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Sex and Navratri: 43 short stories

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Posted: Oct 02, 2012 at 1032 hrs IST

My colleague Brian received this message in his email box today:

Dear Sir,

I would like to bring to your notice one interesting issue in India. I hope that this news will be of great entertainment to peoples of your country.

There is increase in sexual activities during Hindu religious annual 9 night’s festival Navratri in Gujarat and Mumbai. Please go through the links on my blog to read and watch news video on this topic which has appeared in the Indian media during past few years.

I request you to expose this issue in your media during this year Navratri (October 16, 2012 to October 24, 2012). You can also repeat this issue every year during September/October during Navratri.

Thanks & Best Regards,

Mahendra Gavade

Mr. Gavade, consider it done.

For readers who are unfamiliar with Navratri, here’s an excerpt from a 2007 story, which is included among the items on the Navratri blog. You may notice a similarity among many of the other stories posted on the site. The meta journalism lesson is that you really can write the same story over and over.

Parents in western India are hiring private detectives to spy on their teenage children during a nine-day Hindu festival when late-night dance celebrations attract tens of thousands of youngsters. “It is strange to pay someone to keep a night watch on my daughters but it is better than regretting later,” said S. Doshi, a 42-year-old mother of two girls, aged 17 and 19. Doshi used a detective agency to keep a vigil on her daughters, who dress up in revealing clothes every night and hop across several dance venues, eat and go for long drives with their friends. “Children can do anything. Drugs, unprotected sex and bad company are my main worry,” said Doshi, a resident of Ahmedabad, the main city of the western state of Gujarat.

Search the blog for other eternal trend stories about Navratri (abortions increase after Navratri, more girls are brazenly buying condoms, parents are using spyware to track the kids… it’s almost as rewarding a narrative as the history of aggressive monkeys in New Delhi.)

By Robert MacMillan

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saale Robert MacMillan by dhr on 04 Nov 2012

hey Robert MacMillan madar..... wat da .... do u mean saale madar chod leave our culture and heritage alone.....u ass hole dont have da fucking courage to mention your own name bt trying 2 be a B grade hero asshole.....just leave us alone u moth.. f...... no one in da wrld hs da ryt 2 to point fingers on religions

Mr by Ashanti on 22 Oct 2012

Just to defame and insult the culture. Write anything about other religions and then see ie Islam or Sikh religion. Things happen in every religion why pick just Hindu's and make them 'But' of the joke in derogatory manner.

Sex and Navratri:43 Short Stories... by Kippo on 02 Oct 2012

What kind of news article is this? It's not newsworthy, and it's obviously there to cause a stir. Please leave our cultural and religious heritage alone... and do not pander to the miniscule minds of the minorities...(ie. those who do not like India's culture and heritage..)...

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