- Title: Save The Taj Mahal: An Open Letter To India
- Date: 2nd May 1995
- Summary: THE TAJ MAHAL IS TUMBLING DOWN. IN THE FORM OF AN OPEN LETTER INDIA'S MOST DISTINGUISHED ACTOR SAEED JAFFREY APPEALS TO BOTH INDIA AND THE WORLD TO SAVE THE MAGNIFICENT 350 YEAR OLD TOMB. POLLUTION AND ACID RAIN ARE EATING AWAY AT THE FAMOUSLY LUMINOUS MARBLE, TURNING THE WHOLE MONUMENT YELLOW. IN A GENERATION THE WORLD'S MOST ROMANTIC MONUMENT MAY BE REDUCED TO RUBBLE. DESPITE HAVING PIONEERING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT, SAYS JAFFREY, IS NOT TAKING THE POLLUTION THREAT SERIOUSLY. THE PROGRAMME INTERVIEWS EXPERT WITNESSES FROM INDIA TO BACK JAFFREY'S CLAIMS. INCREDIBLY, AND AGAINST ALL ADVICE, THE TOURISM MINISTRY IS PUSHING THROUGH AN INSANE PROPOSAL TO MAKE THE TAJ INTO A THEME PARK, COMPLETE WITH CABLE CARS, FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS AND A BOATING LAKE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE MAY BE ENTERING THE LAST YEARS OF THE TAJ MAHAL.
- Description:First of new occasional series of Open Letters for Without Walls. Saeed Jaffrey is angry about the crumbling of the world's most beautiful Islamic building: is this a Hindu conspiracy?
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:BANDUNG LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:02/05/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s