Lanka war CD impact worries Congress
CHENNAI: Scenes of explosions, gory deaths, wailing women and long lines of refugees herded like cattle, against the background of a grippingly narrated poem form the contents of a CD that is making the Congress party uncomfortable.
“Ini enna seyya pogirom” (What are we going to do now?) is the title of a CD published by the Periyar Dravida Kazhagam (PDK). The CD, in wide circulation now, appeals to voters to vote against the Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The 16 minute long CD has a high impact on viewers’ opinions. Ezhilarasi from a village near Puducherry says, “before I saw the CD I did not know about the extent of the problem there. I still feel sad for Eelam Tamils after seeing the CD. Other people here who have seen the CD also don’t understand why the Indian government is doing this. We are all definitely going to vote against the Congress and for someone who will help Eelam Tamils.” K Hariharan, director of L V Prasad Film and TV academy said, “The point here is spectatorship, the film has an impact because it reinforces the context in the spectator’s mind (since the audience is already aware of the Lankan issue). He argues that the impact created by the film might vanish if it is not backed up by a public discourse on it created by activists.
The CD intersperses images of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and prime minister Manmohan Singh standing alongside Sri Lankan president Rajapakse, with scenes of Tamils’ suffering. The Congress is uncomfortable and has asked for a ban on the CD, Congress president K V Thangkabalu said, “I have seen the CD. We have asked for a ban, yet it is being distributed illegally.
All allegations against the Congress in the CD are false. They cannot fault us on anything else so they have taken up this sensational issue," he said. Police have been arresting activists from different parts of the state who are copying and distributing these CDs. (Express Buzz)
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