On July 8, 2008 an event eclipsed cover pages of almost all the newspapers. The newspapers published an incident of clash between a couple and few minor boys over spiting by the lady on the youths. The clash turned into a serious turn by the intervention of police. The couple complained of assault and rape to the police and the police booked the accused till the confirmation by the medical report. The different versions of stories are floating in the locality. Before the investigators reached to any conclusion many of the newspapers published with bold titles ‘a pregnant woman raped by six youths”
Few days back an almost nude photos of few celebrities were seen on the cover page of the supplement of a prominent newspaper at the pretext of coverage on the “cover page of certain magazines” such as “Play boy”
The photos of love-couples in compromising position at public places can be seen on the cover page of the many of the prominent newspapers now and than at the pretext of describing either “the plight of public places” or “the disorientated youth” or “decline of cultural values” etc. etc.
The well-known historical photo of youth molesting women on the eve of New Year at Juhu has acquired the prestigious place in the archive collection of media’s diary and can be seen repeatedly in almost all the news media publications. The rape news gets headlines in every prominent newspaper. The news is given prominence coverage at the cover page. The media, not to reflect agony of the victim but to attract masses adds the elements of sensationalizations in such news. If a model’s top slips accidentally the media feel privileged in detailing the incident meticulously to the unaware masses and shed crocodiles tears as if the media is very much anxious about the modesty of women and sends the message that such kind of events require much more concern then the problems of bread and water of the soil’s sons. It’s approach is almost and every time voyeuristic. Media is well aware that sex related incidents are most saleable items than any other news. Common public hardly knows about the MMS and its function. But it is media that (inspite of under playing the message) considerably harm the reputation of the victim women by propagating and spreading the news to the common folks. At one hand it shows concern about the harm caused to the poor and innocent victim by the propagation through MMS and on the contrary it widely publicize the message and proves instrumental in creating the curiosity amidst common unaware masses. The photos of girls and boys holding hands or getting intimate in public places get prominent space in prominent magazines/dailies not to reflect concern of the misuse of public places but to attract readers. Had they been unequivocally concerned to such indecent events they would have ignored the photos and the message could have been published in a decent and indirect language rather than splitting the hair. In many cases widely published sensational old news of rape is repeated overwhelmingly as reference while depicting a current such news of rape as if the media was desperate for an opportunity to encash the previous news. Almost all the magazines has column for Q & A at the pretext of reader’s problems. These can be rightly described as a source of second hand voyeurism. Big celebrities are there to sort out readers’ problem (which are dominantly sex related problems). Almost all of the agony aunts (columnist) are neither trained psychologist nor professional sexologist and even they are not sufficiently qualified for the task. It’s irony that the important and serious messages/advertisements regarding causes of AIDS are publicized with great care and delicacy in a very indirect language whereas the mode of rape and event of sexual assault is described meticulously and bluntly. This is obviously a matter of double standard/double speak. Almost all the magazines are encashing handsomely over sex-related columns at the pretext of providing knowledge of sexuality and educating ignorant youths against meaningless traditional taboo about sexuality. In many alleged rape cases the complainant is forced to frame charges against an innocent person or the case complained for was not actually a rape in its true sense. But the media is too obsessed to propagate the desired news as par its angle, which can attract the readers. It the accused is later released, the media never came to confess its mistakes/blunder and the media will either hide the news or reflect as if the accused has been released owing to inaction from the part of judiciary and give expressions as if the victim is left to suffer. Media believes in possessing both the side of the coin and use them as par its facilities.
Whenever an event of similar nature will occur The reminders of following news will keep on dominating the headlines of the media repeatedly: -
“Kiss related incidents that will keep on repeating to the generations to come”
(There was time when Indians did not kiss in movies; only flower petal did.)
· Devika Rani’s long and lingering kiss in the 1933 film “Karma” with Himanshu Rai, her real-life mate, shocked the prudes out of their wits.
· That kiss remained in the museum of memory for many decades.
· (Those were the days when, “what after the kiss?” was the starting point of tingling erotic imagination.
· Raj Kapur kissing the Russian actress, Kseina Rambiankina, in Mera Naam Jokar only reiterated the point that Indian girls were not for kissing.
· The 80s and 90s might have opened the floodgates for the kiss in cinema, but in real life it was still the best peg for a controversy.
· When Padmini Kolhapure gave India’s royal guest, Prince Charles, a peck on his cheek in the 1980’s, the media turned it into a morality debate. Just as the world thought that Indian girls were not for kissing, Kolhapure assumed every white man could be kissed. Little did the adolescent know that royalty must not be touched, leave alone be kissed.
· When Khushwant Singh kissed the daughter of the then Pakistani high commissioner, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, his grandfatherly gesture further jinxed the tenuous India-Pakistan relationship. Qazi rushed back to Islamabad to apologize, while Khushwant Singh carried on, without malice.
· There was some heartburn even when Shabana Azmi gave Nelson Mandela a “freedom kiss”.
· Latter, Indian cinema, constantly battling censor board’s sharp scissors, Karishma Kapoor’s liplock in the 1996 film “Raja Hindustani” rekindled fire for ten minutes
· The kiss reached Mallika Sherawat and serial killer Emran Hashami in 2004, no one was counting.
· Mika pressed his luck. A typical north Indian bullying trait. Rakhi amounted it to molestation.
· Richard Garry kisses Shilpa Shetty
· Kiran Majumdar Shah, the BIOCON, CEO and Vasundhara Raje, the CM of Rajasthan greet each other by kissing
(Liplock was first also observed prominently in Indian cinema in “fasale” hero kissing debutant (perhaps) faraha)
The media seems always privileged to advertise sexuality at the pretext of depicting art or reflecting concern over the following issues
The Vagina Monologues- it is an award winning and widely plyaed episodic play depiciting women's sexual taboos/sex-related anxiety.
Kamasutra and Indian art of sex
Incestuous love
Virginity test and taboos
Nudity and painting
Love in old age
Teenagers and sex
Adolescent sex
The facts and myths abut sex
Woman on top
Bold new breed/generation
Internet and pornography
Breast feeding
Lesbianism/homosexuality
Sex and the married Indian
Extra marital relationship
Prostitution
Gay relationship
Red light area
Rape
Sex in Cinema
Woman raped by husband
........also read the coming blog 'sex in the name of art'
Few days back an almost nude photos of few celebrities were seen on the cover page of the supplement of a prominent newspaper at the pretext of coverage on the “cover page of certain magazines” such as “Play boy”
The photos of love-couples in compromising position at public places can be seen on the cover page of the many of the prominent newspapers now and than at the pretext of describing either “the plight of public places” or “the disorientated youth” or “decline of cultural values” etc. etc.
The well-known historical photo of youth molesting women on the eve of New Year at Juhu has acquired the prestigious place in the archive collection of media’s diary and can be seen repeatedly in almost all the news media publications. The rape news gets headlines in every prominent newspaper. The news is given prominence coverage at the cover page. The media, not to reflect agony of the victim but to attract masses adds the elements of sensationalizations in such news. If a model’s top slips accidentally the media feel privileged in detailing the incident meticulously to the unaware masses and shed crocodiles tears as if the media is very much anxious about the modesty of women and sends the message that such kind of events require much more concern then the problems of bread and water of the soil’s sons. It’s approach is almost and every time voyeuristic. Media is well aware that sex related incidents are most saleable items than any other news. Common public hardly knows about the MMS and its function. But it is media that (inspite of under playing the message) considerably harm the reputation of the victim women by propagating and spreading the news to the common folks. At one hand it shows concern about the harm caused to the poor and innocent victim by the propagation through MMS and on the contrary it widely publicize the message and proves instrumental in creating the curiosity amidst common unaware masses. The photos of girls and boys holding hands or getting intimate in public places get prominent space in prominent magazines/dailies not to reflect concern of the misuse of public places but to attract readers. Had they been unequivocally concerned to such indecent events they would have ignored the photos and the message could have been published in a decent and indirect language rather than splitting the hair. In many cases widely published sensational old news of rape is repeated overwhelmingly as reference while depicting a current such news of rape as if the media was desperate for an opportunity to encash the previous news. Almost all the magazines has column for Q & A at the pretext of reader’s problems. These can be rightly described as a source of second hand voyeurism. Big celebrities are there to sort out readers’ problem (which are dominantly sex related problems). Almost all of the agony aunts (columnist) are neither trained psychologist nor professional sexologist and even they are not sufficiently qualified for the task. It’s irony that the important and serious messages/advertisements regarding causes of AIDS are publicized with great care and delicacy in a very indirect language whereas the mode of rape and event of sexual assault is described meticulously and bluntly. This is obviously a matter of double standard/double speak. Almost all the magazines are encashing handsomely over sex-related columns at the pretext of providing knowledge of sexuality and educating ignorant youths against meaningless traditional taboo about sexuality. In many alleged rape cases the complainant is forced to frame charges against an innocent person or the case complained for was not actually a rape in its true sense. But the media is too obsessed to propagate the desired news as par its angle, which can attract the readers. It the accused is later released, the media never came to confess its mistakes/blunder and the media will either hide the news or reflect as if the accused has been released owing to inaction from the part of judiciary and give expressions as if the victim is left to suffer. Media believes in possessing both the side of the coin and use them as par its facilities.
Whenever an event of similar nature will occur The reminders of following news will keep on dominating the headlines of the media repeatedly: -
“Kiss related incidents that will keep on repeating to the generations to come”
(There was time when Indians did not kiss in movies; only flower petal did.)
· Devika Rani’s long and lingering kiss in the 1933 film “Karma” with Himanshu Rai, her real-life mate, shocked the prudes out of their wits.
· That kiss remained in the museum of memory for many decades.
· (Those were the days when, “what after the kiss?” was the starting point of tingling erotic imagination.
· Raj Kapur kissing the Russian actress, Kseina Rambiankina, in Mera Naam Jokar only reiterated the point that Indian girls were not for kissing.
· The 80s and 90s might have opened the floodgates for the kiss in cinema, but in real life it was still the best peg for a controversy.
· When Padmini Kolhapure gave India’s royal guest, Prince Charles, a peck on his cheek in the 1980’s, the media turned it into a morality debate. Just as the world thought that Indian girls were not for kissing, Kolhapure assumed every white man could be kissed. Little did the adolescent know that royalty must not be touched, leave alone be kissed.
· When Khushwant Singh kissed the daughter of the then Pakistani high commissioner, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, his grandfatherly gesture further jinxed the tenuous India-Pakistan relationship. Qazi rushed back to Islamabad to apologize, while Khushwant Singh carried on, without malice.
· There was some heartburn even when Shabana Azmi gave Nelson Mandela a “freedom kiss”.
· Latter, Indian cinema, constantly battling censor board’s sharp scissors, Karishma Kapoor’s liplock in the 1996 film “Raja Hindustani” rekindled fire for ten minutes
· The kiss reached Mallika Sherawat and serial killer Emran Hashami in 2004, no one was counting.
· Mika pressed his luck. A typical north Indian bullying trait. Rakhi amounted it to molestation.
· Richard Garry kisses Shilpa Shetty
· Kiran Majumdar Shah, the BIOCON, CEO and Vasundhara Raje, the CM of Rajasthan greet each other by kissing
(Liplock was first also observed prominently in Indian cinema in “fasale” hero kissing debutant (perhaps) faraha)
The media seems always privileged to advertise sexuality at the pretext of depicting art or reflecting concern over the following issues
The Vagina Monologues- it is an award winning and widely plyaed episodic play depiciting women's sexual taboos/sex-related anxiety.
Kamasutra and Indian art of sex
Incestuous love
Virginity test and taboos
Nudity and painting
Love in old age
Teenagers and sex
Adolescent sex
The facts and myths abut sex
Woman on top
Bold new breed/generation
Internet and pornography
Breast feeding
Lesbianism/homosexuality
Sex and the married Indian
Extra marital relationship
Prostitution
Gay relationship
Red light area
Rape
Sex in Cinema
Woman raped by husband
........also read the coming blog 'sex in the name of art'
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