Hindustan Times
I find most reality shows revoltingly tacky. When the trend towards reality TV took off abroad over a decade ago, I was horrified. Was Britain really fascinated by a show in which dysfunctional morons were locked up in a house and urged to fight and fornicate? It was, alas, and Big Brother became a huge hit. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Big Brother, Britain, India, Indian culture, Sach Ka Saamna, sex, sex life, sexuality, Slumdog Millionaire
I can’t be the only person to be dismayed by the turn that the Rita Bahuguna Joshi case has taken. Let me say straight out that, like most sensible people, I regard her remarks as deeply reprehensible. Rape cannot become the subject of political jousting. And to talk about the hypothetical rape of any individual is indefensible. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged BSP leaders, Congress rival, Dalit, goondagiri, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav government, Rita Bahuguna Joshi
I was one of those who stood up and cheered when Veerappa Moily suggested last weekend that the government was finally going to begin the process of getting rid of the noxious Section 377 which makes homosexual acts between consenting adults illegal. When the courts decided on Thursday that Section 377 should not apply to consenting adults, I was delighted. But we need to scrap this provision once and for all so there can be no appeal and alternative interpretations by other judges in other high courts. Read more
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged homosexuality, liberal society, Section 377, sex love, Veerappa Moily, vir sanghvi
I was one of those who stood up and cheered when Veerappa Moily suggested last weekend that the government was finally going to begin the process of getting rid of the noxious Section 377 which makes homosexual acts between consenting adults illegal. When the courts decided on Thursday that Section 377 should not apply to consenting adults, I was delighted. But we need to scrap this provision once and for all so there can be no appeal and alternative interpretations by other judges in other high courts. Read more
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Gordon Brown’s British government, homosexuality, sexual orientation, Veerappa Moily, vir sanghvi
