The author wrote a completely biased essay.... May be he faced such problems while kissing his girl friend, or was embrassed to see no one was kissing their partners unlike in delhi and bombay.. But i have seem few ppl kissing , but in chennai, ppl are conservative, rather i should say, ppl are against PDA (Public Display of Affection) ;)
Why do we Indians always make a mountain out of a molehill. There is a way of handling such incidents rather than playing it up in a voyeuristic way in the press. We go to extremes at times without consistency. Moreover, while fifteen may be too young to have a girlfriend, if a 25-30 year old is seeing a woman, is it immoral? The moot point is if that instead of raising a ruckus, the couples could have been politely and firmly asked to leave the hotel. If a mid-twenties, thirties individual is dating a woman, is it immoral? People can simply be asked to not get too intimate in public, but is it in proportion to ask people not to meet and talk.
This is not the absolute truth. Some facts may be right but the way it is shown makes the reader generalize and ridicule the whole system in Chennai. For example, in some colleges the dress code is such that it does not permit sleeveless shirts etc. so its the college policy and not Chennai to be blamed. All the Big Brother incidents seem clearly ridiculous... I dont even think its first hand info. It all seems made up, just like some local tabloid masala!!
RE:What Nonsense!!!!
by Sachin on Mar 17, 2006 10:41 AM Permalink
the article is absolutely fine annd shows the real picture of Chennai, I have been to this place after being in many parts of India and found this as teh most ridiculous area in world, there is no freedom and dont know whaat these ppl percievethemselves as. They feel like they have the whole sole contract of morality and culture, this is a new face of Hindu Talibans you can easily see in Chennai.
You can find many couples sitting in beaches and parks without any distrubance. When the public get distubed then the police will come into scene. Not like a writer said.
Kushboo case is completly politics... such crap will happen in all the cities.
You should see the hotel scene photographs then you will know the real story of what happend. What the writer try to say chennai should have a area like kamattipura?
All the cities has its own rubbish. try to write about all the rubbish... Best of luck...
no i dnt understand vat u say
by ann thomas on Dec 15, 2005 07:32 PM Permalink
this is ann i cme in to do a project on kamattipura in mumbai etc i gv a serach in google i gt this after reading it i am danm cofused vat r u ppl talking abt tamilnadu....i dunno i am a journalist student i hv to do a documentry on it ok hope u respond
very funny article. After racking my brains also i couldnt get what the author wants to convey?
But i am feeling sad about our present India and our society is degenerating rapidly. We do more(am really ashamed of our generation) nonsense things than any parent can imagine that they children could do. All i can say wearing sleevless or kissing is not at all a big deal for us.
I was lucky to travel to couple of countries outside India. In those countries also western people go to the pubs, enjoy their drink , enjoy the music played out there. I couldnt see any obscene activities by them as i have seen in the common pubs of the present day India. Really we are loosing what ever values we had. We are paying a huge price for our rapid growth.
i do not know why the writer is having this much of hatred with the city and people. Probably the author does not know the full history and tradition of the city (or even india). The city and the people are good. chennai is the world of great cultures and tradition and having more than 35000 temples than any other place in india. still people follow the culture and tradition. Actually it is good to have these restrictions so that our culture may not be spoiled. No one (no literature) said that having sex is a sin or having a girlfriend is a sin. Those who does not want to follow the tradition can straight away leave to other country where they can live freely. i (we) do not want (our) future generations to say that 'your childern and our children are playing with our children'. Please follow the tradition and do whatever you want in home safely and securely. where sex is not a sin and love is not a crime. But there is a time and place for everything.
