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All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) pays heartfelt tribute to the legendary creator of CID and Aahat, B.P. Singh. The Indian film industry will always remember him. The Indian film industry mourns the loss of veteran producer-director B.P. Singh Mumbai, 27 October 2026: A dark day has fallen on the Indian film and television industry. Veteran director and producer Brijendra Pal Singh, popularly known as B.P. Singh, passed away today at the age of 77 following a heart attack. B.P. Singh was the creative force behind some of Indian television's most iconic shows, including CID, Aahat and Adalat. CID became one of the longest-running crime shows in the world and turned characters like ACP Pradyuman, Daya and Abhijeet into household names. Aahat gave Indian audiences a new kind of suspense and horror storytelling. These shows are still watched and remembered by millions today. An alumnus of FTII Pune, he began as a cinematographer and grew into a producer-director who changed the face of Hindi television. He gave opportunities to hundreds of technicians, writers, actors and workers, and set a benchmark for quality and consistency in television. His passing marks the end of an era. The entire industry is in shock, and the loss is deeply felt by everyone who worked with him and by the audiences who grew up on his shows. We pray that God grants peace to his soul and gives his family the strength to bear this irreparable loss. Om Shanti. | #BPSingh | #CID | #Aahat | #AICWA | #AllIndianCineWorkersAssociation | | @ANI | @PTI_News | @ians_india |

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“Dear Italian students, who today take to the streets carrying flags with the hammer and sickle and wearing T-shirts emblazoned with ‘CCCP’,” began an open letter in Italian by Lithuanian expat Neringa Budryt. “I would like to ask you a question: do you truly know what the symbols you carry represent? And do you know what would have happened to many of you had you openly demonstrated in countries living under the oppression of communist regimes? Let me tell you something. It is easy to display a red flag when, for you, communism is merely an abstract idea of equality, social justice, and rebellion against the system. It is easy to wear a T-shirt with "CCCP" on it when you have never experienced the reality of a communist regime. We come from that part of Europe where communism was not a T-shirt, a symbol of rebellion, or a romanticized notion of equality. It was the system in which we lived—a system we never chose. We know the history of Soviet repression, Stalinist purges, the Gulags, and mass deportations. Above all, we know the word "Siberia"—a place to which thousands of innocent people were forcibly deported, simply for thinking differently. In Siberia—amidst freezing cold, starvation, and forced labor—many lost their lives; those who survived carried the scars of that experience forever. Entire families were torn apart, and generations were denied the chance to live freely in their own homeland. In the countries of the Soviet bloc, censorship, political police, surveillance, and the suppression of dissent drastically curtailed individual freedoms. We grew up in a system where state control permeated even our daily lives. At school, we were required to wear the red necktie of the "Pioneers." We were monitored; they tracked where we went and even whether we attended church. Even faith—a choice that should belong to an individual’s own conscience—could become a cause for suspicion. We used to celebrate Christmas with our windows blacked out, to ensure no one would see us and report us. Because it was forbidden—just like so many other things: jeans, rock music, and all the symbols of a Western lifestyle. My mother returned from a Soviet labor camp. And do you know what happened to her? She was barred from continuing her education because she had been labeled an enemy of communism. Under a communist regime, you could not protest. You risked arrest, imprisonment, interrogation, persecution—and, in certain historical contexts, even death. In the Soviet Union and other communist regimes, political dissent could cost you your freedom and your life. Demonstrations independent of the authorities were not a guaranteed right; they were often suppressed by force. That is why it strikes me to see young Italians proudly displaying the hammer and sickle—symbols associated with regimes that persecuted and imprisoned millions of people. Today, you are free to take to the streets, shout against the government, criticize institutions, and wave your flags precisely because you live in a democracy that grants you these freedoms. Under an authoritarian regime of that kind, protesting against those in power could have landed you in prison. This is not about denying the existence of social injustices, inequalities, or the right to fight for a better world. You are free to take to the streets to demand a more just society—but you should not idealize a system that denied so many people the very things you are free to exercise today: the right to choose, to believe, to speak, and to dissent. Before wearing a T-shirt with "CCCP" on it, listen to those who experienced that world. Talk to the deportees and their descendants; read the accounts of those who endured the gulags and forced exile to Siberia. Learn what it meant to be stripped of your freedom, your home, your loved ones—and even any prospect of a normal life—simply because of your background or your beliefs. Before waving the hammer and sickle, please, study history thoroughly.”