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Karanth affair, scene out of Hindi film

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                                            N.K. SINGH It appears to be a scene straight out of a Hindi formula movie—something that the distinguished filmmaker of Chomana Duddi will never do professionally. With both B. V. Karanth, the renowned drama director, and Ms Vibha Mishra, the actress he allegedly tried to burn to death, making contradictory statements to the police, the incident looks like a familiar movie plot where the hero suddenly takes responsibility for the crime and the heroine, on her part, tries to save the hero. "Indian people love melodrama," the 57-year-old bearded recipient of the Padamshree said on Monday, soon after the Bhopal police arrested him on the charge of attempt to Smurder. The theatreman was explaining why Tendulkar's Ghasiram Kotwal full of violence, sex and melodrama, was more popular with audiences than Bretch's Causican chalk circle. Karant...
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AICC(I) meet turns into State show: Govt machinery for ruling party

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Public money used for party purpose

 NK SINGH

 Radical

21 November 1970


PATNA: The use of Government machinery for organising the meeting of a political party is not a healthy tradition.

In democracy, the difference between a political organisation and the Government must be understood well. Public resources should not be utilised for party purpose.

The democratic institution would not last long Government resources are misused by the party in power.

The 3-day conference of the All India Congress Committee (Indira Congress) at Patna turned into a State show rather than a political party meet.


Radical, November 21, 1970
Radical, 21 November 1970


Location: Patna, Bihar, India

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