[Much as I hate long posts, this promises to be one 
... and probably nonsensical too! Beware!]
... and probably nonsensical too! Beware!]I usually tend to ignore email newsletters, but I viewed this one and a headline caught my eye – “Rakhi Sawant threatens to go on hunger strike”. My curiosity was aroused, and I ventured to read the article.
Rakhi Sawant feels that the censor board was being unjust in banning her song Kameeni tera bhoot chad gaya re. She has sent a legal notice giving it a week to explain its decision. Otherwise, she will go on hunger strike, says the item girl.
Read the rest of the article here.
Now, I’m no fan of Rakhi Sawant. Yet, to be fair, she does seem to have a point there. The hunger strike threat might be taking things a bit too far, but then, RS has always been in the limelight for high drama!
Yes, I’m confused.
On the one hand, RS has a valid point – with the kind of lewdness displayed in movies and TV serials nowadays, and with the movie Kaminey having being released recently, it’s a tad unfair that her song be banned for having the word “Kameeni” in it!
On the other hand, past errors of judgement on the part of the Censor Board should not be considered a norm, and used as justification for more vulgarity to come. The Censor Board, however, should apply this yardstick to all such instances henceforth and not single out RS. Only then would this ban make sense.
If a true poll was conducted among the billion-plus people out there, then all vulgarity and lewdness would get a thumbs up – due to the unfortunate degeneration of our masses. That brings us to a rather touchy question – why is our society so full of hypocrisy? Why do we encourage immorality, and then pretend to frown upon it? Are our Government agencies hungry for publicity, too?
My personal opinion is that our politicians serve more to lead people astray, than to serve the country. “We don’t want vulgarity to creep into our culture,” they say. Yet, many of them are guilty of polygamy, rape, murder and any other sin one can think of.
Our politicians range from the sleazy (old man, 3 babes!) to ones with criminal pasts (and present?). Only when elections are impending do we get to hear of the great progress our nation has made, and promises of a rosy future.
“O Oysters, come and walk with us!”
The Walrus did beseech.
“A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four,
To give a hand to each.”
Elections over, what we get to hear is
“A loaf of bread,” the Walrus said,
“Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed–
Now if you’re ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed.”
And then, at the height of the political term,
“It seems a shame,” the Walrus said,
“To play them such a trick,
After we’ve brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!”
The Carpenter said nothing but
“The butter’s spread too thick!”
Finally, towards the end of the term,
“I weep for you,” the Walrus said:
“I deeply sympathize.”
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.
That’s it. A new Government comes along, and it’s the same story…
It’s all about appeasing the masses. About vote-bank politics. About publicity. Not about the Nation.
