am so amazed by the furore over actress khushboo's statement that i just had to write and let off steam. i am presuming that no one but me reads this blog anyway. she said that premarital sex should be with protection. to have self-styled culture police gunning for her in such an unseemly manner is shocking. while no one says that it is recommended, every sane human being knows that premarital sex has always happened, almost always without societal approval. i am not a sociologist so cannot vouch for it, but i can definitely imagine that it is an accepted feature of everyday life in many cultures.
this is the same khushboo for whom temples have been constructed in tamil nadu. she was not a god then, and is definitely not one now. but she seems to be one sensible woman who was accepting facts and suggesting protection. to term it all as anti-tamilian is appalling. this is not what being tamilian means, and it is sad that a few bigots can have so much say in the matter of what is or is not 'tamil culture'
As this mornings Hindu comments, its really such a pity. I think this must be politically motivated. Maybe this has some link with a tamil director/producer ( i forget which) had made some demeaning remarks about women and khusboo was one of the actors who was very vocal about her anger against his comments.
ReplyDeleteIts a greater shame that none of the other women's activists are taking up the matter. after all when hindi movies ( i am told a recent preity zinta starrer ) has a unwed mom!!! prancing around, i dont see why this has been made such a issue.