Comments on: Tonsil Hockey http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kama sutrani http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/comment-page-2/#comment-47050 kama sutrani Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:20:04 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3012#comment-47050 <p>test</p> test

]]> By: nelpus http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-46945 nelpus Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:25:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3012#comment-46945 <p>whoop!</p> whoop!

]]> By: Shelley http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-46937 Shelley Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:06:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3012#comment-46937 <p>Thats interesting to know:) We shouldnt let go of our heritage!</p> Thats interesting to know:) We shouldnt let go of our heritage!

]]> By: Amrita http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-46926 Amrita Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:40:48 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3012#comment-46926 <p>Ros: I think it was actually the British who established the censorship of kissing on screen in India: http://www.himalmag.com/99Sep/kiss.htm</p> <p>Madhu: When I told my mom about this post, she was so happy that India may have contributed to the origins of kissing. Who knew this could bring so much joy?:) Her first thought was to blame the British for the present-day reluctance in India to kiss in public...</p> <p>Jai: Indians weren't exactly able to freely kiss in public during Mughal times either, y'know.....</p> <p>Yup, just population control.</p> Ros: I think it was actually the British who established the censorship of kissing on screen in India: http://www.himalmag.com/99Sep/kiss.htm

Madhu: When I told my mom about this post, she was so happy that India may have contributed to the origins of kissing. Who knew this could bring so much joy?:) Her first thought was to blame the British for the present-day reluctance in India to kiss in public…

Jai: Indians weren’t exactly able to freely kiss in public during Mughal times either, y’know…..

Yup, just population control.

]]> By: SMR http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-46872 SMR Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:38:16 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3012#comment-46872 <p><i>If you saw Bombay film industry (Bollywood) movies from early days (I think till 1940s - I am not sure), kissing on screen was very common.</i></p> <p>I dont think movies back then (with some exceptions) had the mass appeal that Bollywood started to have from the late 60s - they were movies not for the "masses" but for the "classes." I can't imagine that more than a small % of people understood the highfalutin urdu in some of those older movies.</p> If you saw Bombay film industry (Bollywood) movies from early days (I think till 1940s – I am not sure), kissing on screen was very common.

I dont think movies back then (with some exceptions) had the mass appeal that Bollywood started to have from the late 60s – they were movies not for the “masses” but for the “classes.” I can’t imagine that more than a small % of people understood the highfalutin urdu in some of those older movies.

]]> By: Divya. http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-46869 Divya. Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:01:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3012#comment-46869 <blockquote>If you saw Bombay film industry (Bollywood) movies from early days (I think till 1940s - I am not sure), kissing on screen was very common.</blockquote> <p>Kush - I've seen movies from the 50's (I think) - Pyaasa, Shri 420, etc. They had a lot of style back then. So if there was kissing in the 40's, I'm sure it would not have been the squirm-inducing kind that I happened to see recently. RDB had a mild, tentative kiss which blended in well. Sooner or later they'll get it right and spare us the heaving bosoms and drama.</p> If you saw Bombay film industry (Bollywood) movies from early days (I think till 1940s – I am not sure), kissing on screen was very common.

Kush – I’ve seen movies from the 50′s (I think) – Pyaasa, Shri 420, etc. They had a lot of style back then. So if there was kissing in the 40′s, I’m sure it would not have been the squirm-inducing kind that I happened to see recently. RDB had a mild, tentative kiss which blended in well. Sooner or later they’ll get it right and spare us the heaving bosoms and drama.

]]> By: for_debauchery_in_ cartoons http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-46860 for_debauchery_in_ cartoons Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:27:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3012#comment-46860 <p><i> I saw my first Bollywood kiss about 2 months ago and I'm still creeped out from that. I think they need to get over their self-consciousness before they can get it right.</i></p> <p>Its not as if you can see people kissing each other in India out on the streets. The whole society is ridiculously prudish.</p> I saw my first Bollywood kiss about 2 months ago and I’m still creeped out from that. I think they need to get over their self-consciousness before they can get it right.

Its not as if you can see people kissing each other in India out on the streets. The whole society is ridiculously prudish.

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-46855 Manish Vij Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:21:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3012#comment-46855 <p><a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/002796.html">Bollywood kisses galore</a>.</p> Bollywood kisses galore.

]]> By: Kush Tandon http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-46853 Kush Tandon Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:16:54 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3012#comment-46853 <p>"I saw my first Bollywood kiss about 2 months ago and I'm still creeped out from that."</p> <p>Divya,</p> <p>If you saw Bombay film industry (Bollywood) movies from early days (I think till 1940s - I am not sure), kissing on screen was very common. On the web, you will find many examples or history of Indian cinema books.</p> <p>It was a self-imposed rule when the movie makers said that kissing on screen was a foriegn concept.</p> “I saw my first Bollywood kiss about 2 months ago and I’m still creeped out from that.”

Divya,

If you saw Bombay film industry (Bollywood) movies from early days (I think till 1940s – I am not sure), kissing on screen was very common. On the web, you will find many examples or history of Indian cinema books.

It was a self-imposed rule when the movie makers said that kissing on screen was a foriegn concept.

]]> By: Expose http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/14/tonsil_hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-46838 Expose Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:50:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3012#comment-46838 <p>I grew up in India. However, I do have family in California and some of their progeny is in the state's school system or will soon be. Also, my wife and I are planning to have little Exposes and Exposis soon. While at present we don't reside in the golden state, but at some time in the future we very well may. So to answer Abhi - I have a legitimate and humongously vested interest in the ongoing slugfest. Don't you think?</p> I grew up in India. However, I do have family in California and some of their progeny is in the state’s school system or will soon be. Also, my wife and I are planning to have little Exposes and Exposis soon. While at present we don’t reside in the golden state, but at some time in the future we very well may. So to answer Abhi – I have a legitimate and humongously vested interest in the ongoing slugfest. Don’t you think?

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