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Ameya Waghmare

Ameya Waghmare — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

”Certainly, our lives without art would feel mechanical and alienating.”

Thumbs up for that!

The radicals are looking for attacking arts and all the symbols which they dislike in their viewpoint.

They only want to remove happiness from people’s life, be it Pakistanis, Indians or Iraqis.

Sonu Purohit

Sonu Purohit — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

You stopped where you should have taken up the cudgels. Do you think there could be some sort of a legal artifice that could alleviate such nefarious and disturbing activities?

Sonu Purohit

Sonu Purohit — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Come on, you are again playing skeptic in a field that rarely needs skepticism. If you think art must follow some guidelines to appease a sect or a group of people then you are treading very close to accepting such violent and nefarious acts of destruction. Nobod, at these times of trouble, should justify any form of volence - not even in the name of religion.

Karim Khan

Karim Khan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Sonu, the violence is not justified and not justified in any form. But giving things a free hand in every matter is also not wise. Cultural sensibilities need to be taken in consideration because, if not follwed, these careless ventures serve as a pretext for justifying the violence. I hope you get the point: it’s like keeping the cup full but not allowing to spill over and call the wrath of someone who is actively looking for a bone of contention.

Sonu Purohit

Sonu Purohit — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

You have simplified the issue. Why do you not see that people who perpetrate such acts of destruction, can never be contained by goodwill, sense or idle table talk? It has to be driven home with these people that Al Falah Theater of Lahore did not spill the tea. Indeed terror mongers must be made to understand that people who take to arms on half provocation, have no business in sippin’ or spillin’ tea. They have to be behind the bars.

Karim Khan

Karim Khan — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, I agree with you on the point that such criminals should be arrested and punished. I am not at all saying that thier crime of bombing is justified. What I mean is that if some theaters could remain careful with respect to cultural like and dislike, it will decrease the risk of not getting support from general public. When such a thing happens, people should support the authorities in punishing the culprits but if the same theaters win a bad reputation from the general public, the public will not supprt them in such times and even the culprits will have the pretext of destroying a bad place. I would like the theaters to end this risk of non-support from the public. Just my two cents!

Sonu Purohit

Sonu Purohit — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

My friend Karim, tell me honestly, do your people visit that blasted theater too frequently? Do they have the means to consume culture copiously? If not, then how should they know that their faith is being impinged upon at some closeted theater? It is absurd to think that people walk their lives with religion in the bosom. If someone does that, he needs to be treated both physically and mentally.