****JAIPUR: **As India returned Pakistani artists and athletes back home following the Line of Control tension between the two countries, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has warned that Pakistani writers should not Jaipur Literature Festival, Times of India (TOI) reported on Tuesday.
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According to the report, the work of seven Pakistani authors including Jamil Ahmad and Mohammed Hanif are shortlisted for the 2013 Prize for South Asian Literature.
Ahmad and Hanif had attended the JLF last year but because of the recent cross-border conflict, the BJP has decided to oppose the presence of these writers.
**“We will not allow them to enter the festival venue. There is no question of welcoming the Pakistani authors here at a time when their country has disrupted peace at the border,” said BJP Yuva Morcha state president Rishi Bansal.
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Party leaders also added that they were considering to hold a protest march in this regard.
However, the TOI report quoted a JLF organiser as saying: “All sessions would be held as per schedule in the presence of all guest authors.”
Earlier this month, protests by the BJP’s youth wing had led to the cancellation of a play based on the life of Sa’adat Hasan Manto, which was part of the National School of Drama festival. The police had to escort ‘Ajoka,’ the theatre group from Pakistan out of the state capital following the protests.
well its not like aman ki asha came from the likes of BJP or RSS. if their antics make you blame india then you are just the same as what BJP is doing here.
well its not like aman ki asha came from the likes of BJP or RSS. if their antics make you blame india then you are just the same as what BJP is doing here.
I think there are groups on both sides of the border responsible for sabotaging projects like "Amn ki Asha', but we have yet to see action like returning artists and athletes back home from Pakistani side.
Any news, whether Pakistani writers took part in the festival?
I think there are groups on both sides of the border responsible for sabotaging projects like "Amn ki Asha', but we have yet to see action like returning artists and athletes back home from Pakistani side.
Any news, whether Pakistani writers took part in the festival?
Pakistani athletes are being threatened in India so why take part in India?
Our women cricket team is not allowed to play WC in Mumbai until they shifted it to Cuttack now even at Cuttack they received threats
Another reason why religion should be kept out of govt.
And more proof that calling those on the right nutcases is not name calling. But just accurate portrayal. Imagine if these nutcases were in charge of running the govt.
Through the Right wing out, EVERYWHERE. NO EXCEPTIONS.
very BJP like.