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		<title>TOI disrespect for Lord Ganesh</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today is Ganesh Chaturthi and I was shocked to see an ad released by The Times of India Bangalore edition. It distorted the image of Lord Ganesh with different objects including building, buses, trucks etc. I was shocked to see that and my feelings were hurt. Being a secular country does not mean that you show disrespect to Hindu Gods.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure pseudo-secularist will argue that it is &#8216;modern art&#8217; and &#8216;freedom of expression&#8217; but would the Times dare to do the same with Jesus or Mohammed? Then why Ganesh? I wonder how would editors/publishers of The Times of India react if we were to portray their family members in a distorted fashion. Show some garbage coming out of their mouth, their hair made of wires, their legs made up on tubes etc. I&#8217;m very sure that they won&#8217;t take it nicely.</p>
<p>My religious sentiments are hurt and I&#8217;m for sure thinking ways to make The Times of India responsible.</p>
<p>Here is the image that hurt my feelings.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-344" title="Distortion of Lord Ganesh Image" src="http://www.pushkarsane.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/getimage-199x300.png" alt="Distortion of Lord Ganesh Image" width="199" height="300" /></p>
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