Jul 01 2008
Keep the kids away from reality shows: Renuka Chaudhary!
After the terrific incident of getting paralysis by Shinjini Sengupta followed by allegedly rebuked in a reality show, Union Minister for Woman and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury on Tuesday said that parents should be prevented from sending their children to reality shows.
She strongly believes that the reality shows were violating rights of children and they should be kept away from the shows.
Referring to Shinjini Sengupta, a teenage girl here who became partially paralyzed allegedly after being publicly humiliated at a reality show, the minister said despite knowing that the girl had a problem in her spinal chord, her parents had sent her to the show.
“The other day, I saw a tiny girl suggestively gyrating to a song whose meaning she obviously did not know. What do we say to parents sending their children to such shows?” Chowdhury said at a workshop on Amendment to the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
“My biggest challenge is not so much to educate men but women. They deserve kudos for keeping up the family life despite so much oppression at home.” she said while pointing towards lack of awareness in women.
Shinjini Sengupta, a 16-year-old teenage girl is attacked by paralysis after she was rebuked by the judges at a reality show on a Bengali television channel.
Serious questions are arising after the incident as whether the wanton use of children and teenagers in reality shows all in the name of talent hunt for that elusive element called fame is really worth it?
