Out of India .

So they're rioting in India due to a kiss on the cheek and a hug by two film stars !
Yet another example of the male controlled nature of religion and politics .Curtail that which is pleasant and human by denouncing as taboo whilst ignoring pain ,suffering and squalor .
When last in India and in New Delhi I was sickened by the sight of men urinating in the streets . The stench from this was hardly Chanel. Early each morning workers would walk along throwing handfuls of chlorine to disinfect .. Seemingly acceptable . Then the countless families living and sleeping on the road sides .. another norm . Also the horror of countless limbless babies made so to render them more of a money raiser by their own mothers .These infants are then doped with powerful sleeping potions .Yes , you have guessed , this too is acceptable .
No riots though over such ghastly sights and practices . No quibbling over culture.
I am all for respecting culture but fail to see what crime Gere and Shetty have committed .
The event these two stars were at was to raise awareness of HIV /Aids among Indian truck drivers .. Seems those 'men of impeccable morals', ie) the Hindu Nationalists are not interested in discussing the reason for the rates of disease. Is this because truck drivers are male or is it yet another case of 'looking the other way '.
We are in 2007 . It is not perfect but while there are those who only live in the past our present is on' pause ' and therefore any future is far from perfect .