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Creativity or freedom of expression shrinking in India, says Javed Akhtar
February 09, 2018
MUMBAI, Feb 09 (INP) – Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has warned that creativity or freedom of expression is shrinking, adding that the Indian society is becoming “more regressive”. “It is very unfortunate but true that as a society we are becoming more regressive. The elbow room for creativity, literature, cinema or for any kind of point of view is shrinking and that is not advisable at all. I think we should be careful about it. Because, look at the condition of regressive societies, where such extremism is an accepted norm. Do we want to emulate them? Just look across, we do not have to go very far,” Akhtar said. “India has a democratic environment that is absent up to the Middle East. Why? What is so special about India that we could have democracy? Because it is an accepted norm in our society that people can have different beliefs, different Gods. Now, some forces are trying to put this society into a straitjacket, much like the way some of the other societies are,” he warned. Inp/khan
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