Law against Love! Homosexuality still illegal in India
Homosexuality is still illegal in India, thanks to a British colonial law incorporated in the Indian Penal Code. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code declares homosexuality illegal; it states:
“Whoever voluntarily has sex against the
order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with
imprisonment for life, or for a term that may [...]
Gigolos use Indiblog for Self-Promotion
It is the most popular post on Indiblog, the one on the Gigolos of India. For those yet uninitiated, gigolos are male prostitutes catering to either or both women and men.
It has had over 50 comments (even after deleting close to 20) and it keeps getting more. Of course, most of the comments are by [...]
Hey Fellow Indians - Let’s Talk SEX
Our Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has had to encourage us Indians to talk about sex, well, safe sex! I wonder if that has happened in any other country, in the West some governments are trying quite hard to wean people away from it!
India - the land that gave the world Kamasutra - is now a [...]
Virgin India’s AIDS time bomb
I’m sure you must’ve come across all the embarrassing hullabaloo over pre-marital sex, virginity, and six-inch skirts going around in our Press lately. Embarrassing not because of the topic, but the nature of its discussion.
It all started when Khushboo said something like there’s nothing wrong in girls having pre-marital sex if it was safe. That [...]
Gigolos captivate Indians, the lure of male prostitutes
I wrote about the Outlook article on gigolos only two days back, and since then there has been such a steady traffic to Indiblog! People have been searching for “gigolos in India”, “Indian gigolos”, “gigolos Mumbai”, “gigolos in Delhi” and gigolos here and gigolos there…
It is quite amusing to see the new-found captivation of the [...]
Changing scenes of Indian Sex and Sexuality
I have deliberately capitalized Sex and Sexuality to reflect the command the words have not only in Indian society but in the entire world.
Homosexuality is illegal in India because of
Section 377 asserts: “Whosoever has carnal intercourse voluntarily against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with imprisonment for life, [...]
What Westerners have to say about Public Kissing in India
If you read news on the Internet, there is very little chance that you would have missed this article about an Israeli couple being fined for kissing in the middle of their Hindu wedding ceremony. Why, even Christian weddings don’t involve kissing in many countries such as India, Papua New Guinea and many others.
It is [...]
Indian Gigolos bare it all - Aunty’s Lovers
A fantastic article on Outlook India about the gigolos of Mumbai and Delhi - apparently Mumbai is way ahead in the male whore business!
Unlike for women, the writer, who is a she, says that men come into this not because of majboori, but for fun and the money. But some of her stories themselves suggest [...]