Aparna Sen

"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.

Sedition Case Against Ramachandra Guha, Aparna Sen, Mani Ratnam Over Open Letter To PM Modi On 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.