One can only sympathize with Kamal Hassan for what he is
going through now. Viswaroopam still stays banned even after the poor actor
agreed to delete some portions of the film which are deemed to be hurting the
fragile sentiments of Muslim community. Now, this sham of ‘hurt sentiments’ has
been a recurring issue in India over the past few years. Even the Vijay film
Thuppakki was attacked by the same fragile minded community. And the government
continues to be arbitrary to say the least. No wonder that India has dropped to
140th rank in press freedom, lowest since 2002
Just the other day I happened to watch some portions of a
recent Telugu hit movie starring Naresh. It showed Yamadeva and Chitragupta
enjoying imported liquor, goddesses dancing with the hero and more such thrash supposed
to pass as comedy. Does our ‘secular’ government have any clarity on the criterion
to deal with religious sentiments?
Then again, in ‘secular India’, Hindus are expected to
have no sentiments at all..
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