Ottawa: Amid ongoing controversy over the poster of filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s short film ‘Kali’, the Toronto-based Aga Khan Museum has expressed deep regret for “unknowingly hurting sentiments” of Hindu and other religions.

In a statement, the museum said that Toronto Metropolitan University brought together the work of students from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds as part of Canadian Multiculturalism under the ‘Under the Tent’ project.

The statement said, “Project Presentation of Toronto Metropolitan University was held at Aga Khan Museum. It was organized as part of the museum’s mission to promote intercultural understanding and communication through art. An integral part of is respect for the beliefs of diverse religious expressions and communities. ”

The museum expressed regret

According to the statement, “The museum deeply regrets that one of the 18 short videos of ‘Under the Tent’ and the associated social media posts have inadvertently insulted members of the Hindu and other religious communities.”

Earlier, the Indian High Commission in Ottawa had appealed to the Canadian authorities to remove all objectionable material related to the short film ‘Kali’. The High Commission has taken this step after receiving complaints from the leaders of the Hindu community in Canada about the ‘insulting portrayal’ of the Hindu Goddess in the poster of the short film screened there.

The poster was tweeted by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai

Toronto-based filmmaker Leena Manimekalai shared a poster of her short film ‘Kaali’ on Twitter on Saturday, showing the Hindu Goddess smoking and holding the LGBTQ community flag in her hand. After this poster came out, Manimekalai was accused of hurting religious sentiments.

The hashtag ‘Arrest Leena Manimekalai’ (Arrest Leena Manimekalai) started trending against her on social media. Meanwhile, a member of a group called ‘Gau Mahasabha’ said that they have lodged a complaint against Manimekalai before the Delhi Police.

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Washington: After the shooting at the Independence Day Parade in Chicago, USA, the atmosphere of celebration turned into mourning. Before the shooting, people were taking to the streets to celebrate Independence.

Due to the holiday, there was a crowd of people on the streets. The attackers took advantage of this and fired indiscriminately at innocent people.

People started running to safer places to save their lives. But the attackers continued to target unarmed people regardless of age and sex of people. Six people lost their lives in the mass shooting incident, while 57 people were injured.

Rise in gun violence:

This is not the first time that people have been shot at in a public place in the United States. There have been various arguments about the reason behind such gruesome incidents that are constantly taking place in the US. This time also the people involved in the attackers are between the ages of 18 and 20. Gun culture is becoming increasingly prevalent among young people in the U.S.

Scary figures of gun violence:

The mass shooting gun violence data has been released and it intimidating. According to the Gun Violence Archive organization, so far in 2022, 309 mass shootings have been carried out. The highest number of people killed in this shooting were youth.

According to the data, 179 children between the ages of 0-11 and 670 juveniles between the ages of 12 and 17 have lost their lives in these massacres. According to the report, a total of 693 mass shootings were carried out in the Us in 2021. In 2019, there were a total of 417 shootings.

The 15th mass murder of the year

The report claimed that this is the 15th mass shooting incident in just seven months since the beginning of this year. In the U.S., attackers are constantly targeting schools. According to statistics, in 2016, the Alpine School in Texas was targeted. in which one student was killed. In 2018, an attacker killed 10 people at St. Fey’s School in Texas. Last year, four people were killed in a shooting at Michigan High School. All these figures are enough to prove that schools have been easy targets for attackers.

Why are there an increase in mass murders?

According to experts, the main reason behind the rapidly increasing mass shootings in the US is the Gun Act here. According to The Gun Control Act 1968 in the United States, the age of a person is set at 18 years to buy any small weapon. At the same time, the age of the person to buy a handgun has been fixed at 21 years.

Since the applicant’s age for the purchase of weapons is very young, it can be easily purchased. But there are no special rules set to monitor its proper use.

At the same time, the report also claims that in the US, which has a population of 330 million, the country’s civilians have 390 million weapons. Access to weapons to a large section of the population could also be a vital reason for the rise in mass shootings in the U.S.

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Washington: In yet another tragic incident of mass shooting in Philadelphia, USA, three people died and at least 11 were injured on Saturday night.

The incident took place when one of the suspects opened indiscriminate fire in the city crowd. According to reports, the Philadelphia Police Department acted promptly after receiving information about a gunman in a crowded area of South Street.

According to the report, while addressing a press conference, Police Inspector DF Paes said that there was firing in the city crowd and an officer had also shot at a suspect. However, it is not clear whether the suspect has been killed or not.

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Washington: The shooting sequence in the US is seems not going to slow down following another mass shooting incident Oklahoma.

Four people, including a gunman, were killed and several others injured in a shooting at a hospital complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday.

The Tulsa police department said on Twitter that the authorities were still working to vacate the St Francis Hospital complex. Later the police also killed the attacker. The investigation into the matter is going on.

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