“Could I have a Single disc please?” queried Subrat. The VCD renting house owner immediately understood the code and pulled out from a chest a variety of X-rated films in French, English, Korean, Hindi, Oriya and even tribal ones. As easy as ABC, the jargons of this X world have been learnt well by Gen Y and the porn industry thriving with business running much better than just briskly.
Found everywhere at a turn of the head, CD stores are terribly easy to access and so are the taboo stuff. Who is to blame? Youngsters trap you in the very questions you sought answers for. “What’s wrong in knowing the truth?” says Sanjeev, an undergraduate. “Even if given the freedom, which boy or girl can discuss sex with elders? Better we watch it for ourselves!” he adds. Prerna, an engineering student says, “It’s not that we can’t manage other chores or get addicted to porn. It’s just a phase of life and will pass by.”
While college hostelers form the maximum viewership owing to the immense freedom of laptops,in case of many boys hostels, they dare to watch these in the TV room. Girls believe watching porn does not make them a threat to the society as in the case of boys while the latter feel (there is hardly a laptop in an engineering hostel that’s free of porn) they’ll get over it. Not surprisingly, the trend has become so strong that it has gained the “acceptable” stamp.
Children get access to these CDs at around the age of 11, both in slum areas as well as English medium schools. “I was horrified when I found out that my younger brother studying in Class V uploaded such stuff in the computer of the school lab!” admits Vivek. “I got to know about these in around Class VII-VIII but watched only couple of years back when in college,” he says. The CDs can be rented for as cheap as Rs 5 to 10 and as everyone knows can be easily copied, thus reaching the hands of all. Vivek adds, “You are taunted for not having watched such stuff. The habit catches on from school. After a while most of us get bored of these but a few even get addicted.”
After a huge raid in the Bharatia Towers complex in Badambadi, Cuttack the police found as many as 700 such CDs and DVDs that were produced here. “We found them from just five to six shops!” said Commissioner of Police Bijay Sharma. A month and a half back, a similar raid was conducted in Bhubaneswar. “The patrolling should be done at the level of copyrighting and production. There should be stricter vigilance and laws to govern the cinematographic freedom. The cheap production costs to copy 20 CDs in two minutes at one go is leading to the mushrooming of such shops,” he added. As penalty, other than seizure of equipment, the members are arrested immediately.
Sexologist and psychologist Kamraaj from Akash Fertility Clinic says, “It is human instinct to go for the forbidden and mindsets are fast changing to incorpotate sleazy adventures.” People before never had these urges. The television media also exposes youngsters to much sleaze and at that age your mind wanders, he adds.