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Jadavpur University yet to decide on Vivek Agnihotri film screening
Jadavpur University is yet to give final permission for a proposed screening of Vivek Agnihotri's film The Bengal Files on August 16. The Nationalist Students' Front (NSF) claims it has secured approval…
The Story in Brief
Jadavpur University is yet to give final permission for a proposed screening of Vivek Agnihotri's film The Bengal Files on August 16. The Nationalist Students' Front (NSF) claims it has secured approval from the Film Studies department and the administration. A university official said no decision has been made and refused to comment.
Left-leaning groups SFI and RSF have objected, saying the film could disrupt the campus atmosphere. The film is based on the 1946 Great Calcutta killings after Direct Action Day. NSF spokesperson Somsurya Banerjee defended the screening as a matter of students' right to think and question. SFI says it does not support censorship but wants the campus kept peaceful.
The Indian Opinion
Free speech is sacred, but so is campus peace. Both sides here talk of rights while accusing the other of polarisation. The real question is whether a film about the 1946 Calcutta killings can be watched and discussed without turning the campus into a battlefield. The university must decide not just yes or no, but how. Watch if the administration imposes conditions, a debate after the screening, for instance. That would test whether both sides actually want dialogue or just a win.
Source: indiatoday.in
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