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Hindus up in Arms Against Hanuman: Boy Warrior
20 Apr, 2009, 2:53 pm IST | by
Avinash Bali
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Rajan Zed, the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism in America hates the makers of Hanuman: Boy Warrior. Unlike us he doesn’t hate them because of the stinking pile of poo they passed off as a video-game. He hates them because he feels Hanuman: Boy Warrior has hurt the sentiments of Hindus worldwide (once again not because of the quality of the game). Image Courtesy: Gamingindians.com Here he describes his feelings in a press release sent to my good friend Sameer Desai of Gamingindians.com: Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, argued that reimagining Hindu scriptures and deities for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees. Controlling and manipulating Lord Hanuman with a joystick/ button/keyboard/mouse was denigration. Lord Hanuman was not meant to be reduced to just a "character" in a video game to solidify company/products base in the growing economy of India. Rajan Zed further said that as a PlayStation2 video game, Lord Hanuman would be in the company of America’s 10 Most Wanted, Bad Boys, Barbie, Britney’s Dance Beat, First Kiss Stories, Guitar Freaks, Jackass, Killer7, Looney Tunes, Mafia, Mercenaries, Midnight Club, Mister Mosquito, Nicktoons, Psychonauts, Scooby Doo, Truckers, etc. Zed suggested that India and all other countries of the world should come up with national content rating organizations for video games as these seriously affected the outlook and thought process of our next generation. Till India came up with such organization, Central Board of Film Certification should be given the authority of rating and deciding whether the particular video game was suitable for public distribution in India. After this I may just sue Sony as well since their product scarred my colleague Nikhil for life. Head right here to read about his traumatic experience. Oh and Scooby Doo?? Really?? |
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