"Deeply Disturbed," Say Celebrities In Letter On Citizenship Law Unrest
India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 26, 2019
Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap and Aparna Sen today said there should be an independent judicial probe into the violence against anti-Citizenship Act protesters in Uttar Pradesh while adding that they don't support any form of vandalism.
Personalities, Activists Hit Streets Of Kolkata Against Citizenship Law
India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 20, 2019
Eminent personalities, students, social activists and people from different walks of life took part in a rally in the city to protest against the new citizenship law and NRC.
BSF Stops Aparna Sen From Meeting People At India, Bangladesh Border
India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 20, 2019
Film maker Aparna Sen and two other members of Citizen Speak India, an organisation of personalities alive to different social contemporary issues, were on Saturday stopped from entering an enclave in West Bengal's Coochbehar district by BSF jawans.
"Shame On Us": Aparna Sen Tweets "Madam CM" Over Murshidabad Killings
India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday October 11, 2019
The murder of a schoolteacher, his pregnant wife and six-year-old son in Bengal's Murshidabad, which has taken a political turn in the state, drew an impassioned tweet from filmmaker Aparna Sen this morning. "Shame on us," she said in the post addressed to "Madam CM" or Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Lawyer Who Filed Sedition Case Against Celebs Files ''Protest Petition''
India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 10, 2019
After the Bihar police ordered closure of the sedition case filed against 49 personalities, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over rising incidents of mob lynching, the complainant on Thursday filed a "protest petition" against the police.
Political Parties, Film Bodies Demand Withdrawal Of Case Against Celebs
India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 6, 2019
More political parties and film bodies on Sunday demanded the withdrawal of the controversial sedition case filed against 49 celebrities after they had expressed concern over rising incidents of mob lynching in an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Case Against Celebrities Filed After Court Order, Says Bihar Police Chief
India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Sunday October 6, 2019
The Bihar government has nothing to do with the case against the 49 celebrities who wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July, the state police said on Sunday. State police chief Guptesvar Pandey told NDTV that it was done after an order from a court and there was no reason to panic.
"Everybody Knows What's Going On": Rahul Gandhi On FIR Against Celebs
India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday October 4, 2019
Anybody who says anything against Prime Minister Narendra Modi is thrown into jail, Rahul Gandhi said today, attacking the government over a sedition case against 50 celebrities who had written an open letter to the Prime Minister expressing concern about mob violence.
India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 4, 2019
An FIR (First Information Report) was lodged in Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Thursday against nearly 50 celebrities, including Ramachandra Guha, Mani Ratnam and Aparna Sen, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob killing, police said.
"Culture Of Violence" Silencing Dissent: Aparna Sen, 27 Others Speak Up
India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday August 20, 2019
Prominent members of Kolkata's civil society have spoken up again, condemning the "culture of violence and intolerance" that made film-maker Anurag Kashyap quit the microblogging platform Twitter after allegations of threats to his family.
After Letter To PM Modi, 9 Activists Now Write To Mamata Banerjee On Violence
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday August 20, 2019
Prominent members of Kolkata's civil society, many of whom were among the 49 people who recently wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against cow-related mob killings, have now written to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to condemn police action on teachers and the assault on a theatre actor in recent weeks.
Prasoon Joshi, Kangana Ranaut, 60 Others Hit Back After Open Letter To PM
India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday July 27, 2019
Three days after 49 eminent personalities wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing concern over incidents of lynching and the alleged weaponisation of the slogan "Jai Shri Ram", 62 others have written their own
"Horrendous Acts Of Mobocracy": Lawmaker Nusrat Jahan In Open Letter
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday July 25, 2019
Trinamool Congress lawmaker Nusrat Jehan has thanked 49 eminent personalities who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to protest growing intolerance in the country, and joined them in condemning cow vigilantes who attack people on the basis of rumours of eating beef and cow smuggling. She also criticised the government's "selective sil...
Actor Kaushik Sen, Among Signatories In Letter To PM, Claims Death Threat
India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjee, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday July 25, 2019
Actor Kaushik Sen, one of 49 personalities who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on incidents of lynching and the alleged weaponisation of the slogan "Jai Shri Ram" into a "war cry", has claimed to have received death threats
"Award Wapsi Gang Active Again": Giriraj Singh On Citizens' Letter To PM
India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 25, 2019
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said ''award wapsi'' gang has become active again to destabilise the Narendra Modi government after 49 eminent citizens wrote to the prime minister on lynchings and said that ''Jai Shri Ram'' has become a provocative war cry.
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Street Children Are Struggling For Basic Needs: Actor Aparna Sen
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"Shame On Us": Aparna Sen Tweets "Madam CM" Over Murshidabad Killings
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"Deeply Disturbed," Say Celebrities In Letter On Citizenship Law Unrest
India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 26, 2019
Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap and Aparna Sen today said there should be an independent judicial probe into the violence against anti-Citizenship Act protesters in Uttar Pradesh while adding that they don't support any form of vandalism.
Personalities, Activists Hit Streets Of Kolkata Against Citizenship Law
India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 20, 2019
Eminent personalities, students, social activists and people from different walks of life took part in a rally in the city to protest against the new citizenship law and NRC.
BSF Stops Aparna Sen From Meeting People At India, Bangladesh Border
India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 20, 2019
Film maker Aparna Sen and two other members of Citizen Speak India, an organisation of personalities alive to different social contemporary issues, were on Saturday stopped from entering an enclave in West Bengal's Coochbehar district by BSF jawans.
"Shame On Us": Aparna Sen Tweets "Madam CM" Over Murshidabad Killings
India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday October 11, 2019
The murder of a schoolteacher, his pregnant wife and six-year-old son in Bengal's Murshidabad, which has taken a political turn in the state, drew an impassioned tweet from filmmaker Aparna Sen this morning. "Shame on us," she said in the post addressed to "Madam CM" or Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Lawyer Who Filed Sedition Case Against Celebs Files ''Protest Petition''
India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 10, 2019
After the Bihar police ordered closure of the sedition case filed against 49 personalities, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over rising incidents of mob lynching, the complainant on Thursday filed a "protest petition" against the police.
Political Parties, Film Bodies Demand Withdrawal Of Case Against Celebs
India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 6, 2019
More political parties and film bodies on Sunday demanded the withdrawal of the controversial sedition case filed against 49 celebrities after they had expressed concern over rising incidents of mob lynching in an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Case Against Celebrities Filed After Court Order, Says Bihar Police Chief
India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Sunday October 6, 2019
The Bihar government has nothing to do with the case against the 49 celebrities who wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July, the state police said on Sunday. State police chief Guptesvar Pandey told NDTV that it was done after an order from a court and there was no reason to panic.
"Everybody Knows What's Going On": Rahul Gandhi On FIR Against Celebs
India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday October 4, 2019
Anybody who says anything against Prime Minister Narendra Modi is thrown into jail, Rahul Gandhi said today, attacking the government over a sedition case against 50 celebrities who had written an open letter to the Prime Minister expressing concern about mob violence.
India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 4, 2019
An FIR (First Information Report) was lodged in Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Thursday against nearly 50 celebrities, including Ramachandra Guha, Mani Ratnam and Aparna Sen, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob killing, police said.
"Culture Of Violence" Silencing Dissent: Aparna Sen, 27 Others Speak Up
India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday August 20, 2019
Prominent members of Kolkata's civil society have spoken up again, condemning the "culture of violence and intolerance" that made film-maker Anurag Kashyap quit the microblogging platform Twitter after allegations of threats to his family.
After Letter To PM Modi, 9 Activists Now Write To Mamata Banerjee On Violence
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday August 20, 2019
Prominent members of Kolkata's civil society, many of whom were among the 49 people who recently wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against cow-related mob killings, have now written to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to condemn police action on teachers and the assault on a theatre actor in recent weeks.
Prasoon Joshi, Kangana Ranaut, 60 Others Hit Back After Open Letter To PM
India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday July 27, 2019
Three days after 49 eminent personalities wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing concern over incidents of lynching and the alleged weaponisation of the slogan "Jai Shri Ram", 62 others have written their own
"Horrendous Acts Of Mobocracy": Lawmaker Nusrat Jahan In Open Letter
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday July 25, 2019
Trinamool Congress lawmaker Nusrat Jehan has thanked 49 eminent personalities who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to protest growing intolerance in the country, and joined them in condemning cow vigilantes who attack people on the basis of rumours of eating beef and cow smuggling. She also criticised the government's "selective sil...
Actor Kaushik Sen, Among Signatories In Letter To PM, Claims Death Threat
India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjee, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday July 25, 2019
Actor Kaushik Sen, one of 49 personalities who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on incidents of lynching and the alleged weaponisation of the slogan "Jai Shri Ram" into a "war cry", has claimed to have received death threats
"Award Wapsi Gang Active Again": Giriraj Singh On Citizens' Letter To PM
India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 25, 2019
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said ''award wapsi'' gang has become active again to destabilise the Narendra Modi government after 49 eminent citizens wrote to the prime minister on lynchings and said that ''Jai Shri Ram'' has become a provocative war cry.
Soumitra Chatterjee Was Rooted In Culture, History Of Bengal: Aparna Sen
Nov 16, 2020
Aparna Sen Remembers Legendary Actor Soumitra Chatterjee
Nov 15, 2020
No Amount Is Too Small: Aparna Sen Urges People To Donate For Bengal
Jun 7, 2020
फिल्मकार अपर्णा सेन ने की मदद की अपील
Jun 7, 2020
कोरोना के खिलाफ लड़ाई में स्वच्छता की अहम भूमिका: अपर्णा सेन
Apr 26, 2020
Street Children Are Struggling For Basic Needs: Actor Aparna Sen
Apr 26, 2020
অধরা 'মাধুরী' যখন ধরা দেন শব্দ-দৃশ্যবন্ধনে
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Should Sedition Be Used As Excuse To Stifle Dissent?
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