Arnab Goswami often faces a lot of criticism for being over-the-top, for screaming out his lungs during debates and then turning those debates into a virtual tug-of-war between the two sides. He is loud, sometimes arrogant and many of those who have been on his show think that it’s impossible to shut-down anyone unless Arnab wants to.

But this time he’s on point and that’s huge because he gives a first-rate perspective on the whole Tanmay Bhat Snapchat saga.

With a panel that included a range of thinkers, from politicians to comedians and everyone in between, Arnab Goswami hit the homerun with an analogy which made many people in the Maharashtra government anxious because they didn’t see it coming.

This is what the mercurial anchor said about the whole Tanmay Bhat controversy—

Now that you’ve watched the epic take-down of the state government, just ask yourselves this: doesn’t he make complete sense with his point about the drought situation in Maharashtra?

What does it say about the priorities of the government and political parties in Maharashtra when local farmers are committing suicide and the leaders are discussing at length about why and how a comedian should be punished and beaten up for hurting their sentiments? What about the sentiments of the farmers? Why not think about the poverty in which they live and how their children are dying of malnutrition because you can’t fu*king do your job right!

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That people are offended with the Snapchat story is understandable, considering the collective sense of humour of our society is aptly reflected by the long run we have given to the ‘Housefull’ series which vomits crass humour with misogynist views every two years. Why not stand up-in-arms against it and demand to take it down too? Just because the producers are powerful and the actors A-list stars doesn’t mean there should be different metrics to take offense.

This controversy will die down very soon. The debates will move on to better trending topics. The politicians will find another cause to deflect from the real issue. All that will remain, like many times before, is the poor farmer sitting in distress, contemplating to end his life and give his children a chance at a better life with the money from the state compensation.

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