Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Pakistan India
India is taking advantage of the satellite communication in several ways. Even Pakistani programmes on some Pakistani channels are pretty “advanced”. Indian films have become a part of Pakistani culture. Life styles of the Pakistani and Indian elite have become indistinguishable. Whenever an Indian troupe visits Pakistan, it stresses the ‘bonds of blood and culture between the two countries which transcend physical boundaries’. The Indians are trying to culturally influence, rather subjugate, not only Pakistan but also the West. Indian authorities are using the media and Hindu diaspora to portray Hindu culture as the culture of peace and cosmopolitanism. There are countless web sites which give information conducive to national cohesion. For instance, advises Indians living abroad to contribute more usefully to Indian society by portraying Hinduism as a global culture, besides investing financially and intellectually in India.
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There was a time when the Indians respected our values - when Pakistan and India were exchanging films. General Ayub destroyed the Pakistan film industry by banning this trade. In comparison to Pakistan - India is a bigger market. If the exchange of films continued our cinema industry would have survived. Indians would have been careful to make films which did not offend Pakistanis. But that ended and Indians made films which it liked. Their cinema did not have to cater to our market any more. Despite the ban on Indian movies, people had VCRs and the video shop business boomed. The government knew this was happening - but could do nothing about it. When generals rule the country there is no room for debate - 'orders are orders' be they right or wrong. Another issue you have raised is that the number of Indian channels increasing. No one is stopping Pakistan from having many more channels of its own - to counter Indian offensive on entertainment. We should have our own programmes and our own entertainment shows. Entertainment is an industry.
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