Sex, Violence on Indian TV Screens ?

Recently Star Plus has launched a new T.V show Sach Ka Saamna which is the news. The scandalous T.V show was also discussed in the parliament.

BANGALORE — She is a middle-class, middle-aged Indian woman with a 16-year marriage and two children. The sari-clad Smita Mathai appears wholesome and proper.

But then she confesses that she has contemplated killing her husband. And that she loves her mother-in-law more than her mother. And that she would sleep with a man other than her husband.

In a seemingly puritanical country where deep sexual cravings, childhood secrets and inner jealousies are carefully hidden away in the closet, the public airing of average Indians’ darkest, dirtiest secrets is titillating some and infuriating others. Street protests and court cases have ensued.

Members of the Indian parliament objected to the show, saying “obscene questions about a person’s bedroom life” were an assault on Indian culture. STAR TV, the Rupert Murdoch-owned cable channel for whom the show has handed a ratings boost, has been served a government notice.

“Sach ka Saamna” uncovers deeply embarrassing secrets from C-grade celebrities and regular Indians like Mathai in front of their family and friends. Truthful answers, as determined by a polygraph, give participants a chance to win 10 million rupees ($210,000).

In its first few episodes, the show has trained the television spotlight on controversial subjects such as adultery, infidelity and incest which are taboo in most parts of India.

“Have you ever asked a woman to abort your child?” one contestant was asked, another, “Have you slept with someone younger than your daughter?” and a third, “Have you had sex with a female relative?”

Source :  Globalpost

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