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.
Humorless idiots. No shortage of them all around the world.
Tina as Kali. Cool.
I'm not touching THAT one, either!!!!
Boy howdy did this conversation go down hill fast! Thanks for the grins!
Look...all I know is that I didn't start it...
>>I thought your deities were IN your skivvies......
That's the Lazman.
False Gods..
Lets let swarthyguy end it! Now Laz has to respond!
I'm done....y'all have a great 4th...
Ike better watch his @ss!
Listen, sister, let the spirit of Shiva enter you, yeah, that's it, just say Om, ....beats church, doesn't it....
Gotham humor, perfect.
I'm getting an early start on holiday festivities ;-)
Good heavens! I had to see it to believe it! Just when you think things can't get more outrageous.
Spirit of what??? Who? I think I'll let the spirit of Budweiser in. Yeah that'll be good!
Well not only mainly Muslims but also Christian nuns,priests&commoners+ lower caste folks have been killed,raped or assaulted by the VHP&its sister organisation-the Bajrang Dal.For most sane Indians the VHP is a queer cross between a high voltage version of the KKK&mild Islamic terror(if there exists anything like moderation in Islam!!!!!!!).
A few years ago their slogan went something along the lines-
"First the Muslims,then the Christians".
These guys are real nuts-during the Gujarat riots of 2002-there were confirmed reports of their mobs tearing upon the wombs of pregnant Muslim women&burning the Foetus-such was the extent of the carnage-U'd have to be in India to understand the horror it arose-though many Muslim organisations tried to make propaganda out of it-the fact is it left rational thinking Hindus(who constitute over 85%) wanting to puke.
If u hate the Slammies that's fine -but trying to understand elements which are willing Slammic savagery on anyone who opposes them-is senseless.
From a conservative Christian in India
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