Drama controversy: Pondicherry University asks HoD of Performing Arts to step down
2 April 2024 | The Hindu
The Pondicherry University has asked its Head of the Department of Performing Arts to step down, following the controversy surrounding a play staged by students at the annual cultural festival, Ezhini 2k24, on campus last week.
Following outrage on social media over the play allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments, the territorial police had registered a case on charges of “outraging religious sentiments.” The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), an affiliate organisation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), had staged a protest on the campus alleging that the characters of the epic Ramayana, had been depicted in an objectionable manner in a play titled Somayanam, staged on the campus on March 29, 2024…