[Reader-list] FW: a kiss is just a kiss. or is it?

[Sandeep]

From: vashsand at hotmail.comTo: a.khanna at sms.ed.ac.ukSubject: RE: [Reader-list] a kiss is just a kiss. or is it?Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:53:05 +0100

Akshay what ever u say extreme sexual anxity is part of hindu culture not only islam today. And Hindus r more stupid in this anxity competition than muslims.  This south asian variant of human species feels pride in forgetting its own history and values . India is a country where sensualism was was made on object of somewhat scientif study (kamsutra) kalidas wrote erotic poems, our own lord Krishna was great seducer, women on mondays still offer milk to Great lord Shivas Phallus list endless. In islamic/christian/jewish religious practices u will never find this sort of eroticsm. And today these Hindu bafoons parade their stupidity by attacking pubs, not allowing kisses, enforcing dress code. Not knowing/remembering that what they r doing is actually quite islamic and victorian. In way its funny to watch these philistine Hindus forcing indians of all religions to somewhat islamic and /or victorian norms. It would be more honest if these specimen of human species i mean bajrangi, ram sena ppl etc to convert to islam and join some Lashkar Cheers Sandeep> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:02:57 +0000> From: A.Khanna at sms.ed.ac.uk> To: reader-list at sarai.net> Subject: [Reader-list] a kiss is just a kiss. or is it?> > hi all,> > i was intrigued by a news article from the bbc, pasted below, on a > case from the delhi high court where a charges of obscenity against a > couple kissing in public were dropped. thought this might be an > interesting juxtaposition with the ram sena's attacks in Mangalore. if > any of the lawyers on the list could get hold of the actual judgement, > do let me know, it would be interesting to read. and while i suspect > that Justice Muralidhar did not treat the factum of marriage as the > basis for his judgement, this report suggest as much. if this is the > case, it begs the question of what if they weren't married? what if > they were both women, or both men, or, one or both otherwise? is it > that the form of heterosexual marriage enables the delicious act of > kissing to be read as 'love'? and must a kiss be a manifestation of > 'love' to be 'acceptable' in public, or more precisely, to not be > considered an offense of obscenity?> > its a sad time when the upholding of the right to heterosexual > monogamous legally sanctioned love amounts to a radical act.> > kisses,> > akshay> ....> > India couple's kiss 'not obscene'> > A court in India has dismissed criminal proceedings against a married > couple charged with obscenity for allegedly kissing in public in the > capital.> > The Delhi high court judge wondered how an "expression of love by a > young married couple" could attract an obscenity charge.> > Police arrested the couple - a 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman > - for kissing near a station last September.> > Public displays of affection are still largely taboo in India.> > The police in Delhi had begun criminal proceedings against the couple > for "sitting in an objectionable position near a metro (railway > station) pillar and kissing due to which passersby were feeling bad".> > The maximum punishment for committing an "obscene act" is three months > in prison.> > Judge S Muralidhar quashed the criminal proceedings.> > He said that even if police reports were accurate "it is inconceivable > how... an expression of love by a young married couple would attract > an offence of obscenity and trigger the coercive process of law".> > The judge expressed surprise that the couple had been picked up and > charged by police despite officers being told that they were married.> > Controversies> > Reports say the couple denied in their petition to the court they were > kissing. They said they were taking self portraits on their mobile > phones.> > The lawyer who contested the case for the couple told a Delhi > newspaper: "Obscenity charges are attracted when an act is so obscene > that it encourages depravity or annoys the public.> > "In this case both these contents are missing, because the charge > sheet is silent on any passersby as originally claimed."> > Kissing in public in India has triggered controversies in the past.> > In 2007, Hollywood actor Richard Gere sparked protests in India after > kissing Celebrity Big Brother winner and Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty > at an Aids awareness rally in Delhi.> > The protesters said Gere had insulted Indian culture by kissing the > hand and face of the actress.> > In 2005, a court in Rajasthan imposed a fine of $22 on an Israeli > couple for kissing after getting married in a traditional Hindu > ceremony in Pushkar.> > Priests were offended when the couple kissed and hugged during the > chanting of religious verses.> > In 2004, Bollywood film star Kareena Kapoor began legal proceedings > against a tabloid newspaper that published photos of her kissing her > co-star.> > She and Shahid Kapoor said the photos were doctored and were not of them.> > Story from BBC NEWS:> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7866478.stm> > Published: 2009/02/03 09:47:14 GMT> > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in> Scotland, with registration number SC005336.> > > _________________________________________> reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.> Critiques & Collaborations> To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header.> To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>

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