Every time some "controversy" comes to light I wonder:

What is wrong with us?!

At one point it was the Indian Nuns protesting against the screening of Da Vinci Code, which I found absolutely maddening cause although I did not get to see the movie I read the book and I just could not understand as women how could they have a problem with a theory trying to look at religion from an alleged "feminist perspective"... If nothing else at least the content tries to break some stereo types of Christianity, which really cant be that bad.

Any way the orange brigade in our country I think has now under taken the sole right to 'protest' and demonstrate at the drop of a very frivolous hat, if its not movies then it is comments made by celebrities or politicians and parties and then there is always the "western culture" in the form of valentine's day, Kentucky Fried chicken and Archie’s that they can get all uptty about!

My conclusion... people are too small-minded and really need help.

The latest one is really annoying me as it is a recurring theme of the orange brigade protests, where any and every thing is an attack on our 5000 year old culture and tradition etc etc etc.

Well so Gere kissed Shilpa, we happily forgot what for and only remember, "HE KISSED HER, my god that is blasphemous and he must apologise." They make it sound almost as if he had raped her.

And Shiv Sena even released a press note:

Mumbai April 16
Nothing wrong in protesting over Shilpa-Gere kiss: Shiv Sena Without admitting that its activists were involved in the protest against actress Shilpa Shetty's kiss with Hollywood star Richard Gere, the Shiv Sena today said there was nothing wrong with expressing contempt at such an act. "Even if the protest (in Navi Mumbai) has been staged by the Shiv Sainiks I would not blame them as the way Shilpa Shetty and Richard Gere indulged in a shameless public display, it was not at all in keeping with our culture and tradition," Sena MP Sanjay Raut told PTI. "Moreover, the visual media kept relaying the same clip again and again which was also not in good taste," he said. Observing that protests are just a manifestation of the anger of the general public, Raut said, "This may be Hollywood culture but a majority of people in India will not like to see such public display of affection." Over 50 alleged Shiv Sainiks stormed the Vashi railway station where Shilpa was shooting for her film `Metro' and protested by burning effigies of the actors and shouting slogans.

Therefore as a *reminder to our self proclaimed protectors of our 5000 year old 'sabhayata' I have put two pictures of out culture and tradition that celebrates sexuality, fertility and to an extent eroticism...

*This is just a reminder not a comparison or justification for the Gere-Shetty activities... It was blown out of proportion by the media if they had chosen to write about why he Kissed her rather than just that he kissed her and how he kissed her maybe we wouldn't have had to go through this long song and dance at all... But then one can only hope :)