Holy bikinis, Batman!
Posted on 07/02/2004 8:53:35 AM PDT by Stoat
GODHRA: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday protested in Godhra town against lingerie emblazoned with Hindu deities. The lingerie, which inspired various international designers in UK and US, had already met with massive protests from Hindu groups on displaying their culture in derogatory and bad taste.
The undergarments, with images of what looks like Lord Vishnu, Lord Ram and Lord Krishna were originally designed by Italian designer Roberto Cavalli earlier this year.
The lingerie is being sold openly on the streets in Godhra which sparked statewide riots in Gujarat in 2002 killing nearly 1,000 people, mainly Muslims.
VHP activist Rakesh Thakrey expressed anguish at the lingerie being sold in India.
"Earlier the undergarments bearing the images of Hindu gods were being sold in foreign countries. The Hindu groups had protested against this. Then the sale was stopped but now they are trying to sell them off in India. They are trying to make this reach every house," said Thakrey.
Babubhai Patel, another activist, said, "We cannot tolerate this nonsense. Such images of gods and goddesses on undergarments is derogatory. And this is an attack on our culture, we cannot tolerate this insult."
Till now, toilet seat covers, boxes of tissues, shoes, sandals and finger puppets have all been tracked down as bearing "offensive" images, variously of Lord Krishna, Ram, Saraswati and so on.
The campaign comes just months after Britain's increasingly-vocal Hindus protested against a Merchant-Ivory film's plans to cast "sex icon" rock star Tina Turner in the role of Goddess Kali.
Can't say as I blame them. I wouldn't want my deity on my skivvies either.
OH please Tina Turner is hardly a 'sex icon'. She's be perfect. Obviously they've never seen Tommy or Mad Max *LOL*
The years have not been kind to Lady Tina.
Huh? Hopped up on the beeber a tad early, no?
What! have you seen Tina lately? she looks good for someone who has not had any plastic surgery and almost 70. She's been campaigning to play this part for years anyway.
No *lol* Tina has been gunning for this part for a while. It's something she's quite passionate about. I think she'll be great.
"Can't say as I blame them. I wouldn't want my deity on my skivvies either"
Agreed. The article doesn't say this directly, but it does say that "mainly Muslims" were killed in related rioting, so would it be safe to assume that this is a case of Muslim merchants selling this stuff in an intentional attempt to slander and insult another "infidel" religion?
"Doesn't play well with others" is something to consider for the Mohammedans' report cards.
Yeah, but she's no Martha, from "Martha and the Vendellas", now is she?
You know if I had not seen this I would have said you have got to be kidding. I wouldn't dream of purchasing such a garment.
Can't say as I blame them. I wouldn't want my deity on my skivvies either.
ref posts #3 & 14. Nothing like singing from the same hymnal.
Holey bikinis?
What is it that they say about brilliant thinkers?
Obviously you haven't read The DaVinci Code yet. And you live in the country that gave the world Hustler Magazine. And Playboy, and Penthouse, and, and... (Well, so do I.)
Please let us not get too high and mighty with other cultures that we do not fully understand.
I'm not touching that one!
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