Writer K.P. Ramanunni on Sunday said the articles he wrote for a vernacular daily did not have any remarks that could offend any group.
He was speaking at a meeting of cultural activists organised by the Kozhikode Samskarika Vedi here in the wake of an anonymous letter threatening to cut off his limbs if he did not embrace Islam in six months.
“I thank the Kerala society for their support. Through my articles, I was trying to interpret the British opinion that Muslims are the enemies of Hindus,” he said.
Mr. Ramanunni said he had referred to two kinds of communalists in the article. But some people were distorting it to stoke communal fire and destroy democracy. “Kerala’s progressive social circles should awake and resist such tendencies,” he added.
Writer Shatrughnan, who inaugurated the meeting, said that at a time when politics and religion were getting poisoned, writers should put up a united fight against it. “Some people misuse the freedom given to them to raise their voice against writers and cultural activists. We need to take their actions seriously.”
M.K. Muneer, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, said it was the responsibility of the government to protect writers. Poet Veerankutty pointed out that writers were being censored at many levels.
K.T. Kunhikannan, director, Keluettan Padana Gaveshana Kendram; A.K. Abdul Hakkeem, president of the vedi; and Ravi DC, publisher, were present.
