Aamir Khan has been supporting common causes; when asked about views on the entertainment tax in the 2012 budget, Khan said, "I don't want any reduction in that, all I expect is focus on education and nutrition." He quit the GOI's copyrights panels in February 2010 after facing sharp differences with other members. During the promotion of "3 Idiots", he journeyed to diverse parts of India, mostly to small towns, noting that "film makers from Mumbai don't understand small-town India." This experience of reaching out to "regional India" was extended in his debut TV show, "Satyamev Jayate". On 16 July 2012, Khan
Satyamev Jayate (TV series) productions on popular Chinese site Douban. Indian television producer-director Siddhartha Basu compared the show with "The Oprah Winfrey Show" stating, "I think Aamir makes for a pensive and studied Oprah. More power to him and even more power to issues he raises that affect us all. Hopefully, it will get people thinking and acting on it on a much bigger scale". The "Hindustan Times" and "Wall Street Journal" also compared the show with "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Parmita Uniyal from "Hindustan Times" felt the show succeeds in convincing people of the outcomes of such practices better than a government campaign