The infamous kiss between Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty

Now that the summons are out from the Rajasthan High Court for Richard Gere's arrest, i am left wondering as to where these 'fast-track' courts are when we really need them...when a girl has been raped...when a women gets molested in a crowd..Where are all these courts and these so-called culture police?? Why don't they react to the fact that 50% of Indian children are victims of child abuse? Why don't they fight for child rights?

What I fail to comprehend is that why has the court which is supposed to be much more broad minded then the remaining people, send out summons to Gere knowing very well that he didn't force anything upon Miss Shetty and inspite of Miss Shetty's all out support for Gere. What was the High court of Rajasthan trying to prove through this judgement??

The fact remains that Gere or no Gere, Indian culture is eroding at a pace faster than that of the glacier of Gangotri!! So why make a big hullabaloo about a psuedo kiss that happened between two celebrities? Don't we have better things to concentrate on?

Richard Gere has been working in India for the past decade and is perhaps one of the earliest members who triggered the HIV-AIDS campaign in India, a country which was being ravaged by this disease silently a decade ago. Heroes Foundation was a brain child of this man. Heroes Project is a national initiative launched in July 2004, by Richard Gere and Parmeshwar Godrej to work with media organisations and societal leaders in India. It seeks to develop co-ordinated campaigns to address the spread of HIV/AIDS, and reduce stigma and discrimination by educating the public and advocating for change in policies.

So here is a man who comes down to our country to do some NATIONAL good and here we are making a hue and cry over some insignificant issue. Is it that we are bored? Or is it there is just no news to fill the prime spots in 24/7 News channel thus every small thing becomes a national news?

We made a hue and cry over the treatment being meted out to Shetty during her participation in Big Brother on grounds of racism. I have a question to ask. Aren't we being racial too? Would the RSS have reacted in the same manner if the same scene had happened between Shilpa Shetty and Amitabh Bacchan? Or maybe with a Shahrukh Khan?

For heavens sake there are a 100 people out there who tarnish Indian culture? Where were these courts when the historic monuments were being raped by 'majnus'? Or when some media houses bring out some really insulting defamatory advertisements?

THINK ABOUT IT!!! HOW INDIAN ARE WE REALLY??

Cheers!
Priya