Communalism is not only anti constitutional but anti human too: Dinesh Amin Mattu
‘Journey for harmony’ program
Mangaluru, Aug.11: Communalism is not only anti constitutional but also anti human and anti development said senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu.
He was speaking in a two day debate programme organised by Kosha Odu, Desha Nodu team (Read books, See the country) on Aug 11 and 12 in the city. Mattu participated in the program as a chief guest.
The challenge we are facing is how to oppose communalism without opposing religion. The person who opposes communalism is painted as anti religion. That should not happen. We have to show the society the difference between faces and masks. This is the need of the time, he said.
The lack of strong ideology is the reason communalism has grown dangerously. When communalism and Hindutva gets glorified, political parties turn into soft Hindutva rather than propagating a strong ideology. In this case Karunanidhi had a strong ideological stand, he opined.
We cannot become good persons only by reading books and taking rounds of the country. But people who are interested in music along with literature and culture have less chances of getting contaminated. We do not need revolutionaries or rebels today. We need to create a society with people aware of the truth. Reading literatures gives you an experience of different world. We need to learn some lesson from the past. Hence, we need to read some history. Amin Mattu said.
The knowledge of today's younger generation on history, sociology and literature is only upto SSLC level. After that education is continued only for the sake of luxury life. We could speak to RSS leaders 25 years ago but today we cannot even imagine about it with bhakths. Their knowledge of history is only up to SSLC level and that is very dangerous, Mattu opined.
Filling empty mind with dangerous thoughts is easy. This society needs an cautious mind and not an illusion state. The society that discusses and speaks directly is the need of the time. We should create a society where even after ideological differences we can maintain a healthy relationship. Due to sleeping society communalism has taken the front seat, he said.
Spreading communalism is easy. But to spread secularism one needs to teach the constitution. This is little hard. Fascism is the extended form of communalism and hesitates to face cultural differences. Attack on rationalists, activists and writers is not new. Whenever fascist forces have got upper hands, these kind of attacks have taken place. Their first target is writers, rationalists and activists, Mattu said.
Fix the system that creates controversy
"People say that Dinesh Amin Mattu will come and give some controversial statements. That is why police have been deployed in the spot. If my statements have become food for controversy, one needs to clean that system first”.
Prof. Rahamat Tarikere, Dr. Ramamurthy, Shripada Bhat and Muneer Katipalla were president as chief guests.
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Actress assault case: Malayalam star Dileep claims 'real' conspiracy to make him an accused
Kochi (PTI): Malayalam actor Dileep on Monday accused some police officials and a section of media of hatching a "conspiring against him" to implicate him in a case relating to the sexual assault of a south Indian actress here in 2017 with an aim to destroy his career.
Shortly after he was acquitted in the case, Dileep alleged there was a "real conspiracy" to make him an accused in the case.
"It was done to destroy my career, image, and life in society," he told reporters soon after a local court acquitted him after a years-long legal battle.
Criticising his ex-wife and leading actress Manju Warrier, the 'Meeshamadhavan' actor said the entire conspiracy against him began with her statement that there was a criminal conspiracy behind the assault of the survivor and that should be probed.
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Without naming anyone, he alleged a top woman police officer and a group of "criminal police" chosen by her to probe the case had acted against him.
Dileep accused them of fabricating a false story against him with the support of the prime accused in the case and his co-inmate in the jail. Those police personnel and a section of media had propagated the false story against him through social media platforms, he further claimed.
"Today, that false narrative, fabricated by the police was shattered in the court," the actor-producer added.
He thanked his family, lawyers, and fans who supported him throughout these years of legal battle.
The Ernakulam Principal Sessions on Monday acquitted Dileep in the sensational case.
The court, however, found six others, including prime accused Sunil N S alias Pulsar Suni, who directly committed the crime, guilty.
Apart from Dileep, the court acquitted three others in the case.
The verdict was pronounced by Ernakulam Principal Sessions Judge Honey M Varghese, who had concluded the hearing in the lengthy trial on November 25.
The assault on the multi-lingual actress after the miscreants forced their way into the car she was travelling in and kept it under their control for two hours, had shaken the conscience of the Kerala society.
According to the prosecution, several persons forced their way into the vehicle on the night of February 17, 2017 and later escaped in a busy area.
The ten accused who faced trial are Sunil, Martin Antony, Manikandan B, Vijesh V P, Salim H, Pradeep, Charly Thomas, actor Dileep (real name P Gopalakrishnan), Sanil Kumar alias Mesthri Sanil, and Sharath.
Police arrested the accused soon after the incident and filed the first charge sheet against seven persons in April 2017.
During further investigation, Dileep was arrested on July 10, 2017 after the probe team found that the prime accused, Sunil, had allegedly sent a letter to him from jail.
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