Three million long-haul truckers traverse India's 8,000-kilometer highway network for months at a time. According to studies, more than
two-thirds of those men are having frequent
unprotected sex, and
it's a big problem. Seena Taan Ke is a
campaign that's underway to create AIDS/HIV awareness among the truckers, featuring Bollywood celebrities as well as Hollywood celebrity
Richard Gere. It's a good thing for a good cause. Well, up until Richard got a little frisky onstage and
planted some kisses on Big Brother winner/Bollywood star
Shilpa Shetty. Crowds of Indians are now burning effigies of both
Gere and
Shetty in protest.
"Such a public display is not part of Indian tradition." said the spokesman for Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata. Well, so much for AIDS awareness for truckers.
posted by miss lynnster
on Apr 16, 2007 -
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Apologies come from the top Queensland, Australia: "QUEENSLAND'S elite anti-terrorism police will no longer use photos of real people in target practice after concerns were raised by indigenous and civil liberties groups." Dp the police have the right to use someone's mugshot for target practice, without permission or consent?
posted by skinsuit
on Jul 7, 2003 -
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