This article is absolutely ridiculaous and sarcastic. I wonder how rediff could post such an article. R u saying, kisses are allowed in public places. R u saying that girls should come in more open dresses. R u saying, that we should shed off all our traditional arts like bharatanatyam and instead pursue vulgur western dances.
You have overexaggerated the moral restriction put for the welfare of the chennai city. No good indian could support this article.
Can you place your sister in that place. Can you allow your sister to kiss in park with some guys. These restrictions are necessary for creating a good family and society.
hey!chennai its time to look things more practically and positively first of all kissing is not a bad thing i can say its a way of expressing your love secondly if you will restrict it people will do it more and more so just chill and geton this with 2005! and tel me who's this big brother i think he had never kissed..........
RE:who's this big brother
by puja on Oct 04, 2005 07:26 PM Permalink
hay what for.. so much culture hype in chenai.. i think the more u abstain youth from this the more they will do it illegally..
RE:who's this big brother
by kris on Oct 05, 2005 09:16 AM Permalink
Ha Ha Ha, Really a very gud article, although I am away from my home town(of course it is chennai), I could very well feel the sense of things.....
I am not sure, whether India is democratic country, r a communist ? I think there is nothing wrong in all of the case studies mentioned in the article....well does these things do not happen in other metropolitan cities ??? so ? is the big brother doing there ????
Well chennai is conservative when compared to other cities..but this is totally gross, I think big brother(s) should pay a visit to the most happening cities in India other than sitting in chennai, and sticking his nose into others personal affairs.
RE:who's this big brother
by ravan on Nov 05, 2006 06:15 PM Permalink
TO those freeks who just dictated (which is typhical northindian bihavior) of learning hindi to chennai. this is my answer y dont u learn any southern languages or english which is the future as u can see all foriegn investments are poaring in south. not in the cow belt or to say bhimar states of india. as for those who r bashing chennai i wil give one saying by hitler (to destroy a country first destroy its culture.country will fall soon).
RE:who's this big brother
by subash on Oct 05, 2005 02:30 AM Permalink
I am sure you are not from chennai. If you are , then you will probably know what is a right thing to do in chennai public and what is not.
Your very nature will make you to fight, the only option is, what to fight for (Bhagavad gita). This is not the one I want to fight for. I am sure you too.
pls dont write such things when you want to write something wrong about chennai. Chennai is not so corrupted than other major metropolitan cities. If you have been to chennai for a week or so ... u cant write such things
RE:Dont write such things
by Samir on Oct 05, 2005 01:28 PM Permalink
This article captures the true essence of the city as such... a pedantic adherances to an old set of normatively degenerate set of values and beliefs that has not changed in its outlook in comparison to other major cities of India.
RE:Dont write such things
by Tony on Oct 05, 2005 11:20 AM Permalink
I think the author wants to create red light areas in Chennai also. Good service to the society :-))
RE:Dont write such things
by Aaron Thamby on Oct 04, 2005 11:07 PM Permalink
Well,Mr.Arvindh no one was raising the isue of politics here!! You, are the one bringing politics into this!!!! give us a break dude!!!! Ofcourse Chennai is an awesome place..but READ,UNDERSTAND,FEEL what the author of the subject is trying o portray.Don't go on the Patriotic Defensive rite away and bring politics rite away!!! the author of the article mite not even be in India or even maybe a foreigner ..so thnk about it Dude.You Mr.Arvindh could avoid bringing POLITICS into this topic..that would surely goa long way in viewer's having to express their true inner feelings instead of having to be distracted so abruptly!!! It is quite obvious that you haven't understood the subject at all..'coz if you had, your reply would have been detailed and more respectful of the Author's opinion.this is not a debate.!!!!
RE:Dont write such things
by Sunando on Oct 04, 2005 06:59 PM Permalink
I think it is only worse...I am staying here for the last 3 years and it looks there are more hypocrites in Chennai than rest of the country.
RE:Dont write such things
by R. Ramesh on Oct 05, 2005 09:17 AM Permalink
Big Brother says that in very soon in Chennai, young boys and girls above the age of 10 will necessarily have to respect the following great traditional dress culture of the Tamilians:
Boys: mundu with angavastaram.
Girls: half sarees till age 18 and full 9 yarders after they touch 18.
Hail Chennai University! Hail Big Brother!! Hai Amma!!!
RE:Dont write such things
by Arun on Oct 05, 2005 02:37 AM Permalink
What do you mean? So you put a rubber stamp saying that "Chennai has least corruption," and everybody says "Yeah." Hello! Ms. Jayalalitha is CM of Tamil Naidu. She got re-elected despite all her activities. And here you are talking about corruption. B.T.W What has corruption to do with this article. This is in like of Shiv Sena in Mumbai getting into moral policing. Complete BS. Chennaians should come out on the street and take some steps to stop this kind of things from happening. It is utterly rubbish.
RE:Dont write such things
by Savitha Viswanath from UK on Oct 04, 2005 09:03 PM Permalink
Whom are u bullshitting... i have lived in Chennai for 3 years.... my worst nightmare live.... people out there are the most uncultured, raw, cheap people u can find... thats irrespective of caste, creed, religion, age bla bla bla... first there is no respect for women... especially with women who have modern thinking and is little bit forward.... i have lived in Mumbai too... i see the cultural difference.... chennai people and its overall public culture is very cheap and bad.... first, people in chennai should learn to respect others lives and learn to give space. my friend and his wife was arrested in Beasant nagar beach for prostitution because they were sitting in an isolated area, howz that?? Now i live in UK and i think India is 500 years behind developed nation in terms of respecting people and giving space. indians have no right to talk bad about western culture. they are 1000 times better than Indian culture because Indians think of only sex and dont do it or do it secratively and westerners think of everything else and when they need sex they have it. Westerners are any day better than Indians... shame on Chennai for not improving its lifestyle and culture
In the article nobody is saying Chennai is corrupted. The article is saying Chennai is impractically conservative and mindlessly hypocritical. Understand that it is time to come out of this age-old conservative mentality, and become civilized.
P.S: Suggestion to all Chennaites, please learn HINDI, u guys are so easy with English which is a foreign language, from the other side the globe, but you mean minded dogs dont even try to learn your own National Language.
RE:Dont write such things
by chaitanya on Oct 04, 2005 08:36 PM Permalink
Iam totally against the author. Plz dont write such things. I spent 2 years in mumbai. I have seen people sitting on Bandstand in intimate positions publicly. It may be good for them but definetly not for public.
Chennai is very good place to live, very traditional and barthanatyam is far better then Discos and remixes. I am not chennite..I am hyderabadi, inspite of it I love chennai the most.
RE:Dont write such things
by ajay on Oct 04, 2005 08:56 PM Permalink
If something is wrong..it will be told.. Chennai is on the global map now..but people and culture are still stuck way back..need to get educated on world culture and vision..come out of the stone age fast..if not this is how people vent out their furstation for a prehistoric stone age..attitude of the Big Brother.
I do not agree with you Shoba. You are trying to portray a wrong picture of Chennai.In the matter of the actress, As an Individual, you are free to express your views. But when you are answering a sensitive question, you must be prudent enough with your answers. You cannot say anything and everything you want. You cannot generalise what you think. Second, when there are certain rules made and followed in a particular community(student community), you are obliged to follow the same, and you are expected to do so. The students have not complained about the dress code except a few. Only the outsiders are commenting on it. Third, Park is a common place. I have been there with my friends. I never encountered such problems, except few peeps from others. Fourth, The police have issued clear instructions about parties in the hotels or bars. When you are going against the law, definitely they have a role to play to control you. The fifth, I hope in your first night it happened. And finally, when you post something common in a website, be prudent and sensible. You are going to be read by so many. your ideas should not confuse, degrade or mislead. India needs responsible people. Let us be so
Considering the fact that Chennai atleast has a disco what transcends into these minds is these Facts . 1.Virginity is something that is surely ones own discretion.Internet ,satellite televisons,reality shows all show people of both sexes interacting.. we cant hold onto past virtues, culture.. The world is shrinking..we all are adopting something common and If our parents who are brought up with coconut oil and Jasmines please dont fretter away young ones as you know you wont make ur child go thru this scrutiny India awaken urself The young parents of Today are more liberal ,more educated and Yes has pooh poohed these age old virtues of Virginity and moral policing so at the end all grandpas and grandmas and 40 plus dads and mums ..u all are the last of a genetration. twenty years from now in cities i bet India would be one hot de facto cool destination The era of the flower children has come and gone now its the re awakening! om Shanti!
Other metros may aim at becoming global cities. Chennai will always be a global village.
May b time for next Veerapan to come up so that big brothers will be busy at catching him for the next 25 years when he would be old enough and blind to be caught easily.
