The use of word ‘ghati’ in the novel Breathless in Bombay actually spreads message of secularism, the Bombay high court recently ruled.
The author of the book, Murzban Shroff, was facing a criminal case for using the slang word ‘ghati’ for Maharashtrians in his debut novel.
The high court on June 22 quashed the case against him. In a 35-pages detailed judgment released on Thursday, justice VM Kanade observed: “At all times, the word ghati has been uttered by the villain. At the end of the story, the hero reprimands him for doing so. He explains to the villain that there is secular unity in our country. In no way has the use of the word affected the integrity of our country.
“The use of the word ghati is doltish rather than illiterate. And such a word is used only during conversation, as dialogue. On the contrary, it is seen that the writer has given the message of unity from the view point of secularism.”
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