Goa’s civil society has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and solve the crisis that engulfed the Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
Leading educationists, activists, journalists, writers and artistes have written to the prime minister – with a copy marked to Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley – urging for a resolution of the crisis.
“We hope that you will be able to engage with the students with an open mind, and be able to arrive at a solution that shows the level of seriousness and commitment you have towards the future of India's cinema and its cultural stature as a modern nation,” the letter said, urging Modi’s intervention. Signatories said: “India, the world's largest democracy, has always been to the world a country of stunning cultural and racial diversity.”
“For us, it is a nation representing hope, tolerance and peace, a country of limitless potential as a rapidly growing economic superpower, a land with a rich heritage of arts, culture and cinema, where the largest number of films are made.
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