Thoughts Decoded

This article is in connection with the 31st Night Molestation Case of Female Tourists at two prominent places in India. I got a chance to catch the debate live on CNN-IBN as I reached home the other night. No! I am not going to start discussing how bad the molestation was on India’s reputation or whether Indian Women are safe outside or whether it was a sorry sight. “Is India Sex Starved?” was the title of the debate that was on. And one of the participants, when asked about whether it was Indian Culture that lead us to be sex starved, took on a different view. A view that I agree upon. And this blog delivers that view to you.

Anyway, if you need to know about women’s safety in India, here’s the link that gives the ranking of countries with the most number of rapes. US ranks 9th and well, India ranks 56th. See it for yourself.

Nudity was never intolerant in ancient India. Scientifically, because of the Tropical Climate, Indians(men and women alike) dressed only the bottom half of their body, unlike Europeans who used to be fully dressed given the cold climatic conditions.

Our country was sexually tolerant in ages as early as 500 BC. Kamasutra, the best know Sex Education book, was a work on the science of love and was intended as both an exploration of human desire and a technical guide to pleasing a sexual partner within a marriage. Sex was considered to be a duty between partners after marriage which can be depicted in Khajuraho Temples and Ajanta caves.

Osho or Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, was one, who was quite controversial for his OPEN stance on Sex in Modern India.

Osho

He said, no one should suppress his/her desires. His admirers include Dr. Manmohan Singh, Vinod Khanna and Khushwant Singh.

The ‘Osho International Meditation Resort’ at Pune

‘Osho International Meditation Resort’ at Pune has more than 2,00,000 visitors annually and is one of the largest spiritual growth centres in the world.

The current thinking that ’sex is a taboo’ is the output of two inputs viz. the Mughal, and the Colonial Eras. In the 16th Century, the liberal way of life first got a shot in the arm as the Mughal Era came in with the “purdah” system, which is not only prevalent amongst Muslims in India today but also amongst Hindus.

Aurangzeb(The Mughal Emperor)

However, the biggest effect on India’s look towards sex was caused by the British Raj. The current colonization of Indian minds with European conservative values was caused by British education, administration and literature that was mostly biased. Indians thus converted their religious practices and moral values to Victorian kinds. Consider current issues. Unlike western cultures considering Homosexuality as being anti-social or psychopathological requiring correction or cure, Ancient India already knew about ‘tritiya-prakriti’ or Third Nature(transgenders, homosexuals, transsexuals, bisexuals etc). God is Ardhanarisvara for Hindus, which means half male and half female, and hence they have a semi-divine status with the power to bless as well as curse.

Gay Pride at Toronto

Taking example of Gods, Lord Ayyappa was born of Lord Shiva and Mohini. Mohini was a female incarnation of Vishnu. Aravan Festivals is just one of the many festivals of the third sex celebrated in India.

The controversial Kinsey Report

Ofcourse, we dont need Dr. Alfred Kinsey to conduct a survey of millions and tell us how sick the Victorian kind of values were.

Though Britishers were kicked out of India, their laws(read JOKES) still rule us. E.g. Section 377 in the Indian Judiciary.

So chill! We might have not been to the moon first(we havent yet), or have launched missiles from Space, but, Hey! We were the first Sexually Liberate country.

Time for some practicals:

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case 1:
The next time a politician tells you to NOT celebrate Valentines Day, because lovers cannot exhibit affection, hand him a book of Kamasutra.

The Kamasutra

case 2:
When he tells you to ban nude arts from the art galleries calling them AGAINST INDIAN CULTURE take him on a visit to Khajuraho Temples. If he is against nudity, make him understand how people of different geographical locations dress according to their climatic conditions. Cover him in sweater from head to toe and send him to Alaska, and revert, not until he accords with you.

case 3: If he tells you to ban Sex Education from Schools , slap him and give him a second copy of Kamasutra. And slap him again, because we arent living in the Stone Age. Each child has got access to the internet; a home for nearly 4.2 million porn websites, a sight good for sour eyes.

case 4:
If he tells you to be homophobic and bash up homosexuals and transexuals or ban movies like FIRE(or Psst! GirlFriend) tell him that in Ancient India(and even today) Hindu Priests performed Same-Sex marriages.

Navratna Tel

Put on Navratna Tel on his head and explain that Priests believe “Love is the result of attachments from previous births and that marriage, as a union of spirit, is existing outside gender”.

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Even if after all this he doesnot understand then drink a glass of Adam’s Ale and arrange a Short-Course in Indian History for him. If he doesnt understand even then, punch him with your bunch of fives and send him back to nursery.

How to punch for greater effect

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And by the way! It is no longer a-la-mode to say, “We have been victimized by British Imperialism and Mughals”. Shahrukh Khan will not cry with you on that holding a whisky bottle. It is time to stop complaining and change and become the Shahrukh of Swades;not of Devdas.

Dont be a Devdas

The only way India can decrease population and its ranking in AIDS is by letting its people freely talk about sex. Politicians will remain politicians, leave them alone as they are sure to enter the door with the “Abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter-here” inscription on it. However, if they are adamant and say if they dont want to EVEN speak of “Condoms” openly, try this trick on them. Ask him, “Pata hain! DUM mar gaya! Arrey! Apna DUM” (DUM pronounced like DUM in DUMMY). He is sure to respond, “Kaun DUM?”. And voila! There you are.

Please note, I am not blaming the media, for pinpointing only on negative aspects. If it wasnt for the media telecasting the molestation(whole day long), the police wouldnt have acted on the “minor issue” like they have done now.Let me end this blog with this great saying by the great ‘Vilas Sonawane’ – “Aashiqui aur Ayyashi mein bahot fark hain mere dost”.

We call the western world OPEN. But they are actually moving back to our times. Dont you think this is a Circle and that we are going back to the same point? Dont you think we are already going against the grain?