How far can the youth go to prove their love for their boy/girlfriend? A few months ago, a young girl plunged into a pool before Channel [V] TV cameras, her boyfriend and mother watching admirably. The girl couldn't swim. So why did she jump? To prove she could do anything for her boyfriend. The naive boyfriend just looked on, too dazed to tell her, "You don't need to risk your life for me, you silly girl."
And today, on MTV's Love ke liye another young girl stood before a bed of burning coals, with a crowd gathered around her. It was an agnipareeksha- a true test of love. For more than an hour, she stood at the edge of the coal bed. Several times she put her foot in, then quickly pulled it back, too scared to go further. But this time, the boyfriend finally told her she didn't need to do such a thing for him. He then doffed his shoes and socks, and walked through the hotbed himself.
The girl shed copious tears before her boyfriend came to her rescue. Why? Because she couldn't walk on the hot bed, and therefore she couldn't prove her love for the guy. Umm.... are we going backward or forward in time?
Once upon a time, a person needed to prove his/her love was to arange for a romantic meal, or to buy a diamond or some other obscenely expensive gift. Now people have to risk their lives to prove their love? All these trends have no doubt been promoted by the media. The diamond ads on air make a man feel he can't keep his wife happy until he buys her a diamond. And the current programmes on these only-for-name music channels are supposedly very popular among the youth.
If NGOs can protest against a Pepsi commercial which purportedly promotes child labour, can't they protest against programmes which overtly promote self-torture, bordering on suicide?
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