Filmmaker Saeed Akhtar Mirza has made a call for the unification of people of all religions, faiths and philosophies to stop the ascendancy of fascist forces.
Speaking at a seminar on ‘Pluralism and multiculturalism’ organised by the Department of Culture as part of the ongoing Keraleeyam festival here on Monday, he said that hate has been growing across the country, especially in the north, but Kerala seems to be the bastion and bulwark of the forces aligned against that kind of hate. “This hate stems from the perceptions of history. Fascists have been weaponising a manufactured history built on an imagined, glorious past, terrible present and an enemy that has to be defeated,” he said.
