Controversy over Such ka Saamna

Rajya Sabha members cutting across party lines on Wednesday have expressed concern over mushrooming of TV reality shows involving "dirty" content aimed at improving TRPs and earning additional advertising revenues.A section of senior Parliamentarians in the Upper House mainly belonging to Opposition parties took serious objection to the telecast of Star Plus's new reality show, called Sach Ka Saamna, citing objectionable content that goes against the morality of Indian society.Last week, MP Sharad Yadav had voiced his reservations against Colors' show Balika Vadhu, stating that the show promoted child marriage. Now, its the turn of Samajwadi Party MP Kamal Akhtar, to be the moral police.Raising the Sach Ka Saamna issue during zero hour, Akhtar said, "Obscene questions are asked by the anchor of the programme."Akhtar cited an example when a woman was asked in the presence of her husband whether she would have physical relationship with another person. "When she said no, polygraph test said the answer was wrong."Subsequently, the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has also served a show-cause notice to Star Plus over the continued telecast of Sach Ka Saamna. The Ministry has given Star India Pvt. Ltd., the company that owns Star Plus, time till July 27 to respond to its notice.According to senior I&B officials, the broadcaster has been asked to clarify its position on the various objections raised by the MPs. Uday Shankar, chief executive officer, Star India, did not respond to a query sent in the matter.It is known fact that when figures like former India batsman Vinod Kambli and TV actress Urvashi Dholakia bared their heart and soul on Sach Ka Saamna, everyone sighed and said - "Yes, we are all listening."Recently, in this emotionally-charged show, Kambli also created a huge controversy, when he said that his childhood friend and former India captain Sachin Tendulkar didn't do enough to stop him going down a self-destructive path, which ended a glorious career.Now many among us may want to know Kambli's dark secrets, apart from Akhtar's concerns. But what possesses people let it all hang out on telly? We have thought that no one would be interested in our humdrum lives. But how wrong we were, there is a great slavering public out there lapping up every bit of humiliation suffered by others.

What do I as a young Muslim think of the programme? Well I simply dislike/don’t approve the format as well as the content of the programme and strongly feel that it should be banned. Here is why:

Consider two of the prophet Mohammed’s (peace be upon him) sayings (Hadeeths): i) Don’t try to find others’ secrets and if at all you come to know about them don’t spread them. ii) Don’t raise the veil over those crimes of yours on which God has kept veil.
Words used by me in above two statements may not be similar to those used by prophet (pbuh) but I think I have conveyed the message. The above mentioned rules are essential for a society where people have confidence over each other. They are even more necessary for strong ties amongst friends and family members. This is why, I can’t approve a game showwhere people are asked bold-vulgar to be precise- questions about their personal life and people shamelessly unfold their black deeds in front of an audience which contains their near and dear ones. Can you imagine how much faith a husband will have in his wife after hearing that she is ready to sleep with another man if he isn’t around? Or what a daughter will think of her father when she comes to know that she has an illegitimate sibling also! One may argue that one feels relieved after confession, so what’s wrong with it? The simple answer is that one should rather confess before God and seek forgiveness from him. It will not only make him feel relieved but also hoping that he/she will be forgiven.

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