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Murli Manohar Joshi flays Deepika's video
Kolkata, April 1
Veteran BJP leader Murli
Manohar Joshi on Wednesday flayed Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone's
video on women empowerment as "height of lack of consciousness".
"We
don't realise how much we have changed. It has been an Indian tradition
of addressing woman as 'mother', but now there are objections at being
called a mother," Joshi said here at an event.
"When god wanted
to be everywhere, he created mother. But now that has become an old
concept. Now I have a choice. Now you see we have a choice (video). Now
you are a body, a commodity. This is the height of lack of
consciousness," the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said.
Addressing
an event to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS) founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, Joshi said people have lost
their consciousness and identity by blindly aping the West.
"While
foreigners keep marvelling about India's rich culture, and traditional
ways that were far more scientific, we continue to follow the West and
shun our own traditions and cultures. We have lost our consciousness,
our identity," he said.
Titled "My Choice", the video has been
released jointly by Deepika and director Homi Adajania as part of a
campaign on women empowerment.