Recently we have been hearing a lot about “the Indian Culture”. A lot of things for and against it have been said. And now the “moral policing” issue is quite forgotten.The other day I was watching MTV “Roadies, Hell Down Under” with my friends. Seeing the tasks and the apparent humiliations the contestants were made to go through I was compelled to sit back and give this some serious thought. The task that I saw was where the female contestants had to fight with accomplished female boxers in Australia. Common! Now. How much is it fair? These contestants are here to play a game (though I have my reservations on that too, but later) and fighting physically with professionals is just not done. Moreover probably to raise the TRP’s of the show they showed shamelessly the uncensored version of how during the fight one of the contestant’s cleavage got exposed. It was disgusting. I wonder how is it that the so called “moral police” don’t take notice of these things. If all this was not enough, the male participants were asked to fight with two such participants. The result was that the poor had a torn ligament. Well, all in the name of a game!!!!
Now there is yet another youth programme in MTV called “Splitsvilla” and if I may add another extremely offensive and derogatory programme. How does love become a game, learn here. The way the girls and boy expose to get the popularity and win the “much coveted prize” is some sight. The games they are made to do are no way “Indian”. I mean we by our culture don’t go about seducing the opposite sex in such a pathetic manner. I just wonder again where the “moral police” are.
Moving forward, now I wonder what kind of family do these participants come from. I don’t have any right to accuse any family and my intentions are not at all doing so, but watching “Splitsvilla”, I am forced to wonder. Fortunately or unfortunately both these programmes are very popular among the youth (it wasn’t long ago that I used to religiously watch Roadies). And the youth I am talking about in this case are the teenagers and college going students. These programmes have a huge impact on their life. The way they live, behave everything. Is TRP’s all that matter in today’s world and not emotions?