{"id":672,"date":"2007-04-26T17:02:21","date_gmt":"2007-04-26T22:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/richard-gere-inflames-indian-prudes\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T23:53:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T04:53:03","slug":"richard-gere-inflames-indian-prudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/richard-gere-inflames-indian-prudes\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Gere inflames Indian prudes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/khajuraho_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/khajuraho_01-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/khajuraho_01-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/khajuraho_01.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/6596163.stm\">According to the BBC<\/a>, Richard Gere aroused the ire of Indians when he kissed actor Shilpa Shetty on the cheek at a charity event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>An Indian court has issued an arrest warrant for Hollywood actor Richard Gere after he kissed Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty in public.<\/p><p>Gere, 57, kissed Shetty, 31, several times on the cheek at an Aids awareness event in Delhi earlier this month.<\/p><p>The court in Jaipur in Rajasthan state called it &#8220;an obscene act&#8221;, after a local lawyer filed a complaint.<\/p><p>It was not immediately clear how the warrant could affect Gere, who is a frequent visitor to India.<\/p><p>Shetty, who found fame outside India as the winner of Celebrity Big Brother in the UK, has also been asked to appear before the court.<\/p><p>Photographs of the clinch were splashed across front pages of newspapers in India.<\/p><p>Public displays of affection are still largely taboo in India, and protestors in Mumbai (Bombay) set fire to effigies of Gere following the incident.<\/p><p>(from <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/\">BBC News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/6596163.stm\">Gere faces Indian arrest warrant<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think it&#8217;s sad that the culture that gave us the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kamat.com\/kalranga\/erotica\/khaju.htm\">Khajuraho temples<\/a>, which house some of the most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbase.com\/golivelife\/tr_as_in_khajuraho\">beautiful erotic sculptures on Earth<\/a>, is so uptight that they issue arrest warrants for public displays of affection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USA is pretty messed up, as far as our hypocritical neo-Puritan ways are concerned, but at least we aren&#8217;t <em>that<\/em> messed up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the BBC, Richard Gere aroused the ire of Indians when he kissed actor Shilpa Shetty on the cheek at a charity event. 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