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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:59:07EST -0800 Why do you allow such religious hypocrites to talk nonsense on your site? They think they can fool anybody by using strongly-worded language. Indians are rising from their slumber. They will teach these religious fundamentalists a lesson soon. Shastri
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Sat, 01 Apr 2000 10:09:59EST +0800 An interesting intervirew. Deepa Mehta has nothing to do with Indian culture or Indians. She just wants to make a controversial film so that she can make money. She should not be allowed to do this. Dr Renu Tyagi
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Sat, 01 Apr 2000 12:40:59EST +0530 Except for one point, I do agree with what Mr Gurumurthy has to say. I don't understand why he believes that widows will lose respect if they get married again. Why should widows not be allowed to enjoy life? Sathish
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Sat, 1 Apr 2000 07:11:18EST -0800 Who is this S Gurumurthy? He is absolutely insane! Oh yes, the Constitution does give him the right to express his opinions. But how can he stop others from expressing the same? I think Deepa Mehta's Constitutional rights are definitely being denied to her -- she has a right to free expression, she has a right to make a film on any subject she chooses. If the film is to be shown in India, it is the prerogative of the Indian Censor Board to decide whether or not to clear the film. Who is Gurumurthy to decide that such a film should never be made? We are already seeing movies and publications defying the role of Gandhi in the independence struggle and questioning his ideologies. We are already seeing movies and plays expressing the views of his assassin, Nathuram Godse. And the Constitution of our country gives the right to all these people to express their views -- it is a fundamental right of every Indian. If someone feels bad, so be it!! If someone is getting defamed, he/she has the right to sue. So what is the problem? People like S Gurumurthy are making a public mockery of the Indian Constitution, the very basis of our democratic nation, in the name of Hinduism and the so-called rules of society. It is people like him who are forcing India to cling on to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Indian government should guarantee every citizen their Fundamental Rights and stand up to forces like these. Bharat Suneja
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Sat, 01 Apr 2000 22:03:14EST +0530 Mr S Gurumurthy's anger is understandable . But barking dogs do not agitate the sun. A true widow will certainly not get agitated by Deepa Mehta's film. Commercial films are being made by (resident) Indians with the sole aim of making a profit. So why accuse only Deepa Mehta of wanting to make a profit? Most of these movies degrade women (by inducing them to act in all sorts of roles) to ensure that producers make enough money. I will not be surprised if these movies become the main cause of the spread of AIDS in India. The SJM would be better off spending their time and energy protesting against these producers rather than the odd Deepa Mehtas. Natarajan
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Sat, 01 Apr 2000 10:04:42EST Gurumurthy is right. People like Deepa Mehta deserve the worst form of punishment -- like execution or Chinese torture for instance. Mahendra
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Mon, 03 Apr 2000 12:02:30EST Suresh Muthuswami, Belgium
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:39:05EST -0800 I subscribe to most of the views expressed in the interview. When you believe in god, for example a Krishna or Rama, it goes with that that you believe in the stories that are associated with them. Most English educated Hindus, when they say they believe in god, it seems to me that it's a universal god that they are talking about. It's not Hinduism when you say you believe in god universally, but not in the stories associated with Rama or Krishna. Can you say you are a Christian and believe in Jesus, but yet don't believe in the miracles of Jesus? Similarly the faith in the religion and its ways should be left to people themselves rather than judging it from a western point of view of what is right and progressive and what is not. I think this controversy over Waterdefinitely hurts widows and probably reduces their self-esteem. Ranga
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Sat, 1 Apr 2000 04:01:28EST +0530 The interviewer kept expressing her views through the statements she made in the course of the interview rather than asking questions. Now that is not quite right for it makes it so obvious what the interviewer's thoughts are. An interview should ideally bring out only the interviewee's thoughts on the issue. Hope you will keep that in mind in the future. Randhir
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:33:31EST -0600 Like many other interviews of his in the past, Gurumurthy's latest interview in Rediff is excellent. I feel his choice of words were really good. It should act as an eye opener to many people who who talk about freedom of expression .I request you to have a separate section for his articles, either on a monthly or a fortnightly basis. Sriram
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:32:08EST -0500 My mother is widow and I know how it feels when someone calls or portrays a widow negatively. Deepa Mehta should have depicted the lives of some of the Indians in Canada who have gone berserk with multiple sexual relationships. She would have been ostracised from the society there had she done so. Every prostitute is a woman though every woman is not a prostitute. And whoever said widows do not have options? I wonder in what day and age these so-called women activists are living. Freedom comes with responsibility. Irresponsible people are not eligible for freedom. It is our sentiments that are in question and no director can be allowed to hurt them. If Deepa Mehta wants money, I'd like to tell her that making such films is no way to make money. Prakash Kapila
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:56:00EST -0500 The interviewer sounds like she is arguing the case of Deepa Mehta rather than asking questions objectively. Mr Gurumurhty is right in his cause and approach. I would like to pose some questions to Ms Warrier (or to Deepa Mehta through her): 1.What is the value of the will of the people in a democratic society? 2.Who in India has a choice, leave apart widows? 3.What is the dividing line between freedom, expression and society's interest? What should be the measure for it and who should decide that -- the people, or the foreigners, or those who try to commercialise any situation (you may term it as "consumerism")? 4.Is Deepa Mehta aware of the hardships being faced by widows over the generations in our society, in order to bring up their children? In such circumstances, is it not true that sex would be the last thing on their minds? I, however, thank you for interviewing a forthright person like Mr Gurumurthy on such a matter. Anil Mahajan
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