Have you seen the ad(s) by NACO (the national AIDS control organization) where a puny man is playing kabaddi and repeats ‘condom’ instead of chanting ‘kabaddi’ when he goes to the opponents court to outdo them? If you missed this older ad then the more recent one that plays on TV is where the same puny man has a condom ring tone on his new mobile phone, which his rather embarrassed uncle happens to be holding when the phone rings.
These ads are expected to promote the usage of condom among Indians. A very noble cause indeed given that (a) condoms help prevent AIDS (b) control our burgeoning population.
But I really wonder if the creators of the ad/people in NACO/ govt. representatives who pass resolutions for using precious taxpayers money (my money!) to fund NACO, among others have used any of these Indian condoms. (After all, why preach what you do not practice).
But I really wonder if the creators of the ad/people in NACO/ govt. representatives who pass resolutions for using precious taxpayers money (my money!) to fund NACO, among others have used any of these Indian condoms. (After all, why preach what you do not practice).
Take any well-known Indian condom brand for instance. A Nirodh or a Kohinoor for example. Forget prevention AIDS/population control. The plastic cylindrical creation will not allow you to have sex in the first place because whoever produces these condoms, clearly believes that ‘more is better’ in terms of the thickness of the condoms. I think somewhere in the specs someone mistook a ‘mm’ to be ‘cm’ and manufactured them accordingly.
One may ask, so there are those ultra-thin, pleasure-enhancing condoms. Try using an ultra-thin Nirodh/Kohinoor and I bet both purposes (a) and (b) outlined above will get defeated in no time since these condoms ‘tear’ easily.
It is high time the government awakens to the fact that producing a good quality product comes first, product promotion later. A good step in this direction would be to make the ministers/government officials try these very condoms and take down their observations before the product is passed on to ‘aam junta’ (common man).
