This thread was SO entertaining on a Sunday morning....thank goodness, everyone who knows me finds it usual to see me laughing at my laptop!
I must mention that as an amateur naturalist, I am always going out (er, not, as in dating..God and Indian Morality forbid!!!... but going on wildlife trips) with men who are apparently completely oblivious to sex, but exclaim loudly (eg, in the middle of Lalbagh), "White-Breasted Waterhen!" or "Red-Rumped Swallow!" and call out excitedly, "look at the bisons mating!" I often feel like asking them to id a Big-Breasted Woman. And...there IS a certain ...titillation, some wit, in NOT referring to certain parts of the body by name: There was a young man called Reese Who said, "Madam, if you please... It would give me great bliss If while looking at this You would pay some attention to these." Indian sexuality seems to thrive on hint-hint, nudge-nudge, and innuendo of the worst kind....our repression is clearly seen in the fact that we not only clothe our naked statues or icons of gods and goddesses, but we have covers for our televisions, food processors, and washing machines, too. Cover up everything, and then peek surreptitiously, seems to be our motto. We are very big on the Wrong Things To Do list. My son in law, when he visited India for the first time, was much struck by the absence of PDA (Public Demonstation of Affection) even between married couples. I'm still trying to figure out what cause the change from the robust acceptance of sexuality that I find in our history of a millenium ago (insert reference to KS here) , and our present Victorian prudery, which actually seems to be getting stronger....and this seems to exist for what Shaw called "middle-class morality". The very rich and the very poor don't seem bound by it. Udhay has not answered my question...have you ever unsubscribed someone from this list? Is there anyone on this list who lives in Philadelphia? It's where I am right now, and I really like the city(well, at least downtown).....visiting it for the first time. It seems to me, however, that it could more correctly be called Benjamin Franklin city, as every other street, building, park, and everything else is named after him... Deepa.
