India's Supreme Court asks all theaters to play the national anthem before movies
In what is a strange ruling, India’s top court has made it mandatory for all public theaters in the country to play national anthem before any movie. To go with that, every movie goer will also be required to stand up as a sign of respect for the motherland.
The Supreme Court said today every citizen is "duty-bound" to abide by the ideals in the constitution and to "show respect to the national anthem."
"Respect must be shown as the national anthem is symbol of patriotism. People shouldn’t follow paths of individually perceived notion of freedom," Justice Dipak Misra said as he read out the judgment.
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"These days, people read things that have nothing to do with nationalism but don’t study material related to nationalism,” he added.
The ruling also stipulated that there must not be any commercial exploitation of the national anthem, or the national flag when the anthem is being played.
All the theaters in the country will be issued a directory and will have to implement the changes in the next 10 days. The western Indian state of Maharashtra had implemented this rule a few years ago mandating all theatres to play the national anthem before screening a movie.
The court’s order isn’t sitting well with many people, who are finding the need to play national anthem unnecessary. Some thoughts from people, with an usual dose of humor, follows.
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