Was Adam made for Eve only, or for Steve also?

The hungama surrounding the reading down of article 377 by the Delhi High Court has been selling like a hot cake in e-media. Kuchh bhi kaho- it has divided the country down the middle inviting sharp reactions from different walks of life.

It was sheer fun to watch Suhel Seth shouting his sh** out on the custodians of Indian religions (they claim so!!! ) couple of days ago on one of the news channels. Suhel baba, calm down. You don’t need to call them “bizarre’!
Is it really to do with the larger question of whether India is ready to come to terms with ‘modern’ times? I don’t know. But hearing the arguments and counter arguments on whether it is ‘ok’ to decriminalize consensual sex between two adults of same sex, I was left scratching my head. Well, did not really find anything ‘convincing’. So thought of just sitting back and waiting for the next round of hearing at the apex court.

However, personally I feel it was too early/premature for the Naaz folks to celebrate the way they did. At the very outset, it looked like a welcome move by the Delhi high court. But then the parade was little too over-the-top, as if a nation got freedom from a foreign reign.

Whatever an adult (defined legally in India) does inside his/her bedroom should NOT be anyone’s business! But then, getting on to the street to go ga-ga over the private life was little too much. I am not quite sure whether homosexuality gets sanction from any religious code of conduct(?). But nothing legal should not write off an adult of his/her choice.

It was so funny to hear the astrologer guy (some Kaushal from delhi) who has filed the recent petition against the ruling (it seems to be his 30 seconds to fame). He said and I quote “even animals do get indulged in this kind of act”..wow what a piece of wisdom. He apparently means human beings should do what animals do…..God bless him. By the way, animals don’t care for mothers and sisters when it comes to sex. Doesn’t Mr Kaushal know that?

Baba Ram dev (another wise man on the planet) considers homosexuality as a disease..wow, baba, now you get another chance to sell your medicines (?)…are these people feeling insecure??? Baba, you cannot weed out a set of people that you are uncomfortable with. By the way, is celibacy a ‘good’ thing? Isn’t it unnatural?
Look what Mahabharata says, “repay your debt to your ancestors by procreating”. And it was so big a statement that in case of Pandu, it was expected and ok to send his wife to a stranger to get impregnated by him.


Religion seems to be having headway into anything and everything in this country. Well am not surprised any longer. But then we have to say at some point in time that it’s enough. Give the progressive Indians a break. How can a religion (which one has not chosen for him/herself as his/her identity) govern everything about someone’s life. Forget about its take on homosexuality. It’s been there in every sphere of one’s life. Why can’t we just let religion alone as a ‘belief’. And moral policing??? Boy oh boy!!! This country has millions of such people. The Managalore pub incident is still fresh in people’s memory. A bunch of people will decide whether a girl should or should not go to a pub!!! What rubbish!!!
I don’t have a problem with who the other guy is sleeping with as long as that not hampering my life. And hey, on a lighter note- I think India should promote this same sex marriage. I think that’s the only solution for growing population (am sure many would agree that population is the root cause of all the problem in India, at least the health minister who feels that people should delay marriage and people should remain awake watching TV in order to stay away from bed as much as possible !!!)

The real question here is not whether gayness is a disease or not, socially acceptable or not. The courts judgment had nothing to do with that. It's about individual liberty: can the government tell you where to stick your junk? Time has changed (or let me say- is changing). So everything else has to alter in order to maintain pace. It’s as simple as that.