We, students at the National School of Drama, New Delhi, are irrevocably dismayed by the violent acts to which students from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune have been subjected recently. There is great difficulty in the denial of freedom to the artist. The artist- student, student- artist is the primary, we daresay, the foremost instrument of the interaction between subjects of concern in our midst and those who lie affected by them. To snatch from the artist her will to express is to kill an active, living, breathing creature ruthlessly. This is no mark of the phenomenon that our Society and our lives are meant to be as it is no mark of an intelligently functioning body politic. The attack on the students from the Film and Television Institute of India, we venture to say, were heinous, in that they have ventured to perpetrate a deep- seated hegemonic notion of baseless moral policing, they have attempted to propagate fear preceding healthy, artistic expression, they create the soil for unreasonable aggression and condescending punishment. In writing this we strongly condemn the nature of these and other such acts that have happened in the recent past. To shrink from responding to the cries of these students as the policeman present at the scene did, is not merely wrong but utterly shameful. We intend this also as a reminder of Article 19(1) of the Indian Constitution which places complete right to freedom and expression with every human being within the jurisdiction of the country. on behalf of NSDSU
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:27:30 +0000
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