Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent.
NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 5, 2004: “A large number of CD’s are being sold in the market today which portray the Hindu Gods and Goddesses in an extremely indecent manner, and I have appealed in writing to the President of India, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Chief Minister of Haryana and the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha to immediately ban the sale of such CD’s.” This information was given to the HPI correspondent in a telephonic interview by Shri Mahesh Chand Sharma, former Mayor of New Delhi and president of the Bhartiya Janata Party’s [BJP] cell responsible for cultural, literary and welfare activities. According to Shri Mahesh Chand Sharma, certain cassettes and CD’s with titles such as Ramayan, Geeta, Siva Marriage, Krishna Leela and other Hindu religious titles portray half-clad Hindu Goddesses in dance and song sequences. Says Shri Sharma, “Not only are these obscene CD’s openly sold, they are also being shown in parts on certain cable channels.” Shri Sharma, went on to state, “Initially the production of such CD’s started in the state of Harayana in the Haryanavi language but gradually other versions are also coming out.” Strongly condemning this wrong trend of making mockery of Hindu Gods and Goddesses in the name of parody and comedy, Shri Sharma says, “Production of such obscenity is unfortunately the handiwork of some misdirected youth who want to make a quick buck and want to become rich overnight. It seems there is some mafia behind the financing and production of such insulting stuff. Hindu organizations and intellectuals must come forward and condemn the making of such CD’s and requisite legal action must be taken against the people indulging in such vulgarity.”