THE PRICE OF FREEDOM YET AGAIN BUT TO BE PAID BY WHOM?

THE PRICE OF FREEDOM YET AGAIN BUT TO BE PAID BY WHOM?

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Drama heightens as PIL is filed in the Calcutta High Court as per this news report. Confirmation needed as to the veracity of this information because contradictory naming of the Supreme Court and the Calcutta High Court happen in the same report. Authentic news needed. Awaiting it.

Such a development as this litigation is unfortunate in no mean measure but could go to popularise the film by leaps and bounds. Such could be its direct consequence.

Historicity? Netaji's disappearance and whereabouts thereafter are shrouded in mystery and any attempt to unravel it to awaken public interest in it are bound to face the challenges of parties with vested interests, however pious their claims to upholding the reputation of the hero may be. In a democracy these are but natural, public battles over iconic beings, with the law court being the permitted stage for settlement of contentious issues.

So, let the ball roll on and we shall see how things are determined in the end. One more step taken ahead that will go to popularise the disappearance issue of Netaji which should eventually bear upon the government critical pressure to reveal as yet undisclosed truths lying buried in its Intelligence files on Netaji.

Written by Sugata Bose