The finale of the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2015 was scheduled for the evening and was expected to be attended by the who's who of the glamour world. Because of the vandalism, which led to fears of a bigger law and order problem, the organizers shifted the venue to a hotel in Lower Parel.
A livid Tasneem Mehta, managing trustee and honorary director of the museum, told TOI, "They are trying to intimidate us and behave like moral police. Such shows are held at museums all around the world. This was supposed to be a traditional show, not provocative." Money received by Bhau Daji Lad museum from events like fashion shows goes towards educational programmes, buying arte facts and keeping the museum functioning, said its managing trustee and honorary director, Tasneem Mehta. She said that for Sunday's fashion show, which could not be held because of vandalism, the organizers had paid Rs 2 lakh.
"This is an autonomous institution which is managed by a trust. I am fully authorized to hold such fund-raising activities," Mehta said. An event organiser said the activists, in their tearing rush, were shouting that the show was an insult to the museum. "People were terrified. On the spot we decided not to hold the show there."
He said that by the time the police arrived, the vandals had fled.
The fashion event started last week with an offsite show at the Richardson & Cruddas compound near Byculla. At Sunday's show, designer Anamika Khanna was to present her line from 8pm onwards. "She was to show her collection in the backdrop of Indian craftsmanship and museum monuments. How does this disturb affect morals or culture?" asked an event organiser rhetorically. "We had procured all permissions from the civic body, the police, the traffic police and the PWD. Yet we had to shift the venue. It's a shame."
Senior inspector Suresh Maghdum of Byculla police station said, "We have provided police protection at the museum. As far as disturbance is concerned, no one has come to us to lodge a complaint against the protestors."
TIMES VIEW: Deja vu. That is one's first reaction to the MNS 'protest'. The world over, fashion shows and other entertainment events are a recognized means of fund-raising, be it for charity or for developmental activities. By disrupting a fashion show that sought to collect money for the museum's cultural activities on so-called moral grounds, the MNS has again shown that it has a blinkered vision and an undemocratic way of expressing it. The sooner such self-styled goalkeepers of culture are shown the door the better it will be for cosmopolitan Mumbai.
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