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Wednesday, April 29, 1998

Witness Stand

 
Don't dance wildly, don't take your shirts off. Just be good.

That's the clear message for you from Morality Minister Pramod Navalkar and his scrutiny board when you go for the Savage Garden show on Saturday. So what do you think? Newsline asked a few rockers of the city:

Rizwana (Sydenham College)

Personally, I don't think a few lines of a song can affect anybody. It is absolutely okay to dance and behave the way you want as long as you don't hurt anybody else. About people taking their shirts off, hey guys its extremely hot! And the place will be packed.

Poonam Singh (St Andrew's College)

Let Mr Navalkar dance before us to illustrate what constitutes "vulgar dancing" in this land of Kama Sutra

Viral Desai (Sydenham College)

I think the whole thing is ridiculous. Anyway, the rock culture in India is in a nascent stage and the last thing we want is political interference in our music. Why does Mr Navalkar have to act as the guardian of our moral values? And if he isall that concerned, why did he allow Michael Jackson with his famous "pelvic thrust" to perform? He's not going to stop us.

Swati Prakash (Mithibai)

What one person finds shocking, could be cool to the other. It's like taking away your right to decide. The youth should protest against this.

G Venkatesh (MGM College of Engineering)

One goes to a concert to enjoy the music. Lyrics don't actually matter to me. This unjustified stance of his would discourage international bands from coming to India.

Pronoti (Rishi Valley)

I don't think the lyrics of Savage Garden's Universe are vulgar. In fact they are sensual.

Priya Rangaranjan (SIES College)

It's the attitude of the people coming to such concerts that is offending and not the music. They think screaming obscenities and making lewd gestures is cool. This causes embarrassment to others.

Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.



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