have to agree with Pardesi Gori’s statememt above – the sexual harassment(eveteasing) in India is just horrible. I’m indian, I’ve lived in India for 27 years, in the US for 4 years, love living in both India and US and think both the cultures are wonderful. I will be moving back to India and am v happy abt it, the only fly in the ointment is the awful, horrible harassment that goes on for women there. Like aditya I’ve met a lot of otherwise nice Indian men who just refuse to believe that their sisters, mothers, wives, friends are going through this and have been facing this for a long time. Please do read the blank noise.org website, its an eyeopener. Neither me nor my friends are aishwarya rais, not even anything close LOL, however I do not know of even 1 indian girl/woman who hasnt been sexually harassed/eve-teased atleast once in their life – this is really sad. This is a silent epidemic and we really need to figure out how to reduce and stop this.

One example can be found in the latest events rocking Mangalore described by the efforts of the pink underwear coalition here;

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/world/asia/09india.html?_r=1

I’ve lived in India for half of my life.

I know all about the “tension of opposites”.

That tension is part of the cultural reasons behind eve-teasing.

I don’t watch movies like Slumkuta Crorepati in order to “understand” India. I don’t have to. I live there.

I’m not a culturally deprived product of divorce white girl looking for culture and stability elsewhere. I don’t need to deny the negative aspects of Indian culture in order to proove to the Indian dude I sleep with that I’m potential wife material.

You obviously have reading comprehension skills because you were unable to read that I love many things about India and her culture(s) but the gender bias and sexual harrassement ruin much of it. Now, wouldn’t that qualify as a “tension of opposites”?

Go back to watching your movies.

you are absolutely right… I need to get a new wife – hopefully one of the same race, religion, sub-culture et al?

And yes, I don’t know _any_ white women who’ve been to India… because YOU are the only white woman who has ever been to India…

and what happened to your so-called trip to Lalaland…

India is a place of many things: contradictions, the dark, the light, the good and the bad. It’s the epitome of the tension of opposites–and that’s a hard one for simple minds to grapple with.

Get a life. And a new wife.

You are just a goofy gaon walla, from what I can tell.

I have already stated I have nothing to do with Iskcon, but as far as I have heard, the insides of Iskcon compounds are pretty safe compared to the surrounding streets.

Perhaps you read the news that one young iskcon girl was raped and killed outside of one of their compounds by a local Munnabhai in India? Is that what you are referring to? If so, shame on you for making light of her tragedy. But again, it took place OUTSIDE of their compound.

As far as the “thousands” of Indian women you know, maybe they just don’t TELL YOU that they are harrassed? You see in India it is such a common experience that many women often think it is a normal part of life that they just have to tolerate.

You can read about that here;
http://blog.blanknoise.org/

The classicly good looking bengali artist/poet dude was not imaginary.

Jealous much? What – are you short, patla and saundarya-heen or something?

Don’t bother responding to my comment. Just read it, check out the site referred to, and get on with your life.

In India I pay no mind to Rinkus and Pinkus like you and I see no reason I should start paying that sector any mind here.

Ma, bhein, bibi habe na?