Tanul Thakur, the 29-year-old creator of바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트has dismissed the calls by Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka바카라 웹사이트Gandhi and Member of Parliament Jyotiraditya Scindia to take down his portal.
Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia had flagged the website for its content in a tweet,바카라 웹사이트followed by Maneka Gandhi, who shot a letter to Minister of Information &Technology, Ravi바카라 웹사이트Shankar Prasad to block the site with recommendation that cases be slapped against its facilitators바카라 웹사이트under Dowry Prohibition Act.바카라 웹사이트
"I am surprised that Jyotiraditya Schindia and Maneka Gandhi were confused that the portal promotes dowry. Had they gone바카라 웹사이트through the portal or clicked on the parameters, they would have surely ascertained that the portal is바카라 웹사이트not promoting dowry but is a satirical take on such prominent social evil. But they examined only what바카라 웹사이트was on the surface," said Thakur, a freelance writer by profession who is based out of Delhi.
The eight-year old website, claims to satirically calculate the 'true worth' of prospective바카라 웹사이트grooms바카라 웹사이트based on their age, caste, profession, monthly income, skin colour, height, groom라이브 바카라 father라이브 바카라 profession etc. It claims to be "Dedicated to all the match making바카라 웹사이트aunties of India" and requires colour input from the groom such as바카라 웹사이트“Pitch black (Not visible on a moonless night)” to “Wheatish (Almost white, Would need some Fair n바카라 웹사이트Lovely)”.
It라이브 바카라 not the first time that the dowry calculator has been in news since바카라 웹사이트May 6, 2011바카라 웹사이트when the바카라 웹사이트portal was first launched. "Yes, I recollect TV 9 in Telugu바카라 웹사이트 ran a segment in 2011, similarly TV9 reported바카라 웹사이트on it in 2013 and 2014. They went to the backend of the site and pulled up all my details and바카라 웹사이트recommended police action, but that's it," he said.
While Thakur admits that even some of his well-wishers have advised him to publish an upfront disclaimer that the portal was satire, he says he is reluctant. "There is dumbing-down of entertainment바카라 웹사이트in the country. Anything has to be flattened down and to be served in platter to the masses for바카라 웹사이트approval... I am not going to do that. I won’t put any disclaimer. I won’t bring down the buckle as I바카라 웹사이트feel satire is evident," he said.
The repeated commotion over his site has only helped the portal achieve over a lakh바카라 웹사이트visitors. However, Thakur said he has never monetized on it.
"I have not visited the back end of the site for over four-years. In fact I have not been smart about it. I continue to pay the annual maintenance fee of close to Rs. 3000 for hosting it, though I have been told that there are cheaper ways to do it.바카라 웹사이트But the website makes fun of the practice, I think why not?" he said.
So far Thakur says he has never faced an inquiry or received summons by the police. "I plan to바카라 웹사이트continue. I wanted something funny, entertaining but also poke fun of patriarchal structure of바카라 웹사이트society. If the바카라 웹사이트government바카라 웹사이트wants to let them down, let them do it, but I will continue till the complex system of dowry exists in India, which probably maybe my lifetime," he said
