Just couple of days ago I wrote a post on how the Indian Society uses ’sex’ as a yardstick to measure one’s character. Even in the 21st century there is so much hypocrisy and double standards surrounding ‘physical intimacy’.
Today while going thru the morning newspaper, once again the unfortunate reality behind my post was shoved again in my face.
A day after Sania backed Tamil film star Khushboo – who has been dragged to court for comments on pre-marital sex – activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) took to the streets at various places and set afire her posters.
A Muslim cleric, who had earlier termed Sania’s on-court dress code as ‘un-Islamic’, also said if she had supported pre-marital sex she would have nothing to do with Islam.
Raising slogans of “Sania down down”, protestors belonging to the ABVP in Visakhapatnam beat her posters with ‘chappals’ and set them afire. They demanded that she tender an apology for hurting Indian traditions by favouring sex before marriage.
“She has hurt the sentiments of Indian people. She should tender an apology for the comments,” said a protestor.
And the whole fuss was over this…..for ‘fuck’ sake give her a break.
Sania was quoted as saying at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in Delhi Wednesday: “So there are two issues here, safe sex and sex before marriage. You don’t want me to tell you that you have to have safe sex, whether it is before or after marriage. Everyone must know what he or she is doing.”
And the reaction from some freakin dumb-headed assholes….
“Her statement is uncalled for. We are a closed and traditional kind of society. Such statements will only send wrong messages to the youth, who are already exposed to many kinds of media like Internet and films,” said Subha, an employee with a private educational institute.
Hameed Ahmed, a student, said: “Her comments are highly condemnable. This is not only against Islam but also our Indian traditions based on high moral values.” “There was nothing shocking when a film actress said that there is nothing objectionable in sex before marriage but a young sports person like Sania has shocked us all by backing such views,” he said.
I won’t waste anymore time, expressing my disgusted reaction towards the two-face members of Indian political parties and public. Sania’s statement simply highlighted the fact of having ’safe-sex’, whether it was before marriage or after. I don’t think she is any-way is endorsing pre-marital sex. I just hope unlike Kushboo, Sania doesn’t give into the demands of these ‘fuck-witts’ and takes a strong stand against them.
The day our political parties and religious groups actually start taking their jobs a bit seriously, maybe then this society would be slightly better to live in…..but for now it just appears to be a distant dream.
UPDATE :
Careful Sania…
Of what you say in public. Or you might land straight into trouble like your elder sister, Khushboo.
Look, whether it’s before or after marriage, people should have safe sex. And about pre-marriage sex, you can’t stop people…
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