In a civilised democratic society, there is no place for bans of any kind even if it is imposed by an elected government. This brings us to the question: Who are these organisations to ban anything in a constitutional democracy? Fortunately, this time Suvarna backed off before the associations took law into their hands. The same associations which ransacked the office of Zee Kannada last year protesting its move to air a voice-dubbed program on Jhansi Rani Laxmibai are at it again. Now, this program will be telecasted in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil while Kannada gets dropped from the list, thanks to the ban on dubbing imposed by a few sundry private organisations in the name of protecting Kannada language and culture. In Kannada, Suvarna, the general entertainment channel owned by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, was supposed to air this program from May 6. The program was planned to be aired in several Indian languages including Kannada on Star India’s network channels. VASANT SHETTY writes from Bangalore: Aamir Khan announced his entry into the small screen with “ Satya Meva Jayate” a few days ago.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |