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The alleged kissing scene that was cut by the Censor Board
The great sociologist M.N. Srinivas once said prohibition was a Sanskritic act. Successive Indian governments imposed it from a moral point of view, and were willing to ignore the fallout of its economic aspects. Of course, prohibition has failed everywhere in the world and has failed in India also. But the impulse was there, to impose morality on the individual, and this was difficult for us to resist. In 2015, we saw that the attraction of the Indian state towards the Sanskritic values remained strong. This impulse is common to all parties, including those that call themselves secular. In Bihar (governed by the Janata Dal) and in Kerala (governed by the Congress), the state is again moving towards prohibition. The justification is that this will build a more perfect society.
In 2015, many states run by the Hindutvawadis, like Haryana and Maharashtra, banned the slaughter of bovines. They used the cover of the Constitution when doing this. The makers of our Constitution lied to us when they said that the state should ban cow slaughter for economic reasons. This is totally untrue. If it were true, other countries would do the same thing. They do not. It is the Sanskritic, upper-caste impulse that drives this ban and we should be honest enough to admit it. This moral instinct in man manifests itself most strongly not in the self but in the acts of others, and what they should and should not do. The religious state imposes piety by forcing people to pray or fast or dress in a certain way. This is no different from the state in India denying the freedom to individuals to love the adult of their choice.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/151227/commentary-op-ed/article/liplock-stupidity
The great sociologist M.N. Srinivas once said prohibition was a Sanskritic act. Successive Indian governments imposed it from a moral point of view, and were willing to ignore the fallout of its economic aspects. Of course, prohibition has failed everywhere in the world and has failed in India also. But the impulse was there, to impose morality on the individual, and this was difficult for us to resist. In 2015, we saw that the attraction of the Indian state towards the Sanskritic values remained strong. This impulse is common to all parties, including those that call themselves secular. In Bihar (governed by the Janata Dal) and in Kerala (governed by the Congress), the state is again moving towards prohibition. The justification is that this will build a more perfect society.
In 2015, many states run by the Hindutvawadis, like Haryana and Maharashtra, banned the slaughter of bovines. They used the cover of the Constitution when doing this. The makers of our Constitution lied to us when they said that the state should ban cow slaughter for economic reasons. This is totally untrue. If it were true, other countries would do the same thing. They do not. It is the Sanskritic, upper-caste impulse that drives this ban and we should be honest enough to admit it. This moral instinct in man manifests itself most strongly not in the self but in the acts of others, and what they should and should not do. The religious state imposes piety by forcing people to pray or fast or dress in a certain way. This is no different from the state in India denying the freedom to individuals to love the adult of their choice.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/151227/commentary-op-ed/article/liplock-stupidity