| MUMBAI:
UTV’s youth entertainment channel Bindass has faced the heat from Charmadyog
Kamgar Sena, a wing of Shiv Sena, for airing a “boot polish” task in
its reality show Big Switch. The
channel, in 14 November’s episode, aired rich contestants taking on the task
of boot polish, which as per the Charmadyog Kamgar Sena “did not project
the profession in a good light” and has resulted in “hurting the sentiments
of the people who polish shoes for a living”. Thus
the wing today conducted a protest rally and met the management of Bindass at
UTV office. After
the meeting, the channel has agreed to carry a ticker from the next telecast emphasising
that this is just an activity participants were asked to do on a reality show
and is in no way depictive of the actual work or the people who do it. Clarifying
on the issue, Bindass channel head Heather Gupta said, “We at Bindass are
providing people with entertainment. The task in the show is intended to showcase
the inhabitants of poorer areas of Mumbai in a very positive light. However if
it has still hurted the sentiments of any particular community, then we would
like to clarify people at large that we are a very responsible channel and our
intensions are never to hurt sentiments or feelings of any person or community
in any manner.” | 
