I happened to see a you tube video where Karan Johar along with Ranvir Singh ,Arjun Kapoor & the All India Bakchod Team takes on everything from religion to character assassination using lewdity to religious jokes.
I did find the concept immature.However ,nothing in the show made me feel offended or create a streak of violence within me.
As expected,the show created anger among the Shiv Sena & religious leaders from the Church.Lets explore the question on whether the Indian society and religious leaders are too easily offended ?
The ideal society is one where anything and everything can be ridiculed , laughed at ,mocked at ,dissected and still people can happily live with each other in peace.But I guess ,this would be an Utopian ideal.If we look at India's rich cultural past , the Natya Shastra clearly says that whatever is said & performed on the stage would not be used against the artists.
When artists were provided such freedom , we find that science ,arts,music & religion flourished.India is after all the land of the Kama-Sutra,Natya Shastra,Vedas,the Ayurveda,Yoga ,Mathematics ,Astronomy & a host of other sciences.
When most of India moved to Buddism at a point in History , Adi Shakararchary re-established Hinduism not through forceful conversion or through the power of the sword,but through the power of debate.India has one of the oldest churches & the mosques in the world.Indian culture was all absorbing.
Ridicule & debate was and should continue to be part of Indian society to retain its true essence.The fringe elements should be debarred from society.
Religious leaders are getting offended at the drop of a hat.After all this is a culture which always said that all paths lead to God and to retain that essence, the AIB should be allowed to continue their shows.
AIB should not have apologized to the Archdiocese of Bombay nor should they apologize to any Hindu or Islamic fringe groups.The Archdiocese should instead go onto youtube ,take a deep breath and view the number of videos where the Westerners make fun of religion and then laugh at this mystery called life.
Indian culture is so fundamentally strong that it has the power to absorb the good from AIB and discard the crap.Believe in that and move on Indians and stop getting offended for no reason.
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