Moral Policing in Chennai

Never thought that this will become such a serious issue...

Encroaching on individual freedoms from The Hindu
(This is a must read article. brings up a lot of things I don't which part of it to quote and what to leave out. )
"It is inexplicable that, on the one hand, Chennai wants to position itself as the gateway to the future, a city of information technology parks and a manufacturing hub that will attract money and the best talent from abroad as well as other parts of India. At the same time, it wants to clamp down on everything that has the faintest smell of cosmopolitanism about it. One of the successes of New York or London or Shanghai as cities is that they are all things to all people, and peoples. It is no one's argument that these are the most egalitarian places in the world, but they provide the space and freedom that make these great cities the magnets they are for people from differing social, cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. "
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"How, then, to explain that a significant number of rape victims are minors? Should we now accuse underage girls of provocative behaviour? Has anybody suggested that it is time boys were brought up to think of women differently so that they can respect them regardless of what they wear? Strangely enough, even the Nazi propagandist Goebbels had more progressive views on women than those who talk about a dress code today. Writing in 1934, he argued that men trying to impose prudish moralism on society presumed that others shared their "dirty fantasies." "

But there is someone who still see the humor in the situtaion.

How dare you kiss in Chennai? from Rediff [via Neeraj]

This too is a must read. Gem of a satire.

"No, this is not an adaptation of George Orwell's 1984. This is 2005, and the city is Chennai."

1984 by Orwell, is a must read too.