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BBC Asian Network's Big Debate: Nomia Iqbal

21/09/2017

Nomia Iqbal

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Nomia asks, was it right to take down Sunny Leone's condom advert?

A condom advert featuring Sunny Leone and mentioning Navratri has been pulled after complaints.

A condom advert featuring former porn star Sunny Leone has been causing controversy in Gujarat. It features her and a caption saying "Play this Navratri, but with love". It has been criticised for being religiously insensitive, and has been taken down. Nomia asks if this was the right thing to do. Then we discuss the Birmingham bin strike with Howard Beckett from Unite union and MP Steve McCabe. After that, Jasmin Rana from Birmingham charity Focus talks about their campaign to get Asians to take their sight health more seriously. We then hear from 16-year-old Ahman Nawaz. He was one of the victims of the Peshawar Taliban attack in December 2014, which killed over 100 students. He's speaking at the Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing in London, and he explains why he's chosen the path of peace despite the violence he's witnessed. Then Nomia discusses the government's anti-smoking campaign, which says vaping can help people quit smoking. But some health practitioners are less sure about the benefits of e-cigarettes. We ask former smoker Ash Matak and NHS campaigner and GP Kailash Chand. And following Ryanair's decision to cancel 40-50 flights every day for the next six weeks, we hear from Ricky Malhi, who's stranded in Rome, and ask him if he'll ever fly with the company again.

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