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Is ‘patriotism’ all about the national anthem and the tricolor?

On: February 6, 2017

Dr. George Jacob The Supreme Court recently asked all cinemas to play the national anthem, simultaneously screening the tricolor on the screens ‘for the love of the motherland’. ‘All moviegoers must stand up when the anthem is being played, and all doors of the cinema halls are to be closedContinue Reading

Can compulsions elicit respect? singing of national anthem in cinema halls

By: Matters India

On: December 19, 2016

In: Blog

Ram Puniyani Supreme Court Order on national Anthem (November 2016) has asked theatres to play the national anthem before a film show begins “for the love of the motherland”. This has yet again started the debate over the personal freedom and legal obligations in present times. This is in theContinue Reading