On a night long long ago (oh well, it was in Dec of ‘05), I read my Bible before sleeping. There was some stuff on Virginity that touched me enough to post about it the next day. Which I did. End of story?
Almost.
Thanks to Google, my post is picked by earlier this year by an atheist, who slams my views and starts a blog war. And tons of post all over the desi blogosphere about whether desi girls were having sex or not, about virginity in general and seemingly every tangential topic under the sun.
I submitted my first article to the Hindustan Times a while back. The ed called me just before it was frozen for publication asking what my byline should read. “Write whatever you like, whatever you think of me” I told him. “Well, I can’t write the first thing that comes to my mind about you is” he says. I am now intrigued! “What is the first thing that come to your mind about me??” I ask.
“Naturally,” he says, “that you’re a virgin”.
Wha-@#*$-huh???
I somehow just do not get it: what is the fascination is with my sex life, or rather the lack of it?
Within just the last week, several references were made to it:
Close friend: You know, she’s telling people she doesn’t believe you’re a virgin!
Me: Why should I care? I am answerable to only God and myself. Even if I was a saint (which I’m not) people would talk about me anyway.
Another time, two friends discuss me, in front of me:
Boy X: You know you’re not getting any from her
Boy Y: Of course I know. She’s the most famous virgin in India.
My very First (!!) conversation with happening blogger on gTalk:
Happening blogger: So you are a virgin for religious reasons is it?
Me: there we go again! Everyone wants to talk about my bloody virginity
Same blogger later on in the talk:
Me: Yesterday someone said that I am the most famous virgin in India
Happening blogger: Nope. That would be Mother Teresa.
Happening Blogger is a non Catholic. I am suitably shut up. I hope everyone else is too.
— Update —
Further to this post, some more jokes! Some are just not man enough to post their “funnies” here directly.
plus, An Oriental Eye Test
Kapil tells us to observe this image and try to decipher what’s written.
If (like me) you still can’t make out what’s written; try pulling the corner of your eyes to make them look like those of a Chinese person.
Makes me wonder what is this newest find saying about me!
Tags: Atheist, Bible, Blogger, Desi-Girls, Google, India, Mother-Teresa, Religion, Sex, Virgin, Virginity
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November 13th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Ah! Mel no is fascinated with your sex life. They are just fascinated with you.
November 13th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Salutations to your virginity for it feeds you with so much to blog in here and entertain we all readers.
November 13th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Hi,
Why this post. If you don’t want to discuss your sex life why write a post on it and add fuel to it. And you say an atheist picked up your post and slammed you. [As if being an atheist is a sin.]
Sex is personal, this I think is what you also believe, and so is being a believer or non-believer.
Why not believe in “be and let be” as long as one is not a threat to you.
Enjoy sex or enjoy not having sex, whatever. But please do not use words that identify a large community and kind of people to accuse some one [in this cae the blogger who slammed you].
November 13th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
By the way [I start this para like this but it's not a by the way] you have a nice, happening blog. Bye
November 13th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Wow and I thought my good eye site was because of all the carrots I was forced to eat, thanks Kapil, I now know the real reason.
November 14th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Oriental Eye Test
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You know now what one needs to do if one still can’t read it ! lol
November 14th, 2007 at 10:56 am
@ Kapil: Glad to be of entertainment value!
@ Pritam: The blogger who slammed me, declares the fact that she IS an atheist very openly in her post & in fact posts from the atheist’s point of view (one of her posts slamming me is titled “An Atheist’s Rant”), so it’s not me giving “titles” to anyone.
“Why not believe in “be and let be””
My reasoning exactly!
Oh absolutely
Since it’s your first time here, welcome to TVIMH
Glad you like it! Cya around!
November 14th, 2007 at 10:58 am
@ Ravi: hmmm! Btw, I edited your comment so that others can try it out for themselves without seeing the answer directly!
November 14th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Oriental Eye Test : I got it; closes your eyes and open it a little and look at the object. Hint : It has something to do with sex and eyes.
November 14th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
hmmm…. can’t say much abtt his one.. as in my book.. its all immaterial!!
take a chill pill and relax!!
November 15th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
@ sam: “take a chill pill and relax!!” Chill pill, cold shower, it’s all the same
November 18th, 2007 at 3:29 am
lolzzz….. how abt a hot chocolate after the shower? even a mug of the balck coffee wud do…
November 29th, 2007 at 10:40 am
December 4th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
I must say, this has been quite entertaining — the blog war and constant references to your virginity