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The arts unite against hate
Artists across the country are coming together to offer a message of peace
Peter Griffin <> Will defend the cultural practices.” Over the multidisciplinary and multi
Mumbai plurality of our next few months, cultural ple stage events at a single
This weekend, India’s arts country through our practitioners across the venue: the 15 August Park in
and culture community is images, speech, country joined in, discussing Red Fort in Delhi, and the
raising a collective hand of words, music and the form their protests Visthar campus, Bengaluru.
protest bodies should take. In Mumbai on March 2, there
A series of hate crimes, al Declaration by Artists Unite! The group issued a decla will be a ‘participatory per
legedly by Hindutvarelated ration in early December (it formance parade’ from Chai
rightwing elements against ways of acting against what has over 700 signatures) that tyabhoomi, Dadar, to the
minorities, led to protests in seemed to be escalating ef concluded with the resolu Carter Road seaface. Chen
different cities across India, forts to create an atmosph tion to defend the plurality nai will see a film festival in
under the broad umbrella of ere of hate and the taking ov of the country by countering Panuval bookstore and an
#NotInMyName. Many of the er of cultural institutions. hate with love, violence with ‘inclusive playground’ at
people leading or participat peace, “through our images, Santhome.
ing in these protests hap No to assault speech, words, music and Artists Unite! says that
pened to be from the arts Delhibased filmmaker Saba bodies”. there is no attempt to curate
community, and over 2018, Dewan, a member of the col Those protests are taking things: creative people have
their conversations conti lective, says, “We felt that gi place on March 2 and 3, in come forward with their
nued, as their worries about ven the kind of assault we Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, ideas, and resources like art
polarisation in the country are witnessing against cul Bangalore, Kolkata, Bhuba works are shared, but events
increased. ture, the way culture is being neshwar, Pune, Ahmedabad, are selforganised in each lo
Around September 2018, reduced to one colour, we Nagpur, Dharwad, Chandi cation.
the murmur of worry coa should be protesting. And garh, Indore, Jamshedpur For more details on the
lesced into a loose collective, that the way we should prot and a few other cities. events, visit facebook.com/
Artists Unite!, to discuss est should be by using our Two cities will witness artistsuniteindia.
Priyanka Chopra stars in Remembering
filmmaker
new song by Jonas Brothers Aravindan
TIKI RAJWI
The band has reunited for its first single in five years THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
The National Film Archive
Indo-Asian News Service of India (NFAI), which has
Los Angeles restored and preserved
Rock band Jonas Brothers many of filmmaker G. Ara
have reunited for a single tit vindan’s pathbreaking
led Sucker after a gap of six movies, recently received a
years. Its video features ac delightful gift from the di
tor Priyanka Chopra who rector’s family.
married the youngest broth On the sidelines of the
er, Nick Jonas, three months Bengaluru International
ago. Film Festival, Aravindan’s
“This is the first time son Ramu Aravindan do
we’ve worked together but nated two boxes of photo
not for a moment did it feel The Jonas brothers with their partners in the new album. graphs and other material
like work. Such a fun family on his father’s films to the
affair... Proud of you, hus Nick also took to Twitter “so beautiful in this video”. NFAI collection.
band,” Priyanka tweeted to announce the band’s The Jonas Brothers band NFAI director Prakash
while unveiling the song comeback. was formed in 2005 but the Magdum said he was excit
among social media users. He said: “Sucker video is band split in 2013. The sin ed about the donation,
The video also stars Kevin officially out! We really had gers have created hits such which consisted of produc
Jonas’ spouse Danielle and the best time shooting this as Burnin’ up, Hold on and tion stills — prints and tran
Joe Jonas’ fiancee and Game video in England with our fa Fly with me. The brothers — sparencies — from Aravin
of Thrones actor Sophie Tur mily. Hope you guys love it. Joe, 29, Kevin, 31, and Nick, dan’s films. Mr. Magdum
ner. Priyanka added: “Jonas Feels good to be back.” 26 — announced their reu said the material would be
Brothers and the J sisters Nick also complimented nion in The Late Late Show digitised and researchers
cheering each other on.” Priyanka saying she looks with James Corden. would be given access.
