Amen Amar. However, we have to keep in mind that we all are not activists. some of us are well in academia, some are doing well in media. And many are very well tuned in NGO advocacy. Different roles demand diverse strategies. And I am of the firm beleif that unless we strongly foreground conceptual rights-oriented approach highlighting allienation, negative depiction and discrimination by India's commercial cinema (Bollywood), there imagination will not traverse beyond pity and sympathy. Today's commercial cinema attaches utmost value to money and it hardly matters how it accrues to them. I hope days are not far, we will have a director with disability who will deal the subject with utmost care. On 12/22/14, Amar Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > While I have no problem with that guy's life getting settled for > whatever role he played, but yes, the role of cinema can be certainly > more positive in removing the stigmas attached to the disabilities. > > Are there individuals and organizations willing to write a collective > letter to all the associations dealing with film industry such as Film > Federation of India and producers in particular, to initiate a > dialogue so that a voluntary code can be adopted which will govern > the depicting of disability in Bollywood? > > Certainly things are not going to change unless we actively take part > in changing them. Rather than just sitting here and exchanging our > views, why not lets take a collective effort to at least get that > message across? > > Please note, I have not yet seen the movie, and I don't know the moto > behind this scene. > But whatever be the moto, I am of the firm opinion that we must write > to the producers and these associations. > > Regards, > Amar Jain > > Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
-- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
