Narine

Bifilact is similar to "Narine", a product that is a staple of Armenian medicine cabinets and has been produced here since Soviet times.

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The younger Mr. Narine said he then wanted to screen the movie at a South Ozone senior center but didn't hear back from organizers.

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Narine tells the story of a 63-year-old woman who reported to the authorities that she had been raped by militants—who then came back and cut off her lips as punishment.

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Narine, "How can we be sure the information we're getting is accurate?"

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The screening was the idea of Rohan Narine , a 26-year-old Guyanese Hindu who saw the film at Fordham University earlier this year.

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Mr. Narine has chosen instead to hold a private screening Thursday in his parent's home in Queens.

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According to Mr. Narine, more than 1,000 emails were sent.

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Mr. Narine, who enjoyed the movie, thought showing it to the Guyanese Hindu community in Richmond Hill and Ozone Park could be an eye-opening experience.

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But according to Mr. Narine his uncle, Pandit Chunelall Narine , vehemently denounced the film after watching it, objecting to some of the language, the appearance of a bosomy Sita—the wife of the Hindu god Rama—in some scenes, and the fact that two of the characters live in Brooklyn.

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A self-described staunch Hindu, Mr. Narine carries a copy of "The Bhagavad Gita," a sacred Hindu text, with him all the time.

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