A week or so back, a court dismissed a public interest litigation. It was no landmark judgment in that sense. But it had a message for many morally-upright people in this hallowed land.
The Delhi High Court on July 29 dismissed two petitions that sought a stay on the reality show Sach Ka Saamna. The court was clear in what it said, "Our culture is not so fragile that it would be affected by one TV programme."
The point is not whether the reality show is good, bad, or ugly. But why many in this country have this innate, burning desire to play the moral police. The problem is compounded by the fact that there are many shades of these morally-condescending lot. Either they indulge in rampant, wanton violence. Like ransacking art galleries. Like tearing apart film theatres. Or, they go to court. You know, like very urbane, urban people. After all, they can take recourse to archaic sections that still lurk in the Indian Penal Code.