Chotta Bheem eating at Mc Donalds would be a very curious
and interesting sight to behold. But that is due to happen soon. The Hindu
puritans doesn’t appear to care much about this aberration. They normally don’t
need a second invitation to clean the cultural mess of the country. The
familiar scenes of burning paintings, books, beating the girls out of pubs ran
through my mind. Why was Chotta Bheem spared?
The beauty of
Hinduism as a religion is there is a set of Gods who are vivid and multi
dimensional. Caging these ‘Gods’ to an idiot box must have been very trying for
its makers. Chotta Bheem is a curious case of convenient conformity to populist
culture. It was the brain child of some innovative entertainer to bring in the
super humans to animated form. They made sure that the whole theme suits the
taste of middle class Indian. Hence the controversial items like roasting up
the tribal woman and her five children were avoided. Soon the series caught the
imagination of kids stunted in the tiny apartments.
The first people who realized benefits of Aryanization of
Hinduism was GoI way back in times of Rajiv Gandhi. As a result white skinned
beautiful Gods & Godesses visited the Indian households across the country.
The villains were dark , ugly & noisy. Thus we have a homogenous &
unipolar religion.
Meanwhile McD who were on the lookout to capture the huge
Indian market by cheap junk foods found out a way. Why not let the Gods market.
The children wont have much trouble in eating what their superheroes eat. Soon
the parents & Grandparents have to hunt for a McD outlet to eat. Soon
millions of slim, sad people would be happily grabbing & munching burgers
