f the Saniks and those they think they represent. They forced their way into Inox-Panjim and destroyed public property. They were arrested but as usual they are likely to be set free.Goa was never a battle field for religious fanatics. Religious offence was never taken personally and anyone who every tried was labeled "Tho Piso" or he's mad. We are proud of our secularism because people from all religions came together and defeated the Portuguese (personally I wish they didn't and we would never be in this grim situation we are today. Today's generation has forgot the unity our forefathers had and they are blinded by political . Its not about Hindus or Catholics or Muslims. Religion has nothing to do with it.
Born in a Catholic family and brought up with liberal values, I was disgusted with Churchill Arlemao, a minister in Goa's Assembly who was an MP when he opposed Dan Browns book adaptation "Da Vinci's Code: The Movie". The amusing thing was he never even saw the movie when he began the agitation. It was pulled out of theaters in Goa and I had to wait for a year till it premiered on Star Movie. I wonder whether he though of agitation outside the Star TV office.
Obviously, Shiv Sena's 15 minutes of fame got peoples attention and hopefully labeled as "Te Pise" (They're mad). These people that claim to represent the masses have created this interesting strategy :
If there is a movie (and movies in general never represent real life- those which do are called documentaries), that stoops low to gain attention by depicting an individual or group in poor light, the only way to fight against them is to stoop even lower. The lower the better.
Amitabh Bachan in his blog commented on Slum Dog Millionaire saying "If SM projects India as Third World dirty under belly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky under belly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations." I don't know about other nations but what do know and believe in SM the dirt is not the slums and the gutters and the huts; it is the filth in the hearts and minds of some people, who claim to represent the majority and who in the name of religions and society, destroy property and kill people.
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U r the 'piso munis'and a big 'bhoto' You just repeat what the anti-hindu media says.The movie not only describe India as poor ,dirty 3rd world country but also hurt religious sentiments of Hindus by denigrating Lord Ram.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the Hindus suppose to do then, sit like cowards and watch our Gods being denigrated or are we suppose to protest against it? what did you feel when the movie 'Tickle My Funny Bone'was screened.
Are you going to allow your children to watch a movie which shows prostitutes using abusive and dirty language?
Where were the so called secularists , atheists , rationalists ,art admirers when churchill threatened to attack the Inox multiplex? This issue was never popularized by media.