Open Letter
Yipee! I finally did it!
I watch this channel called POGO with li'l D. It's quite a nice channel really, and D enjoys stuff like Tele-tubbies, Barney, and Boo-Baah.
What really bugged me about this was thing they have called Amazing Kids Awards. As usual, it focuses on Bollywood and Cricket - the two black holes of India! I've been meaning to write to them about this for quite some time now - I did it finally today!
Here's what I said...
I watch POGO regularly with my 20 month old kid and I find it wholesome entertainment for her.
However, I found your Amazing Kids Awards in exceedingly bad taste.
First of all, it appears like there's nothing else in India to vote about except Bollywood and Cricket. I think there are enough award shows and sports shows to address these areas, without requiring kids also to become part of the circus!
Secondly, couldn't there have been categories to showcase people like Abdul Kalam, Narayana Murthy, Sangliana, Kiran Bedi, and so on? Why is Bollywood always highlighted when the only thing it has to offer is an overrated glamour quotient?
Last but not the least, are there no other sports in India except cricket? You have nominees as Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif and Saurav Ganguly. Is it so difficult to include people like Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Viswanathan Anand, Dhanraj Pillai, Anju George, or Narain Karthikeyan?
As a kids channel, I would greatly appreciate if you can show a little more sensitivity and intelligence in your contests. If, for business reasons, you must pursue the oft-beaten carrots of Bollywood and Cricket, at least try to balance it out!
I think you do have some inkling of the enormous influence your TV channel can exert over kids. May I request you to use it responsibly?
I don't know if I will ever get an acknowledgement or a response, or if it will make the slightest ripple. However, it just makes me glad that I protested!
I watch this channel called POGO with li'l D. It's quite a nice channel really, and D enjoys stuff like Tele-tubbies, Barney, and Boo-Baah.
What really bugged me about this was thing they have called Amazing Kids Awards. As usual, it focuses on Bollywood and Cricket - the two black holes of India! I've been meaning to write to them about this for quite some time now - I did it finally today!
Here's what I said...
I watch POGO regularly with my 20 month old kid and I find it wholesome entertainment for her.
However, I found your Amazing Kids Awards in exceedingly bad taste.
First of all, it appears like there's nothing else in India to vote about except Bollywood and Cricket. I think there are enough award shows and sports shows to address these areas, without requiring kids also to become part of the circus!
Secondly, couldn't there have been categories to showcase people like Abdul Kalam, Narayana Murthy, Sangliana, Kiran Bedi, and so on? Why is Bollywood always highlighted when the only thing it has to offer is an overrated glamour quotient?
Last but not the least, are there no other sports in India except cricket? You have nominees as Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif and Saurav Ganguly. Is it so difficult to include people like Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Viswanathan Anand, Dhanraj Pillai, Anju George, or Narain Karthikeyan?
As a kids channel, I would greatly appreciate if you can show a little more sensitivity and intelligence in your contests. If, for business reasons, you must pursue the oft-beaten carrots of Bollywood and Cricket, at least try to balance it out!
I think you do have some inkling of the enormous influence your TV channel can exert over kids. May I request you to use it responsibly?
I don't know if I will ever get an acknowledgement or a response, or if it will make the slightest ripple. However, it just makes me glad that I protested!
posted by thoughtraker at 9:09 PM
2 Comments:
ano,
I agree with you. we need less cricket! look at me. Who wants kids to grow into someone like me? So I join your symbolic protest. meanwhile, u know of crickoholic ano-nymous?
-asuph.
ano...don't be frustrated...since it is the first time that u did it, it may not feel like much, but don't let that bother u...if u keep doing it, u will get better at it...and i'm sure u'll get a response too...
:-))))
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