A month back (yeah, must have been a month); the Information and Broadcasting Minister decided to play Morality Police and banned FTV for showing, what he felt must be offensive to the Indian society. The dish TV guys and the cable operator guys promptly blocked the channel for fear of backlash. Now, FTV is back – for the month-long ban must have expired.
I do not know what is the viewer ship of FTV and how it hurt them. (Lest you think, I am one of the avid followers, please don’t bother.) Their fault – in our moral eyes – was broadcast of something risqué that apparently spoilt our society! What I do not understand is what did the ban do to FTV and what has changed since FTV is back as it is. Was it right for the Minister to be the Morality Police, taking care of the naïve and moral Indians? The Morality Police seem to have sprung up everywhere…so it must be true that some people have way too much time on their hands. We need more jobs….
On another note: The government (whoever that was at that time), simply refused to believe that AIDS would be ever a problem for Indian society because of all the moral checks-and-balances in place already. Well, wake up; fix your priorities first. And please try not to meddle in people’s living room.
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