Homosexuality in India

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In 1989 I spent 5 weeks in India to explore this fascinating and dramatic Country. It was even back then very common to see 2 men holding hands or embracing, but of course had nothing to do (at least officially...) with being gay.

Also in Southern Mediterranean Country straight (apparently...) men if not holding hands can be quite affectionate to each other, but it's part of a not specified code of machismo and men-bonding.

[+ Charlie]

In India, it's not uncommon to see men and boys walking down the street holding hands or with arms around one another, especially in rural areas, but a similar PDA between a man and a woman is considered vulgar and almost never seen.

[kevininsa]

Found the entire short film at http://vimeo.com/26463502. I found it very enjoyable. It's about 23 minutes long.

[Lookin]

It's been more than forty years, but I still remember the first time an Indian friend took my hand walking down the street. I was firmly closeted, and he was straight with no inkling that I found his best friend (think an Indian Russ Tamblyn) extremely attractive.

 

My first thought was to pull my hand away (People will think we're gay!), followed immediately by my second thought (If I pull away, he'll think I'm rude.), followed by my third thought (He's expressing his friendship and that's what I'm going to do as well.). All three thoughts took place within a second and I continued walking down the street holding his hand.

 

But I couldn't help thinking how odd it was that the straight guy was very comfortable holding hands and the gay guy wasn't.

 

Of course, no one else paid the slightest attention.

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It's top ten for me... significant at LEAST to the public~ Replace the concept of "widow" with "Gay"...Here is the info~: "Water (Hindi: वाटर), is a 2005 Canadian film directed and written by Deepa Mehta, with the dialog translated to Hindi with the assistance of Anurag Kashyap. It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi, India. The film is also the third part of Mehta's Elements trilogy. It was preceded by Fire (1996) and Earth (1998). Author Bapsi Sidhwa wrote the 2006 novel based upon the film, Water: A Novel, published by Milkweed Press. Sidhwa's earlier novel, Cracking India was the basis for Earth, the second film in the trilogy. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was honoured with the Opening Night Gala, and was released across Canada in November of that year. It was first released in India on 9 March 2007.[3]

The film stars Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, and Sarala Kariyawasam in pivotal roles and Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Raghuvir Yadav, and Vinay Pathak in supporting roles. The songs for the film were composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Sukhwinder Singh and Raqeeb Alam and the background score was composed by Mychael Danna. Cinematography is by Giles Nuttgens, who has worked with Deepa Mehta on several of her films.

 

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It's been more than forty years, but I still remember the first time an Indian friend took my hand walking down the street. I was firmly closeted, and he was straight with no inkling that I found his best friend (think an Indian Russ Tamblyn) extremely attractive.

 

My first thought was to pull my hand away (People will think we're gay!), followed immediately by my second thought (If I pull away, he'll think I'm rude.), followed by my third thought (He's expressing his friendship and that's what I'm going to do as well.). All three thoughts took place within a second and I continued walking down the street holding his hand.

 

But I couldn't help thinking how odd it was that the straight guy was very comfortable holding hands and the gay guy wasn't.

 

Of course, no one else paid the slightest attention.

[bcohen7719]

Found the entire short film at http://vimeo.com/26463502. I found it very enjoyable. It's about 23 minutes long.

 

Kevininsa:

 

This was very, very considerate of you!

 

Many thanks!

 

BC

[Samai139]

Men holding hands with each other was common in the West African countries where I lived and worked. There were expatriates from South Asia and Eastern Europe as well and after the initial "culture shock" I adapted quiickly to the idea that I could have a non-sexual friendship with another man, hold his hand in public and no one would think a thing about it. I miss that physical contact here in the USA. Even the acceptable shaking of hands amongst Americans tends to be brief, lacking any warmth---I remember hearing "talking heads" on tv making fun of politicians who would use the double shake when campaigning. Close contact with another person makes most Americans uncomfortable, unless a sexual motivation is intended, Sad, IMHO.