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Another ridiculous article is published.
New Delhi: Urban Indians have one of the most exciting sex lives in the world and are also the most open lovers in the world when it comes to talking to partners about sex, says a new global survey.
Almost three-quarters (74 per cent) of Indians surveyed are comfortable with telling their partners what they like in bed way above the global average of 58 per cent and the UK with just 49 per cent, says the Durex ‘Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey’.
The survey further points out that two-third of Indians (68 per cent) think their love lives are exciting, a sharp contrast with 38 per cent for English lovers and 36 per cent for famed lovers in France. Moreover, 63 per cent of Indians say they have enough variety, compared with 47 per cent in the UK and just 9 per cent in Japan.
The Greeks (76 per cent) and Mexicans (80 per cent) are the only two countries to have a more exciting sex life than Indians. The survey covered more than 26,000 people online across 26 countries talking about every aspect of their sex lives.
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I can point out so many problems in the article and the survey, but I just highlight one.
The survey covered more than 26,000 people online across 26 countries talking about every aspect of their sex lives.
Given the cost of the internet service in India, only the upper class has access to the internet, and that upper class is very very small. Population in the class does not represent the whole country; there is a huge chasm between between this population and the rest. Furthermore, erotic materials and sexy underwear are virtually non-existent. Of course, the definition varies greatly from country to country, but ‘erotic’ and ’sexy’ in India are extremely conservative. Books on sex are scarce; there aren’t that many books sold to begin with. Literacy rate is quite low, so how can they possibly read anything …??? Sex products like vibrator and such are virtually impossible to get.
This article is a fine example of pathetic journalism in India …
India, Culture (India) | 25.09.2007 22:21 | No Comments
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The next day, after its Hindu-nationalist political opponents accused the government of blasphemy, H.R. Bharadwaj, the law minister, said the controversial parts of the affidavit would be withdrawn.
He added that India’s officially secular government would never doubt the existence of Lord Ram.
The culture ministry has since suspended a director and an assistant director at the Archaeological Survey of India, which prepared the affidavit, while it investigates what happened, Soni said.
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Well, here you go. Proof that Indians don’t understand the meaning of the word “secular”.
India, Culture (India), Politics (India) | 15.09.2007 12:21 | No Comments
I’m not surprised to read this news. There are only four types of people in India; cheats, liars, thieves and scumbags. See, the thing is that to cheat, to lie and to steal are all part of Indian people. They cannot deny their origin even if they move to U.S.
New York, July 27 (IANS) An Indian American convenience store owner has been arrested on charges of attempting to pay $60,000 to a US government official in bribe to secure a multiple entry visa for his business partner’s son.
Jiguveshkumar G. Patel was arrested Wednesday from his store in New Jersey and produced in court before being released on a $50,000 bond secured by property.
If convicted, Patel can get a jail sentence of 15 years and a fine of up to $250,000.
According to the complaint, Patel’s business partner’s son, who is an Indian citizen, was unable to obtain a visa to travel to the US, the Asbury Park Press newspaper reported.
Patel realised that the daughter of a patron worked for US Immigration. Patel approached the patron and offered to pay his daughter an initial sum of $20,000 and $40,000 later for a visa to get his associate’s son into the country.
Patel told an undercover agent, who posed as the patron’s daughter, that the partner’s son was specifically interested in a multiple visa.
A multiple entry visa allows the holder to depart and re-enter the US on several occasions without having to apply for a new visa each time.
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India, Culture (India) | 27.07.2007 1:34 | No Comments
Cricket is a sport played mostly in commonwealth countries. Indians are just crazy about it. You ask anyone what is the national sport of India? Pet reply will be Cricket, which is wrong. Hockey is actually the national sport but people hardly watch it nowadays. Indian cricketers are treated like gods in India. Cricket has become so popular that it has almost eaten all other games and sports. Everyone wants to become a cricketer. And despite this India’s performance in the recently concluded world cup was most shameful. They were eliminated in the first round itself. It is not that there is any shortage of quality players . The problem is that there is so much money involved in it now and because of that the selection is not fair. Instead of choosing the best team, they do it to please the bosses of BCCI, which is one of the richest sports bodies in the entire world. A note on cricket in India cannot be complete unless we mention that when there is a cricket match involving India, it is like a national holiday.
R.S.
India, Culture (India) | 26.06.2007 9:24 | No Comments
Sania Mirza, the ace Indian woman tennis player, is a beautiful person with a beautiful heart. At this very young age, she has already achieved what no other Indian women had been able to achieve in their entire careers in any sport. So, she deserves a big clap from all Indians. But unfortunately, she has not been able to maintain her progress in the international rankings. At one time not so long ago, it was highly expected that she would soon break into the top ten players of the world. Some reports even suggested that she has the potential to win a grand slam event. Although she is still in the top 50 players of the world, it looks highly unlikely to me that she will ever be able to reach top 10 stage. As far as I am concerned, I feel that her decline has already started. She had a very bad last year or so from the fitness point of view. Although she has good groundstrokes and is a good baseline player, her weakest link is her service. It is her service, which has not allowed her to be a part of the top 10 or 20. Her service is so weak that she can very easily make a world record in the number of double faults in a player’s career. I am not a critic of Sania Mirza. In fact I really am proud of her and am a fan of her, but fact is that she has already played her best tennis. My apologies to her fans. I must say that she did a wonderful thing by giving these Indian Cricketers some sleepless nights by doing so many ads. This little girl from Hydrabad has shown that what girls can do if they want. Maybe India needs many more Sania Mirzas.
India, Culture (India) | 22.06.2007 13:00 | No Comments
Recently I got an assignment from one of my clients to promote TAJ MAHAL as one of ten new seven wonders of the world. Voting for this is being done throughout the world these days This is being done by SMS, emails and phone calls. The result of this is to come on 7th July, 2007. So far so good.
By the time I finished my assignment, I also grew fond of this and was very happy to be a part of this movement in a small way. Then came some different thoughts. Like, isn’t it a shame that so wonderful creations of this world are now at the mercy of SMS, emails and phone calls for securing their places that they deserve anyway? Why choose only 7 wonders? Why not these can be 21 or more, at an actual number of deserving ones? Isn’t it wrong and gravely unjust to try and give them numbers for their beauty etc.? It is certainly not a fashion show. A wonder will remain a wonder anyway, without being on the mercy of any list.
R.S.
India, Culture (India) | 21.06.2007 10:27 | No Comments
India is in Stone Age today and they’re still so touchy about two innocent lovers’ getting close in public. But check this out. Two schools actually banned public displays of affection among students. Wow, this country is going back to Ice Age now.
Two schools in Mumbai have banned public displays of affection, warning students they will face disciplinary action if caught holding hands, kissing or touching on campus, school officials said Monday.
The schools justified the move by saying that these acts, which are increasingly being shown by the local entertainment industry and emulated by the students, were contrary to traditional Indian values.
Parents were told that the school has a “zero tolerance toward bullying, vulgarity, vandalism and displays of affection not acceptable to society at large,” said J. Vas, principal of the Jamnabai Narsee school.
“Hormones run riot at 16 to 18 years and we need to take disciplinary measures, set limits and put in certain ground rules,” said Vas.
India is a conservative society where public displays of affection are largely taboo. But in recent years, Indian-language movies have started showing scenes of kissing, partly because of slowly changing values as India opens up to the West.
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Meanwhile, over 53% of children in India face sexual abuse, which is probably the worst in the world. But this is perfectly ok apparently … So, the message is “Children can’t hold hands in public but parents can …”
India, Culture (India), Politics (India) | 18.06.2007 5:37 | No Comments
Yet another crappy day in India.
For variety of reasons, I didn’t have A/C or cooler in my flat, but when I got back from Japan last week, it was too hot here so I finally bought a cooler the day before yesterday. I finally slept well that day. Life here was slightly improving or so I thought.
The cooler stopped working within the first twenty four hours. Obviously, I’m not happy. The shop I bought this from is supposed to send a guy to my flat to fix this, but he hasn’t arrived today. Is he coming at all? I don’t know.
No wonder, so many people think that India is full of cheats and scumbags … *** sigh ***
All products made here are crappy. It seems that 99% of people here happily sell these craps; they’re cheats and scumbags. And what is the name of the country full of them? “India.”
India, Business (India), Culture (India) | 14.06.2007 4:07 | No Comments
New Delhi: In a one-off case, the Supreme Court has ruled that the government has the power to ban or forfeit any publication that endangers public order, even if it means restricting the freedom of expression guaranteed by the Indian Constitution.
“Government has the power to confiscate material, which contain references that could spark violence,” the Bench comprising Justices B P Singh and H S Bedi observed while upholding the Karnataka government’s decision to ban a vernacular novel in the state.
The ruling comes in the wake of a ban imposed by Karnataka government on a novel titled Dharmakaarana which allegedly contains derogatory references to a 12th century saint Basaveshwara. The novel was banned in 1995 by the state government following a public outcry.
However, author P V Narayana and others challenged the ban in the Karnataka High Court, which upheld the government’s decision. Following this, an appeal was filed in the Supreme Court.
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So, here it is. No freedom of speech in India.
India, Culture (India), Politics (India) | 6.05.2007 12:10 | No Comments
Chennai: It’s a film that is bound to be noticed, if not for anything else, at least its title which is Kelvikkuri or the question mark. A movie on custodial deaths, Kelvikkuri has managed to get on the wrong side of the Censor Board, which has questioned the very premise of the film.
The Board has refused to certify the film claiming that it portrays the police in a bad light. But the film’s director Jailani feels otherwise about it.
“They are banning it for a reason that I think is unreasonable and that hurts all the more,” Jailani says.
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This is about censorship, but stuff that the censor board is trying to censor is nothing really. How can something like this be censored? Is this North Korea or some place?
India, Culture (India), Politics (India) | 2.05.2007 13:39 | No Comments