian Airforce
		Born on 13th January 1949 in Patiala, Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma was a test pilot in the IAF.
		Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, for the sucessful completion of the Space Mission.
		Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma later joined HAL as a Test Pilot and was involved in the testing of various aircraft being manufactured at Ojhar near Nasik.
	www.geocities.com /siafdu/ac2.html (288 words)

	Rakesh Sharma vs. NYPD
		Sharma was detained for several hours and questioned by two more police officers, and his bag was searched and hand-held camera damaged, he says—all without a warrant.
		Sharma was told that he’d have to contact NYPD precincts before filming in their jurisdictions, though he says he saw white tourists snapping pictures and filming without incident in the exact same location as he had.
		In November, when Sharma returned to the city to have another go at filming, he was told he would need a permit to film on New York streets, which he was denied without explanation, though he admits he couldn't meet the $1 million insurance guarantee the City requires for motion picture permits.
	www.motherjones.com /news/update/2006/01/sharma.html (594 words)

	I can go to space again: Rakesh Sharma
		For example, Sharma, who recently gave a lecture in Bangalore on the kind of training that is given to astronauts, recalled that they were all made to sleep with their heads lower than their feet.
		Sharma says that six months before the launch, he dropped the fitness regime that the other cosmonauts were following and did intensive yoga.
		Rakesh Sharma's keen observation and flying skills, while I was working in HAL Nasik Division as an Engineer in Flight Hangar.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/feb/07riti.htm (460 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rakesh Sharma was picked up on May 13 while he was taking pictures of the traffic and the cityscape.
		Sharma said he was shooting for about half an hour when detective Det Elimeyer of the police department asked him to accompany him.
		Sharma was made to stand on the sidewalk for nearly three hours.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050612/asp/nation/story_4857934.asp (440 words)

	I was assaulted, says Rakesh Sharma : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When Rakesh Sharma left his New York hotel to capture some street shots on his palmcorder, he had no idea what he was getting himself into.
		Rakesh Sharma, who was detained in New York, relives his horror tale.
		Sharma admits he is plagued by resource crunches and says the film can only be a long-term project with a two to three-year horizon.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1620151,001100030003.htm (633 words)

	India bans film on anti-Muslim bloodshed - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rakesh Sharma said the censor board told him it would not issue a certificate for public screening of his three-hour documentary, The Final Solution, because the film could incite fresh religious tension.
		Sharma said he would fight the ban by distributing thousands of video CDs to be shown in private homes, which are not affected by the censor board.
		Sharma said the censor board was dominated by allies of India's former Hindu nationalist government which lost power in an election upset in May. No censor board official was immediately available for comment Saturday.
	sify.com /movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13539517 (443 words)

	The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Rakesh Sharma takes children on a space odyssey
		Sharma's dream amused the children who had assembled for an interaction with India's first and only space traveller.
		Sharma said he felt sorry for Kalpana Chawla, the astronaut who lost her life in the Space Shuttle accident.
		Sharma said private-funded space programmes had become a reality, presenting a whole lot of opportunities for young people.
	www.hindu.com /2004/10/11/stories/2004101104540300.htm (594 words)

	TALKBOX, the wheresmeculture.com forum / Regarding racial profiling in the US (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rakesh has also asked me to request you to forward this petition to film-makers and others on your mailing list as their support would only help to create more pressure.
		Sharma was taking street shots of traffic in Manhattan, less than a block away from his hotel, when an NYPD detective accosted him.
		Sharma was not formally arrested, he was not free to leave, not allowed to make any phone calls and was 'interrogated' by 2 more sets of officers.
	www.wheresmeculture.com /bb/viewtopic.php?id=802 (968 words)

	The Hindu : Metro Plus Chennai : `Multiplex film is a new genre'
		Sharma's "Final Solution", a stunning overview of the Gujarat riots, continues to win awards across the globe, while Nihalani's old "Aakrosh" and "Ardh Satya" fire burns as fiercely in a changed world.
		Known for their outspokenness and commitment, Sharma and Nihalani exchange views with the ease of a sawal-jawab on sitar and tabla.
		Rakesh Sharma: I had to use the documentary format to go beyond an account of grief and tragedy, to look at how the common people participated in the event.
	www.hindu.com /mp/2005/08/23/stories/2005082300720100.htm (749 words)

	Abolish Censor Board: Rakesh Sharma : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Noted documentary filmmaker Rakesh Sharma, whose controversial Final Solution on the 2002 Gujarat riots won many international awards, is making a film on the lives of common people across the world post-9/11 terror attacks in the US.
		While shooting for the film in New York last year, Sharma was stopped, detained and harassed by the city's police detectives.
		Rakesh Sharma feels that the Censor Board should be abolished altogether.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1628012,001100030003.htm (997 words)

	Rakesh Sharma mourns Kalpana- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BANGALORE: India's first man in space, Rakesh Sharma, has more than one reason to grieve the disaster that struck space shuttle Columbia, killing Kalpana Chawla and six other astronauts.
		Besides, Sharma had turned down an invitation to visit the Nasa before Columbia took off on January 16.
		Sharma had done India proud by going up in space along with Russian astronauts in 1984 and spending eight days on space station Salyut-7.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-36444385,prtpage-1.cms (236 words)

	Indian filmmaker sues New York city
		Critically-acclaimed Indian documentary filmmaker Rakesh Sharma, who was allegedly detained and harassed while filming in midtown Manhattan in May last year, has sued New York City claiming that his constitutional rights were violated.
		Sharma was making a film about ordinary people, including taxi drivers, with a handheld camera from the sidewalks of the city when he was detained by the New York police, searched and interrogated for hours before being released and told that he needed a permit for shooting a movie, the suit said.
		Sharma has won several awards for his 2002 documentary Final Solutions depicting the Gujarat riots.
	www.rediff.com /news/2006/jan/11rakesh.htm (291 words)

	rediff.com: Rakesh Sharma quits HAL
		Wing Commander (Retd) Rakesh Sharma, who made history in 1984 by becoming the first Indian in space, quit his job at the public sector defence undertaking Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, headquartered in Bangalore, after a 17-year stint.
		Launched with two other Soviet cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz T-11 in April 1984, Sharma, who was then a Squadron Leader with the Indian Air Force, had spent eight days in space.
		Sharma, a deputy general manager with HAL, said he had put in his papers ten days ago and expected relieving orders in about two weeks time.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jun/29rakesh.htm (222 words)

	BBC - Storyville - Rakesh Sharma Interview
		Rakesh Sharma talks about his film Final Solution, which won the Index on Censorship Film Award in March 2005.
		Rakesh Sharma: It was a turning point because for the first time the state was complicit.
		We now have it on record that there were government ministers trying to disrupt and control police operations when the violence was at its peak.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/rakesh-sharma.shtml (1095 words)

	Indian guys with cameras (updated) - Sepia Mutiny
		Rakesh Sharma was filming cars emerge from under Manhattan’s Metlife building in 2005 when he was stopped, questioned, allegedly shoved, and then detained by the NYPD for shooting footage of the building.
		Rakesh Sharma was filming cars emerge from a tunnel and not just filming a random busy street when he was arrested.
		And if Rakesh Sharma was indeed handled the way he describes it, then he is justified in complaining or suing the authorities to seek justice.
	www.sepiamutiny.com /sepia/archives/002829.html (16838 words)

	International aviation body to honor Rakesh Sharma
		Rakesh Sharma, India's first and the only cosmonaut, will join a select group of Indians when the International Forest of Friendship honors the retired Indian Air Force Wing Commander in Kansas next month.
		Bhudhabhatti, who also serves on the advisory board of IFF, said that the decision to honor Sharma was taken at an IIF board meeting following the recommendation of IWPA to IIF co-chairman Linton Wells.
		Sharma, who retired from in July 2001 after spending 24 years in flight testing, has flown over 4,000 hours on various types of aircraft during his 33-year-long career.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/23rakeshsharma.htm (265 words)

	Ashok Chakra
		The first was in 1953 to Flt Lt Suhas Biswas, the second was in 1984 to Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma.
		Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma was chosen out of hundreds of Aspirants to undergo training with the Russians as a part of their space programme and became the first Indian to achieve the distinction of going into the Outer Space.
		Rakesh Sharma later joined HAL as a Test Pilot, which involved testing the various aircraft being manufactured at Ojhar near Nasik.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /IAF/Awards/awaac.htm (660 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories
		In case of unearthing of illegal operation of routing international calls to customers in the country through the internet lease lines, the police today conducted raids to arrest the wife of Rakesh Sharma, who was running the operations.
		However, Rakesh Sharma, who was arrested yesterday, while being produced in a local court, claimed he had a valid permission to run the call centre.
		Rakesh Sharma, a brother of a Punjab Police IG, Jalandhar zone, Mr S.K. Sharma, was today remanded in police custody for two days.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030616/cth1.htm (4479 words)

	The Hindu : Battle against censorship
		by Sampath Kumar G. RAKESH SHARMA'S internationally acclaimed epic documentary, "Final Solution," made it to the Films for Freedom festival in Bangalore.
		Vikalp encouraged debate and discussion of the often sensitive subjects discussed in the films, and allowed audiences to judge for themselves the quality of the work they viewed.
		Rakesh has since been deeply involved with the battle against censorship, especially when it seeks to curb politically uncomfortable subjects.
	www.hindu.com /fr/2004/08/06/stories/2004080602060100.htm (788 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sports
		Bangalore: The only Indian astronaut, Rakesh Sharma, will interact with the 2005-06 season Team India probables before the final conditioning camp concludes here on July 19.
		The July 30-August 9/10 tri-series in Sri Lanka is his first assignment and the build-up, clearly, is going to have a dash of the unusual.
		Sharma, who rocketed into space aboard a Soyuz mission 21 years ago, was with the Air Force till 1990 and then joined HAL as chief test pilot.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050714/asp/sports/story_4988241.asp (536 words)

	Rakesh Sharma's film wins accolades at Berlin film fest - Indiantelevision.com's Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		MUMBAI: After being 'miffed' in India, film maker Rakesh Sharma's feature-length documentary on the Gujarat riots Final Soultions has won two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival recently.
		Five Indian films were invited to the festival in the International Forum of new cinema section of the Berlinale.
		Rakesh Sharma who has been on the jury of the Indian Telly Awards for two consecutive year, has been an active member of the campaign since its inception in July-August 2003.
	www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k4/feb/feb129.htm (388 words)

	She chased a dream and realised it: Rakesh Sharma - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		India's first man in space Rakesh Sharma on Wednesday said his achievement was nothing compared to Kalpana Chawla's.
		Rakesh Sharma, who was invited to a condolence meeting convened by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said he had been overwhelmed by Kalpana's achievements.
		The first Indian to make it to space in 1984 said on two occasions he was scheduled to meet her but could not do so due to various reasons.
	sify.com /news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=12584780 (352 words)

	Shooting Genocide, Director Rakesh Sharma on making Final Solution.
		On February 27, 2002, a train packed with Hindus was attacked by a mob of several hundred Muslims at the Gujarat town of Godhra in the north of India.
		The documentary made an international impact Sharma maintains, “because we are looking at a worldwide climate where the politics of hate are gaining currency.
		Despite Sharma’s arrest by the police and intimidation by BJP followers his film survived, only to be banned by the censor for attacking “the basic principle of the Indian constitution, which is national integration”.
	www.futuremovies.co.uk /filmmaking.asp?ID=123 (707 words)

	AsiaMedia :: Story, Print Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Here, the Censor Board clampdown on Rakesh Sharma's Final Solution is just another example of India's archaic cinematographic laws.
		According to Rakesh Sharma, " Final Solution is a study of the politics of hate.
		Rakesh Sharma is an advocate of the abolition of censorship.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /print.asp?parentid=13418 (494 words)

	Rakesh Sharma slams NASA for Columbia disaster- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rakesh Sharma slams NASA for Columbia disaster- The Times of India
		MUMBAI: Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space, has come down heavily on NASA for its handling of the space shuttle Columbia's flight in January-February 2003 which killed seven crew members, including India-born American astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
		According to Sharma, to learn from an accident is essential and must be done, but it does not absolve any of the managers from the blame of failing the mission and the crew.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1007056.cms (248 words)

	'Liberals' to judge Final Solution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		But in a relatively unique Censor Board re-view of Rakesh Sharma’s banned film Final Solution to be held tomorrow, Board chief Anupam Kher has taken a positive step to clear the air between wielders of film scissors and makers of cinema.
		Sharma’s Berlin top award winning documentary Final Solution, feted and acclaimed across several international film festivals, depicts the depressing causes, mechanisms and aftermath of the allegedly state-sponsored 2001 Gujarat riots.
		Says Sharma, “If Kher is inviting the kind of people he says he is, it’s obviously a good idea.
	web.mid-day.com /news/city/2004/october/93941.htm (430 words)

	Index on Censorship: 2005 Freedom of Expression Awards
		The winners were: Greek whistleblower Grigoris Lazos; filmmaker Rakesh Sharma, director of the film Final Solution; US legal campaign group the Centre for Constitutional Rights; writer Daniel Bergner, author of Soldiers of Light and the winner of the Hugo Young Award, Bangladeshi journalist Sumi Khan.
		Final Solution: Directed by Rakesh Sharma: Filmed in Gujarat during the pogroms against Muslims in 2003, Final Solution graphically documents the changing face of right-wing politics in India.
		The Centre for Constitutional Rights: The CCR is honoured for its groundbreaking case brought to the Supreme Court, which allowed foreign nationals held by the US outside of its sovereign territories, to challenge the legality of their detention through US courts.
	www.indexonline.org /en/awards/2005/awardslist.shtml (394 words)

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