The Health Ministry has adopted an innovative approach to solve India's health problems. It's damn simple to follow -
First, deny all facts and figures presented by any respectable world body. How dare they show this great country in poor light? The health minister comprehensiely rejected the UN Report on AIDS victims in India recently. Facts and research be damned!
Second, look for soft targets - Bollywood makes for an excellent punching bag. The health ministry recently decided that Bollywood films were the root cause for all the health problems of this nation. So, they decided to put a complete ban on promoting smoking on screen and probably intend to ban endorsements of soft drinks by film stars.
This list can be easily extended - ban stunts in movies especially ones involving vehicles as they encourage people to drive recklessly, ban party scenes which involve alcohol and fattening food for obvious reasons and so on. I can already visualize members of the censor board signing up at the employment office! If this goes on, the only movies that will go past the health ministry are the ones like Gulshan Kumar's "Chaar Dhaam" and a couple of documentaries on Amarnath Yatra and Haj.
I feel that the Finance Ministry would do well with this approach. First, reject the UN standard for 'poverty'. I mean $1.00 a day is a lot of money in India, you know? Redefine poverty levels so that the percentage of people below the poverty line is around 10%. Then, ban all depictions of poverty in Bollywood movies. There should be no poor people in any movie. After all, people watch these movies outside India and form impressions.
There... India is well on its way to being a 'super power'.
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