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A welcome decision

Finally the I & B Ministry as decided to act and issued a ultimatum to the obscene deodorant commercials to be taken off the air. It's a welcome decision.  In my earlier blog titled anything and everything...advertisement I had expressed my views on the same. I believe the there are whole lot of others too who feel the same about the obscenity of such ads or commercials. However its unfortunate that The of India feels its unnecessary moral policing. May be The Times has not watched some of these ads and hence their view. Each time I see these commercials on air it makes me feel awkward watching it with my family. They are highly distasteful and portray women who just want to drool over men at the drop of hats. Cleverly enough The Times does not mention these ads. They mention which may still fall into the acceptable category. But what about the one where a woman playing with kids in the family, is all of a sudden drawn by the fragrance of a particular deo ...gets pulled into ...

Anything & Everything ....Advertisements

Advertisements these days are getting bolder and bolder. The way they are filmed makes me wonder about the logic. I mean look the AXE or Zatak ads and you will understand what I mean. I am more concerned none of the women are complaining either. At times they implicit message is adulterous intentions or uncanny sex appeal one is suppose to get just by using these products and women are to ones who are easily tempted and give in too. What are we trying to get at. And moral crusaders won't bother to do anything about it. But they will definitely go on rampaging about things which are least importance. I don't have anything against the products but the ads yes...can we have some sensible and sensitive ads. There's a new one that has come up of late where the woman is actually shown to be sitting literally on a lap and drooling over the man using that particular deo....Where do we go from here? And no I am not a orthodox or narrow minded person but somehow the definition of...