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TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007 http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm Online Media Partner: http://www.goanet.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bhandare wrote: Averthanus' homophobic rants ,motivated by his fundamentalist catholic beliefs is no surprise. Such outbursts also elicit support from fellow fundamentalists who otherwise spare no words n denouncin the "communal" "funamentalist" RSS and others.. RESPONSE: Both lines authored by you are no surprise, but hey, they surely surprise each other! The jaundiced wisdom of Averthanus is no different from the viewpoints of the Hindu communalists. Wasn't the opposition to the films "Fire", "Girlfriend", etc manned and fanned by communal forces? What about the film "Water" which had to be eventually shot in Sri Lanka? Is depicting widow remarriage, an attack on our so called great culture? Religous fundamentalists try to forcibly enforce their prejudiced view of morality on others. And invariably minorities are the victims. In this case the attack is on persons with alternate sexuality. And it is great that many persons are exposing and opposing this attack. But, rest assured our barbs are hurting all who feel that Wendell is a criminal or that Deepa Mehta was commiting a crime. You raise the correct issue about the hypocrisy of Jagrut Goem (they have confirmed the fact by their consistent selective politics) but please don't ignore that it is only people who believe in democracy, humanism, justice, equality who will always be consistent in challenging the communal fundamentalists and their game plan to deny basic rights to the minorities. regards Pravin Pravin K. Sabnis (cell: 9422640141) visit: www.unlearningunlimited.blogspot.com