'It is only useless issues that come into the
picture'
Fire over 'Water'
Views edited slightly
Name: tvarad
Email: tvarad@yahoo.com
Message: Here is a great chance for
the courts to step
in and mete out exemplary punishment for the babus
that run the
country.
Awarding a punitive damage against the U.P and Central
Government of
say, 100 million dollars to the producers of Water
will send a strong
message to the ideological minded governments that
they have been
elected to provide protection for ALL schools of
thought under the
constitution, not just those of their constituency.
Maybe then they
will
do their jobs.
T Varadaraj
Name: sivaprem
Email: sivaprem@eth.net
Message: This is utterly ruthless
this RSS makes this
affair . We in INDIA are very democratic and not as
the fundamental
Muslims who make lot of nonsense about their religion.
Name: deepa-shabana-nandita
Email:
Message: Please leave Deepa Mehta
alone. We have had a
terrible cyclone in Orissa , and yet it feels so
disgusting to find the
names of three sick people everyday viz. Deepa Mehta ,
Shabana Azmi and
Nandita Das. Our media and politicians have no
consideration for poor
people. It is only such useless issues that come into
the picture. Who the
hell cares about Deepa and her film? There are
numerous producers like
her who dish us garbage stuff in the name of
Bollywood. Also, there are
those never ending film stars bothering us with their
film premieres
and
reviews. They think they belong to some elite class by
speaking in
English (although they earn their roti with Hindi).
Our heroines are
almost half open, half naked, no wonder when they open
up completely.
No
wonder this is not India, India is only a heaven for
rich, wealthy and
spoilt brats and politicians.
Name: praveen kammitta
Email:
praveenkammitta@hotmail.com
Message: Deepa Mehta should not be
allowed to shoot
the
film Water in any part of India. She must be stopped
from ridiculing the
Hindu religion in the garb of liberated thinking.
Name: Mukta Sharma
Email: mukta_s@hotmail.com
Message: The moment any Indian says
any
thing pro-hinduism He becomes
a Hindu fundamentalist?? Wasn't
India the first country to ban
the "Satanic verses"?? That time
no one talked of freedom of a
creative person.
Then why are we creating
an issue out of people of Varanasi
objecting on shooting of Water.
How come questions like is Hinduism
so fragile and how can a women
challenge the basis of Hinduism
are only asked to Hindus? How
come no one ever challenges Islam?
But in case of Islam we become
secular, and not fundamentalist.
What kind of a society image
are we trying to create. One in
which whatever a Hindu does to
safeguard his religion is wrong.
If a section of people are hurt
by something, is it necessary to
do it? What kind of a freedom
of individual are we talking of?
Name: Deepak
Email: dk_sharma@usa.net
Message: Hi All, I think India is a
country of
controversies. "Koi bhi kaam aaraam se nahin ho
sakta", "jab tak koi
panga na ho tab tak naa to kisi kaam me mazaa aataa
hai, naa hi kisi ko
chain padta hai". What I think there was no need for
any objection over
the making of this movie. I guess that it is a great
script and we
should have allowed Deepa to shoot this movie. Anyway
it is a movie
that
will bring Shabana after a long time to screen.
Nandita and Shabana
have
done great and brave 'preparations' for this. My Best
Wishes are with
the Film Shooting Team and other related people. Just
because of these
"pooja pandits" and other fellows I am kind of scared
of visiting any
of the place there, despite being very anxious to see
them.
Deepak
Texas, USA
Name: chan
Email: chan7272@aol.com
Message: I think people are right.
Collectively if
they
revolt then it means something is very wrong with the
shooting of WATER
at the Ganges. Govt. gave OK. to shoot the film but
one person in the
office cannot decide what goes in the minds of the
people. Govt. is for
the people and by the people so people are right.
I just wonder if we Indians can show this much
force against
corruption and issues like bribes by the politicians,
Govt, servants,
police force, water and electric shortage, bad roads ,
bad railway
stations, buses and dirty streets. I think we can move
the country in a
positive direction. Why no one protest on this vital
issues is beyond
me
but hope someone would start something like this so
their plight can be
heard.
Name: Longpole1
Email: longpole1@hotmail.com
Message: If any where in the world,
hostility to
national religious traditions are not fabricated
political lies, it is
India, where Digvijays (Water shooting), Mamtas (RSS
bashing),
Karunanidhis (RSS bashing), Laloos & Harkishan Singhs
(Water shootings)
and even president shamelessly display hostility
towards Indian
religious traditions. Do they realize that in 600
years of devastation
only few Indian institutions have boldly emerged to
stop the rot and
restore back the full functioning of and contributions
of true India?
Longpole1
Name: Tony
Email: tonyj5ue@yahoo.com
Message: Deepa's script might have
something that is
really objectionable but who is sangh parivar to be
the judge. If they
don't agree with the clearance given by their puppet
govt, why do they
keep them in power. Sangh has appointed themselves as
the interpreters
of our culture and traditions. If the govt can't stop
them from this, it
only clears them as loyal puppets. Sure, loyalty is a
virtue.
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