Screwing with our holy cows

As is my habit, I was flying through the internet, when I came across a controversial YouTube video, depicting M.K Gandhi as a pole dancer.
This hellraiser video has attracted the attention of the Government of India, which in its characteristic hamfisted manner, also seen in places like Kashmir or the northeast, seeks to ban the entire YouTube website, just like it tried to ban Blogging sites last year(unsuccessfully)

The funniest part about the whole thing is the comments that people have left for the performer at the page. Ironic how a man who helped free the nation through non-violence and passive resistence inspires such crude violence, such as the examples below-

He should be called terrorist.This person should be brought back to india and approriate action should be taken against him.He is very much influcenced by American Goras.I am sure the sangh pariwar, BJP,RSS must be enjoying watching this clip.Hope Indians wake up this time atleast.

you will die in hell dude

I think, he should be brought to India and thoroughly fucked....

He should be castigated..

beta! galti se kabhi jindagi mein bharat mat aana, sacchi tereko bhadva banaake mumbai dance bars mein nachayenge teri jindagi bhar.

wish i could cut u into little pieces motthafukka...how dare u to do the insult to our Father of nation...making fun of our MAHATMA in the whole world who brought freedom to our nation...u son of a pig....May God kill you my friend...die mothha fukka...

madarchod teri maa ka bhosda,randi ki aulad....gautam madarjaat prasad...teri maa chudegi,behen ke laude... capon's seed

it is only too obvious that the 'artist' in the video is desperately trying to gain publicity. Nothing gets the world's attention like someone else's stupidity. The Indian media has displayed its extraordinary immaturity and opportunist nature by actually showing the clip. I don't recall the BBC or CNN or any news agency displaying the incendiary cartoons of prophet Muhammad, and egging on our very touchy Muslim bretheren.

Personally, I think we Indians give M.K.G far too much credit when it comes to the freedom struggle. I find it offending to the spirit and the sacrifice of the hundreds of freedom fighters, revolutionaries, educationists and reformers who all contributed to the birth of the nation over one hundred and fifty years of struggle. It's not as if Gandhi alone was the man who gave us freedom from the already exhausted Britons.

And are we really free? We have achieved nothing, but exchanged imperial stewardship for a permanent state of war with the people who used to be our fellow countrymen less than sixty years ago.

We still have no freedom from the fear that inspires terrorism.

Of course, freedom of speech and all that is great, but have we come to such a point that nothing but the most controversial and the most offending will arouse us? Do we need to pay attention to the morons of this world?

Music- Amar Arshi - Kala Chachmma