Hmmm...Well the Centre's ban on AXN till March seems to be a well thought out one as it will help Indians do more work, be productive and contribute to the PM's goal of achieving a GDP of 10 per cent.
After all, a show which has a name that runs like 'The World's sexiest Commercial' is condescending on the image of the country and the minds of the people of a country so steeped in tradition that shows like this can corrupt people's thoughts and actions. Terrorists and convicts will stop their maniacally driven actions. Politicians will stop being corrupt and insensitive.
People will stop having children, those who have extramarital affairs will begin to think for the good of the nation, actors like Shilpa Shetty will stop taking part in shows like 'Big Brother' where Indians will be called 'Pakis' by fellow 'housemates', beggars will stop begging, governance in the country will reach a new high. Even indifference among the Indian public will come to nil, everyone will become good natured,Bollywood will stop making movies like Corporate, there will be no prostitutes in the country, no rape, no moral policing, no husband and wife abuses.
There will be no border disputes with Pakistan and China, Tatas will return the land in Singur to farmers and drop their projects, everyone displaced in the Sardar Sarovar Dam project will be rehabilitated, there will be no communal riots in the country.
In fact, you wont find books like Kamasutra nor even the 'Mills and Boon' stuff. Newspapers will stop writing about dating, whether a first date will lead to a second and eventually marriage, and such stuff. A magazine called 'Maxim' will stop carrying pictures of 'sexy' women and even Malikka Sherawat clad very skimpily.
All this will happen because a show telecast at 11 pm in the night shows commercials which are supposed to be sexy and will affect the majority of the Indian population.
Serials that portray extra marital affairs, scheming, plotting another person's downfall, cricket shows where Mandira Bedi chatters away in an absolutely nonsensical manner, putting the even well knowledged cricket fan to shame with her 'expert commentary', movies that drip of vendetta, gore, violence, are supposed to educate the public, even children as most of it is in the local language and can easily be understood by everyone.
Kudos to Priyaranjan Das Munshi and his colleagues for saving the nation from disaster and poverty and helping the Prime Minister's goal of reaching 10 per cent GDP with a very small gesture of banning a channel.
