Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Screening of a Documentary Film on the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant

Technology, as an ultimate solution to human misgivings, is often hypothesized to be foolproof and alleviating. amounting to a blatant imbalance in the society and inefficient implementations. Some of the consequences take humanity on their toll, one of the foremost being "nuclear power" itself. Awareness, in such trying circumstances, plays a crucial role in order to rack up our brains and reform our strategies, which indeed motivated R.P. Amudhan, a noted filmmaker and activist to spread the word of awareness and reform, concerning the cause of the people residing near the coming up Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, through an enlightening documentary, who also presented his painstaking work at the institute(on 19th March, 2012). The documentary acted as an eye opener for many among the diverse audience who graced the occasion, discussing the sorry plight of the villages around the site allocated for the nuclear plant, comprising of children, women and ill-compensated farmers. The documentary also showed the brave fight put up by them in the face of dominant oppression, testifying the indomitable spirit of the people. In the end there was ample discussion on the various aspects of this people's movement involving the filmmaker R.P. Amudhan himself, concluding with a resolve to consolidate and empathize with their sentiments.