TISS beef docu runs into ABVP on JNU campus
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Caste On The Menu Card screened after standoff with ABVP
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) documentary Caste On The Menu Card ran into further trouble after the Films Division of India blocked its screening at a private film festival, with the Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University’s administration banning it on campus as well.The documentary was finally screened on campus at 9.30 pm on Sunday after the standoff with BJP's youth wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) was resolved Permission for a public screening of the documentary on campus had been sought by the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Student Association (BAPSA), a student organisation at JNU, from the Dean of Student Welfare.
When this was denied, BAPSA sought permission to screen the documentary in the JNU hostel. “The hostel warden had allowed the screening, but permission was withdrawn after pressure from some groups. We will ensure the screening happens at any cost,” a BAPSA member said.
ABVP representatives said they came to know of the screening through posters announcing it.
“The JNU administration told us that permission had not been granted for screening Caste On The Menu Card.
We realised that some students were planning to go ahead nonetheless and appealed for action to stop it,” Ravi Ranjan Choudhary, ABVP president at JNU, told Mumbai Mirror.
Saurabh Sharma, ABVP joint secretary at JNU, added, “Security is in place at the screening venue, and Delhi police has been deployed at the gates.” H e s a i d t h e I n f o r m a t i o n & Broadcasting ministry has directed that films on beef not be screened publicly, given the current tension in the country over its sale and consumption.
Meanwhile, Caste on the Menu Card received two awards at the 12th Jeevika Asia Livelihood Documentary Film Festival, where its screening had first been banned by Films Division of India. The 21-minute film on beef politics on campuses and issues of livelihood and caste surrounding beef won the Best Student Documentary and the Jeevika Freedom Award.
Festival director Manoj Matthews told Mumbai Mirror the jury had decided much before the controversy.
“The film was chosen for its content on how policy issues on meat hamper the livelihood of those in the leather and meat industry,” he added.
Other institutions including FTII and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune, too have invited the film for a public screening.
Source: Mumbai Mirror, 2-11-2015
When this was denied, BAPSA sought permission to screen the documentary in the JNU hostel. “The hostel warden had allowed the screening, but permission was withdrawn after pressure from some groups. We will ensure the screening happens at any cost,” a BAPSA member said.
ABVP representatives said they came to know of the screening through posters announcing it.
“The JNU administration told us that permission had not been granted for screening Caste On The Menu Card.
We realised that some students were planning to go ahead nonetheless and appealed for action to stop it,” Ravi Ranjan Choudhary, ABVP president at JNU, told Mumbai Mirror.
Saurabh Sharma, ABVP joint secretary at JNU, added, “Security is in place at the screening venue, and Delhi police has been deployed at the gates.” H e s a i d t h e I n f o r m a t i o n & Broadcasting ministry has directed that films on beef not be screened publicly, given the current tension in the country over its sale and consumption.
Meanwhile, Caste on the Menu Card received two awards at the 12th Jeevika Asia Livelihood Documentary Film Festival, where its screening had first been banned by Films Division of India. The 21-minute film on beef politics on campuses and issues of livelihood and caste surrounding beef won the Best Student Documentary and the Jeevika Freedom Award.
Festival director Manoj Matthews told Mumbai Mirror the jury had decided much before the controversy.
“The film was chosen for its content on how policy issues on meat hamper the livelihood of those in the leather and meat industry,” he added.
Other institutions including FTII and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune, too have invited the film for a public screening.
Source: Mumbai Mirror, 2-11-2015
