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Travel into Central India, the Madhya laaga devar se… pao bhar rabdi khila more
Bharat region where there are river banks. devar pa ban jaaungi teri lugai re… dheere
The temples there attract naaga sadhus dheere khatiya khisakakar more devara
who roam around with two or three utha jaayega tera bhai re… the song goes
followers wanting money, and of course on. I wonder what bhaiya feels about this.
free meals etc… There is a whole treaties This is a song that is sung in Central India
of naaga sadhus, their origin, the naked during weddings with great abundance.
Shaivite aesthetics believe to be a part of In today’s urban society, there is the non-
a cult started by Adi Shankaracharya in veg joke and at any gathering one would
the 8th century. The naaga sadhus usually listen to. “Thoda non-veg joke hai, yeh
smoke ganja, consume bhaang and opium, chalega?” And it became a very accepted
and in true Shaivite tradition they are thing at dinner parties and groups of ladies
accorded the respect of having the first dip would sometimes tell each other. The term
in the Ganges during the shaahi snaan. The non-veg is a far more appropriate label
narcotics department dare not get into their than a dirty joke. However, WhatsApp has
akhadas. Let’s take a trip to the Khajuraho changed all that and now nobody needs to
temples. Built in the years, 885 to 1000 AD, tell a non-veg joke.
these temples can put Playboy and Playgirl There isn’t such a media storm around
to shame. Every conceivable position and Ranveer’s naked pictures, given how
act of sex is there for all to see. How does easily the media can work itself up into a
one define Indian culture with its very lather about the most trivial things. Just
broad outlook to sex and sensuality? two complaints. I hope Ranveer is not
Let’s look at our folklore. Listen to some disappointed. I wonder how this will end,
of the Bhojpuri songs on the net where the simple answer is: you no like, you no
the devar is happily banging away at see.
his Bhabhi: Badi chatur bhaujai re man
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