The other day, I saw a man and his wife act very funny at Hyderabad Central. May be they enjoyed it, but this guy held her so closely by her waist that it made walking very difficult for her. It was weekday and the mall was relatively empty. Still, he held her so close as if one of the male mannequin was going to come to life to molest her. Anyway, I pity that woman. Later, I spotted them after watching the movie at PVR, he was still holding her, but the difference was she held him by his waist too. If you do this in Koti, Begum Bazaar or Ameerpet, you get booked for public nuisance and moral police will come running behind to bust your ass. But there, they call it Public Display of Affection.
Last Sunday I was on the terrace of my apartment for a resident's meeting. Since everyone was late, in the meanwhile I was looking around. I saw a newly married woman drying clothes on a neighboring building's terrace. Even as children were playing, her husband quickly came from behind and bent a little and lifted his wife up in the air like Jeetendra did to Jayaprada and rotated around his own axis. God, so much for libido? But dude, it was pathetic on your part.
If you go to Anand Bhavan or any Udipi restaurant early in the morning you will see couples sitting on a remote table, both facing the wall and she is leaning on his shoulder and he is feeding her idly and she is complaining about the Sambar and usually one or both are crying and they hug each other as the old cashier enjoys every bit of this voyeuristic show. The other day, another newly married couple came and the guy didn't realize there was a mirror behind him. My very chichora friend quickly pointed out that he was pinching her waist and she was trying to control not to show her almost orgasmic face. Guys, we don't have a problem. But, is there a need to sit bum to bum when there are normal people walking in and out of the restaurant and also there are about a dozen vacant tables?
These young college couples also irritate me for more reasons than one. At Anand theater, a guy pulled his girlfriends cheeks so hard that she cried and then he had to hug her in front of everyone. One of the streets-mart front-row ticket wala spat Gutkha and commented, "Ustad, idhar aur ek picture shuru hori" and his equally screwed up friend smiled to display relics of twelve of his remaining teeth.
And girl, why the fuck do you have to insert 1/3rd of yourself into your boyfriend's ass and display your lower undergarments to the public while he is driving his yellow bike? While I agree we are all modern now, India still has a culture. I am not here to defend the culture either. I just want you to understand that there's a thin red line between being modern and being a dumb-fuck.
- Deepak Karamungikar
11 comments:
Ah, the thin red line :D Man, I wish I could write about my observations like this :D
awesome. I agree with u
"Public Display of Affection" isn't our way. Most of our "fellow Indians" do it the worst possible way at worst possible time!!!
I guess in some 10 years from Indian culture would merely be a "Mule".
Telugu lo sametha
"puli ni chusi nakka vaathalu pettukunte, ollantha pundu la maarindi anta"
Nobody can save our culture, it is already suffering from a dangerous cancer called "Western Culture"
Very Well Said.. :)
Well, pretty strong words up there :) I guess change is inevitable.... ..we are not really emulating the west....nor are we bound by the fetters of tradition (no offence :)).... we are evolving....and i so hope that we will figure somewhere in between the two :)
"she was trying to control not to show her almost orgasmic face" its gooooooood!!!!!
Good post. Having said that please do not worry about our culture.
These things exists in H bad,Chennai,Bangalore and all other cities not in towns.
I came from a town where if you talk with a girl they will brand u bad. Still in 2010 it is like that only,so all this people who pretend they r modern exists in bull shit cities. My country s village and town are not spoiled yet and I have hope an.d faith on my country
A nation is not destroyed from outside unless it is destroyed from inside, so is the case with its culture. We ourselves are so heavily armed (in our stupid ways) to destroy it that it is no use blaming any one else with the distortion. We seem to be so fed up with our golden way, I really don't know why? that we are ready to ape anyone and everyone whom we find. May God bless us all with some sanity.
P.S. No offence intended.
June 18, 2010 3:03 PM
Good one..I don't know why these bludy guys will play publicly..This type of extra actions are not acceptable in most traditional country like INDIA.We cannot change this type of bludy guys.I found in many people like this especially in Hyderabad.We should fuck all these waste fellows from our end.Anyway thanks for the good post...
Especially in hyderabad,girls feel it is a great designation to have a boy friend and roaming with that guy..when this culture will go out of our Hyd.Because of this type of bludy guys and girls our nation or our city will get bad remark after some years..
But then who are we to decide this thin line? Every one has it's own comfort level and if they don't harm us then no issues.Everything in this world is relative .So many times, there could be things which fall in your morality line but at the same time, the same thing is considered obscene by someone who does not share your views.Dude!! rather than confining yourself in boundaries, set yourself free..do whatever you like because this is your life and you have only life to to live :) (But without harming anyone else )
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