I&B Ministry is in the Ban Mood again
The fact that our I&B (Information and Broadcasting) ministry is banning thing again comes as no major surprise. Talk of censorship and ban coming from I&B ministry is no longer surprising. Here is the latest:
Two underwear ads banned for vulgarity
The government has banned two underwear advertisements for indecency and vulgarity. The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry has directed all television channels to stop screening advertisements of Lux Cozy and Amul Macho with immediate effect.
Television channels have also been instructed “to be more careful in future in selection of advertisements and to strictly adhere to advertisement code”.
This is not the first occasion that advertisements have been found objectionable. Channels had been issued a warning in April regarding a similar advertisement of Gen-X undergarments.
How long will we have ministers treating people as dumb folks who can’t decide what they want to watch and need to be protected against evil content.
Posted under: Thoughts/Censorship
Tagged with: ban, banning, Censorship, I&B
July 31st, 2007 at 12:13:13
Very exitment ads like Lux Cozy and Amul Macho is banned by Govt. It is happy thing…..nice to hear from you
July 31st, 2007 at 13:39:24
Ministries like any other group take the personality of their Leader. In this case Priya Ranjan Das Munshi.
This man is also Indian Football Assocn. Chief since ages(decades i guess) - he refuses to let the game flourish.
Most people discount the importance of good leadership, but just look around, most ministries or any group for that matter - is primarily good or bad because of the person at the helm.
Chinese Citizens are not better or worse at Administration of their Nation. They just have a few good men at the top, who are genuinely interested in Future of their Country. And look what we got! Mr Arjun Singh, Mr Priya Ranjan, Ms Sonia …