Updated On: 22 February, 2015 06:10 AM IST | | Devdutt Pattanaik
<p>A minister banned dance bars because it corrupts society. The same minister died of oral cancer, caused by gutkha and paan masala. Efforts are now being made to ban chewing of tobacco</p>

A minister banned dance bars because it corrupts society. The same minister died of oral cancer, caused by gutkha and paan masala. Efforts are now being made to ban chewing of tobacco. This is a good thing, says every doctor who has to deal with the horrors of cancer.
Some things corrupt our mind. Some things corrupt our body. To save our mind and body from corruption, we need to ban things. Like we have banned smoking cigarettes, we believe banning certain kinds of films and jokes will create a better society. Politicians, filmstars and activists who argue against banning, against censors, in some forums end up banning and censoring in other forums.