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Friday, May 20, 2005
On the hypocrisy of banning a film
Amrit Hallan, in the context of the SGPC getting Jo Bole So Nihal banned in Punjab, writes:
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I haven’t seen the film and I don’t even plan to see it ... but I wonder what they mean by an inappropriate manner of portraying a Sikh in the movie. I would like to ask the SGPC, doesn’t an average Sikh:
- Indulge in sex?
- Consume liquor?
- Engage in fraudulent activities?
- Interpret the Gurubani wrongly?
- Illtreat his wife, children and parents?
- Visit brothels?
Being from a Sikh family, I have seen the so-called Sikhs doing all such things. Be it philandering, fornicating, excessive drinking, wife-beating, cheating other people, uttering profanities, I have seen the “respected” Sikhs doing all these.
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