Our politicians have a unique way of interpreting things. See, there was this channel called AXN, which was my only source to some hot bikini clad women on TV. Now I've been deprived of that, thanks to our politician friends in the parliament. I learnt that the channel had been banned, but I wasn't too concerned because I thought it would be just another farce, like the (in)famous Blogger ban last July. But I started getting edgy when the channel never made a comeback for three days.

After some quick research, I found out the channel has been banned till March 15. Just for showing a few bikini clad chicks (sometimes transparent), and a program titled "Worlds Sexiest Commercials", the Government has slapped a ban for "indecent" shows. So there's the math. Bikini = Porn. I know you're laughing, but I'm not 'cause I'm the one that is deprived of my daily eye candy of internet chick watching, porno and TV. Now my babe watching will drop by 30% atleast, which is not a good thing for a horny 19 year old.

Jokes apart, the reason given for the ban by the Government is "tastless" TV. Oh, give me a break. Only watching government run channels do you get "tasteless" TV. You want tasteless TV, just tune into the government sports channel. All they air are golf matches, a boring game of snooker, horse racing, kabaddi, Olympic games from a decade ago, some "sport" where one player slowly pushes an almost liquid-like "ball" with an ice hockey stick on a smooth surface and, another one guides it to the "finish line" without even touching the liquid-like ball (sorry for the long description, I have no idea what this "sport" is called), and any boring sport under the sun. Chess even! Oh, and don't forget the annoying islamic music playing in the background most of the time.

You want tasteless TV? How about tuning in to the "National" TV. Stupid cultural programs, again mostly consisting of annoying islam music, but this time, some weird people wearing crazy costumes dancing . How can one forget the dumbass quiz programs, where the host asks simple questions like "Whats 1 + 1" and the contestant goes "uhhh... 5!", and the audience boo him and go, "No dumbass! Its 89!". India has shitloads of languages, and there are equal number of government run channels in each one, which are equally bad, to put it lightly. And they dare call the Worlds Sexiest Commercials tasteless. Guess the old owls in the parliament (pun intended) need a briefing on interesting TV.

But amidst all of this shit, there is something to cheer about for the uhhh... morally-challenged, like me. Apparently, the Government is due to pass a bill that would allow the broadcast of adult content after 11 pm. I guess the politicians themselves are getting pretty desperate for some boobies on late night TV. I'm not very excited though, because kissing scenes could be adult content in our politicians dictionary. But for now, I gotta compensate that 30% loss by downloading some torrents. Sigh.

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