Thursday, May 03, 2007

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This is the saga of 3 recent controversies, all involving alleged "indecent kissing/hugging" in public.

No. 1



A group of radical clerics issued a religious decree against Pakistan's tourism minister, Nilofer Bakhtiar, after some local newspapers printed photographs showing her holding onto a man after landing from a parachute jump in France.



No. 2


This one is too famous anyway, without me having to add anything.


No. 3





Now this is really something. During a meeting of Iranian teachers with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mrs. Najmeh Gholi Pour, Ahmadinejad's first grade teacher, appeared and a moved Ahmadinejad kissed her hand. This was enough to set off a controversy about indecency in the press. Indecently..... errrr, sorry...... Incidentally, the lady is over 70 years old.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Alok

Shipa shetty,I am a little sceptical.Things havent exactly worked out for her over the past few years. I cant quite believe she was not aware of the Richard Gere thing in advance.

As for kissing the hand of a seventy year old teacher. At the end of the day it all depends on what we look for in any act. If i protest about Sania Mirza's short skirts then I am probably not appreciating her tennis. If i find kissing the hand of a seventy year old lady obscene,well i have to conclude there are a lot of smutty minds working overtime in Iran (India is not far off either!!)