what they r telling is correct. how can u kiss somebody's siblings, whether it is boy or girl? how can u kiss or have sex with wife and husband because they belong to some other's family. how can u sit together in park or campus that 2 when they belong to the govt. & the college. after all what right do u have to come out of ur houses when u get food & water there only. y should u watch cinema & t.v when ur family is like 1. How can u smoke when the whole city is burning under the scorching sun. how can u drink when the govt. liqour shops r running in loss. how can u travel in car bus bike etc. when u've 2 legs to walk. how can you look pretty and handsome when others look ugly and gory. There is a proverb in tamil: "when the ruler of a kingdom is honest, it rains in all the seasons." what is happening in chennai and what is happening in neighbouring bangalore.
A bit over-imaginative. Think it is a expression from a un-fortunate soul who was at the receiving end!!
Maybe the policies of dress code in colleges and behavior in public places is a bit too much but the fact is that the chennai is not new to see the general showing-my-affection-with-a-kiss-in-public gesture turn obscene, half-hidden under a bush-ladden-park or behind a boat on a sea-side!!
The root cause of all this issues is thst there is no proper education on sex. You cant encourage the youngsters to indulge in their passions if they are not fully aware of the consequences physical, mental or spritual.
Instead of shouting slogans against there new rules and regulations it is better we take a more mature approach of spreading the message of sex-education which has to start right from parents-children.
i think the writer hasnt gone around chennai much .. what was reported were definitely true instances (except scene 5).. but its not true in all engg colleges and it does not mean everyone are dancing in bharat natyam in chennai ... it is like saying all school children in Delhi have sex after hearing about DPS MMS ..Scene 5 was super imagination of the writer and good example that it was written to malign image of chennai ... In some places the Police exceed their limits and this enters colums of newspapers ... I also accept no one has the right to do moral policing but this column was too much. May be the columnist was cought wrong footed in Chennai.
Moral of the story: Chennai is conservative but not as much made out by the author.
What kind of crap is this article..that too in rediff!! Does this person not have any other work...?Yes..Madras is a city where people dont take kissing in public as casually as people in other Metro's..but degrading to this level...is insane..What do u expect...Every one must cheer for kissing in public?
Go home, kiss, do whatever you want to. Just do not make Chennai a second Bangalore. It is not about Chennai, it is about decency. It is ok to do whatever you want to in discs and pubs, but gardens most definitely are not places to bang your partner.
Unlike other metros Chennai has it own tradition. Chennai has the record of least crimes when compared to other metros in india, because of the rules followed by Chennai Policemen, in your terms the "Big Brother". I can say Chennai policemen were the best in maintaining law and order. This is not United States or UK to kiss and romance in public. We have our own culture and Tradition. We should follow. You can easily adapt the proverb "When you are in Rome, be a Roman". But not able to follow the discipline. If the rules which big brother follow is wrong, Chennai woluld not attract investors. Please have anote in in your mind. Tradition and culture are India's identity. Don't try to spoil it. If want to kiss and do what ever you want with your Girlfriend in public place, iam sorry chennai is not the right place for you.
Certainly in public you should not kiss.Globalisation does not give the right to anybody permission to display their proximity.Intimacy is a sacred thing, and that is why it has to be secretive.The foreigners should first understand(including the present crop of locals)that public pissing is tolerated, but certainly not public kissing.This is the land of some remnants of the great Indian culture left.Allow that.The new Feudal Lords the Corporate monsters need not come to India to teach behavioural pattern, but just do some trade and get out.These representatives of the WTO ( the new name is WORLD TERRORIST ORGANISATION, and not World Trade Orghanisation),should not try to wipe out the cultural heritage of a nation.
