Mad-ras!

A few days back, Dinamalar splashed pictures of a couple passionately kissing each other, causing an uproar here in Singara Chennai. Another picture was of a girl with a bottle of beer in her hand. And honestly, I dont see anything wrong in that. This is invasion of privacy, in its most ugliest form. Apparently the Commissioner has issued a notice ordering a three-month closure of the hotel. The police claim that the hotel was not licensed to serve liquor in the first place. And for a fact, I know that the hotel has a pub ( Leather Bar) as well as a disco ( Pasha) both of which have been in the business for longer than I can remember. I guess their response has more to do with containing the voices condemning such obscene incidents than anything else. And just a few days back, The Deccan Chronicle came out with a photo of the Commissioner of Police, Chennai's son happily partying away late in the night. That pic was titled something like "One rule for Policemen, one rule for the rest"

I have tried to get some news links on all these, and have been searching on the net for quite a while now...with no luck. Will add them on soon.

Back to the story. Coming in the wake of recent comments by actress Khushboo, ( about pre-marital sex) this prompts us to think along the lines of invasion of privacy, misuse of the freedom of the press and what next ? Khushboo was just just expressing her views on 'pre-marital sex in Chennai'. She said that all the taboo about pre-marital sex was a thing of the past, and people wouldnt mind marrying even if they know that their partner was not a virgin. As expected, public activists and politicians blew the issue out of proportion and made some 'news grabbing' out of it.

I have to admit, Chennai is still conservative. But we could do without such uninspired and unimaginative journalism.