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The disappointing decision to ban the film has created a hue and cry among writers, poets, and intellectuals in the literary circles of Pakistan. The film ban is being hugely protested as it is considered a threatening attack to creative and artistic freedom of expression. It is therefore, appealed that the ban is dismissed with immediate effect.

documents from the Bolshevik Leninist Group [Bombay] digitised by sacw.net

Over 4000 workers gathered on the 14th December 2018 at Jubba Sahni Park in Muzaffarpur, Bihar to protest and resist the continued harassment of members of Samaj Parivartan Shakti Sangathan (SPSS). Workers and people from various national campaigns from Bihar and other states stood in solidarity with them. There have been continuous attempts to intimidate people who raise questions of corruption in MGNREGA.

As a diverse nation of people with deeply conflicting views, India has benefited from its tradition of looking to its Supreme Court to arbitrate disputes, guided by its progressive constitution. But today, the rule of law faces a mounting challenge from the passions of faith.

I wrote something years ago for a Pakistani newspaper about their blasphemy law, comparing it to our laws. What struck me was that India has regressed on the issue of freedom of speech in religion.