GetaFix7 posted: " Generally, we try… generally, none of us intend to mock. There is always a story behind it…always a reason behind why one wants to talk about it. So, we try to balance it. We joke about Islam. We joke about Christianity – Agrima too, jokes "
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Generally, we try… generally, none of us intend to mock. There is always a story behind it…always a reason behind why one wants to talk about it. So, we try to balance it. We joke about Islam. We joke about Christianity – Agrima too, jokes about Christianity. It's just that people don't see it. One 20 second clip about Hindu gods goes viral and based on it a controversy erupts.
Arfa Khanum Sherwani: And it's also important to clarify here that it's not that the Hindu community alone that is very sensitive and gets offended at the slightest mention of Hindu gods. Many followers of Islam that I have seen, too, are very sensitive. Maybe even more sensitive. Whether it comes to drawing cartoons or something else, they bring in the religious aspects.
But Agrima, the difference is if those in power are this sensitive, then the police, investigators, courts support that sensitivity and bullying. I want to take the example of Pakistan. The blasphemy law in Pakistan is mostly used against Hindu or Christian minorities. Do you feel that even in India, this unwritten rule or informally, this sort of a blasphemy can be seen?
Agrima Joshua: The law on hurting religious sentiments [says it] is a non-bailable offence. That is how important that law is. That is the importance that was given to that law. That is the level of regard given to religious sentiments of people. And now the same law is being used to censor those voices of people that expose those occupying power. The jokes that comedians crack are on the government's failures. We are not going to become yes-men for the government. That's Godi media's job. It's not something we do.
We will point those things out where the government is failing. There is a pattern to the comedians who have been attacked. You may see their social media, their Twitter and the jokes they crack. There is a pattern – they make fun of the government. The government is not made up of gods and goddesses. People always ask me why am I against God and I always want to reply by as
king when did our government become gods?
None of us comedians are stupid enough to mock or say anything disrespectful about anyone's gods or goddesses in a country as sensitive as India. Although even if someone does, then, according to me, they should have the permission to say it.
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