Javed Akhtar: It is very unfortunate that as a society we are becoming more regressive

Javed Akhtar feels that as a society we are becoming regressive. He also feels that creativity, literature, cinemas are also shrinking. In fact, each point of view it is disappearing. He also warns everyone to be careful. He even questioned that what is so special about India that we could have democracy.


Javed Akhtar had faced the wrath of fundamentalists and trolls for his opinions on the social media. He took to Twitter and wrote now, “This is to put on record that I totally agree with all those including Sonu Nigam who want that Loudspeakers should not be used by the mosques and for that matter by any place of worship in residential areas .”


“It is very unfortunate but true that as a society we are becoming more regressive. The elbow room for creativity, literature, cinema or for any kind of point of view is shrinking and that is not advisable at all. I think we should be careful about it. Because, look at the condition of regressive societies, where such extremism is an accepted norm. Do we want to emulate them? Just look across, we do not have to go very far.”


He further added, “India has a democratic environment that is absent up to the Middle East. Why? What is so special about India that we could have democracy? Because it is an accepted norm in our society that people can have different beliefs, different Gods. Now, some forces are trying to put this society into a straitjacket, much like the way some of the other societies are.”