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Hans India
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- Politics
- Hans India
Civil rights body urges CM to clarify on giving award to ‘Razakar'
Hyderabad: The Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), Telangana Chapter, along with activists, historians, and members of the Telugu film industry, demanded that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy issue an immediate public statement clarifying the Telangana government's stance on conferring the Gaddar Telangana Film Award to the film 'Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad'. During a press conference held at Basheerbagh Press Club, the activists found that the decision to honor this film with three awards—Feature Film on Environment, Heritage, History; Best Makeup Artist, and Best Music Director—is a profound insult to the legacy of legendary communist leader and balladeer Gaddar, who dedicated his life to secular values and the upliftment of marginalised communities. They demanded that the award be revoked, and to reassess the award selection process to ensure alignment with principles of historical accuracy and social unity. They held that the film presents a selective and distorted portrayal of history, reducing the complex Telangana Armed Struggle (1946-51) to a communal Hindu-Muslim narrative. Rather than addressing the feudal, caste, and social power issues central to the struggle, it falsely depicts Razakars as exclusively Muslim, ignoring their diverse composition and the broader context of the Communist-led peasant rebellion against feudal oppression. This communal agenda, evident throughout the film, vilifies the Muslim community and distorts the legacy of the Nizam's rule, undermining the principles of communal harmony and historical integrity that Gaddar championed. Awarding such a film in his name is a betrayal of his lifelong fight for justice and equality, they claimed.
The Hindu
28-04-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
World Safety Day: Telangana workers, managers urged to tighten industrial safety norms
Safety helmets were metaphorically fastened and seat belts tightened at Ravindra Bharathi Auditorium on Monday as around 800 factory managers, employees and workers from across Telangana assembled to mark 'World Day for Safety and Health at Work'. The Department of Factories, Government of Telangana, in collaboration with the National Safety Council's Telangana Chapter, pulled together the event, which crackled with a spirit of serious purpose and a little theatrical flair. Workers from Singareni Collieries, Natco Pharma, Apitoria Limited, BHEL and Toshiba Transmission and Distribution Systems staged skits, songs and plays performed on the theme of safety at the workplace. Presiding over the function was B. Rajagopala Rao, director of Factories and chairman of the National Safety Council's Telangana Chapter. Stressing that valuing life should be the backbone of industrial culture, he pointed out that awareness of workplace risks is non-negotiable if accidents are to be avoided. He further said that the Department and the Council have been jointly conducting regular training sessions to hammer home the basics of safety and health across factories in the State. Y. Mohan Babu, joint chief inspector of Factories, urged factory managements to tap into Artificial Intelligence to sniff out hazards before they mushroom into full-blown disasters. 'If machines are getting smarter, so should safety strategies,' he said. The event also saw participation of Sadanandam Goud, vice-chairman of the National Safety Council, Peruvelli Hemchandra of Neuland Laboratories, Sanjay Chaturvedi of Apitoria Limited, Shuichiro Marumoto from Toshiba Transmission and Distribution Systems and Muralidhar Reddy of Honour Labs, alongside senior officers from the Factories Department.
