Gere-Shilpa kiss controversy
The media and people are overreacting for a kiss given by Richard Gere to Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS awareness campaign. When the nation has other important things to think about, it’s highly unfair for taking a row over two celebrities who were present there for a social cause. Whether we like it or not India stands second with the number of people affected with AIDS. And people are still talking about culture and tradition, while the statistics proves otherwise. We often get to see film stars smooching and doing much more in our bollywood movies. Actresses dressing provocatively have become a standard norm in our movies. Television too is not lagging behind these days in showing inappropriate content. Then why are these Hindu activists not protesting for it? How can they decide which is right and wrong for the society? Are these people themselves following our culture and tradition religiously?
It’s sad that in this generation of modernization, people in our country still prefer to brush some topics under the carpet. With the state government of Maharashtra saying ‘No’ to sex education recently, it only proves this fact that this nation does not want to move ahead with times. Being in an information era, where any information is available in a click of a button, why are the authorities hesitating to enforce it? How can they think that Sex Education will corrupt the younger generation? It will do more good than harm, by giving the adolescents the right information at the right age. In fact in our country where child abuse is prevalent, sex education must be given at an even younger age.
People should start diverting their energy towards something constructive than to burn effigies of celebrities who were not destroying any tradition of our country. The same is acceptable or rather mandatory in our movies! It will do more good if the shiv sena activists took some steps to curb a disease that has taken epidemic proportions. Rather than wasting the nation’s time in trying to reinforce a culture and tradition, which has become obsolete and no longer followed by anyone, even the activists themselves.
It’s sad that in this generation of modernization, people in our country still prefer to brush some topics under the carpet. With the state government of Maharashtra saying ‘No’ to sex education recently, it only proves this fact that this nation does not want to move ahead with times. Being in an information era, where any information is available in a click of a button, why are the authorities hesitating to enforce it? How can they think that Sex Education will corrupt the younger generation? It will do more good than harm, by giving the adolescents the right information at the right age. In fact in our country where child abuse is prevalent, sex education must be given at an even younger age.
People should start diverting their energy towards something constructive than to burn effigies of celebrities who were not destroying any tradition of our country. The same is acceptable or rather mandatory in our movies! It will do more good if the shiv sena activists took some steps to curb a disease that has taken epidemic proportions. Rather than wasting the nation’s time in trying to reinforce a culture and tradition, which has become obsolete and no longer followed by anyone, even the activists themselves.
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