I wrote about it on Tuesday here, today The Economist has picked up the story as well. Richard Gere’s kissing of Indian actress Shilpa Shetty and the subsequent arrest warrant from a mentally disoriented judge.
There is hardly anything which stirs more controversy in India than “SEX”. Merely speaking out the word will make people either pale or blush. The level of hypocrisy is endless. I remember the story of a former employee of mine with whom I had built a good rapport. He mentioned that in the absence of his parents during their vacation, he had his girlfriend moved into the house. God beware that his parents knew. Not just about her moving in for a week, but for him actually having one. Him, who was supposed to be married off according to the choice of them.
Anyway, I congratulated him to his move of courage and and tapped him on the shoulder for his civic disobedience. Then I asked him if later in the future he would allow his son to move his girlfriend in when he was out on vacation. “No, Sir, of course not!”. - “What a hypocrite you are”, I replied. He had the final say with “Sir, that’s the beauty of Indian culture.”
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