Porn thrives in the underground heart of New Delhi

New Delhi, November 30, 2006. - The prohibition of pornography in India has failed to hide the growing sexual openness of the urban classes, eager for an eroticism that has found its greatest icon in the inflatable dolls illegal markets in New Delhi .
Despite the image of India as the cradle of the "Kamasutra" in Indian society actually is, according to Efe the country's most famous sexologist, Dr. Prakash Kothari, "conservative" and the sexual revolution is just landing between youth in large cities.
"As demonstrated by the tradition, says the doctor, India was a sexually open country before being invaded (by Muslims) in the thirteenth century and then spent a lot of time in which sex has lived as a taboo."
Although Kothari underscores the progressive sexual openness in urban areas in the country there is a censor committee responsible for removing any scene from the movies considered "offensive", which includes sex and nudity.
In 2002, however, a controversy erupted when the head of the committee at that time, Vijay Anand, proposed the legalization of "porn" in theaters specifically enabled.
"Everyone agrees the 'porno' in a clandestine manner, so the best way to combat the proliferation of films in cinemas projecting X is expressly authorized," said Anand shortly before having to resign.
For Kothari, the prohibition of pornography "is required when there is no adequate sex education", but the doctor recognizes that the advent of new technologies have made ​​censorship something "useless".
In fact, Indians consumed "porn" massively, according to a survey released by the magazine "India Today", the findings show that 78 percent of the youth of the city of Ludhiana in northern Punjab, recognize the use of pornographic material.
Ludhiana, where 63 percent of men admit to having had sex with prostitutes, is the capital of pornography and pandering, but the best description of "porn" Indian is in the heart of New Delhi in the central square of Connaught Place.
In Connaught Place there is an underground market called "Palika Bazaar", where the clothing and textile jobs coexist with trendy electronics, movies "top manta" and quietly hiss of the merchants of pornography.
Any tourist who walk through "Palika Bazaar" will notice right away that many Indians whisper "Kya chahiye? Kya chalega, porn, porn, porn, "which means, in the peculiar mixture of Hindi and English known as" Hinglish "," What do you want? Come with me, porno, porno, porno. "
Although their products are prohibited by law, pornography stores, theoretically secret, openly displayed his wares, his films and also the latest in India, sex toys from China.
The toys ranging from vibrators and dildos to inflatable dolls, which he said a newspaper seller "The Times of India" are the most requested items, with an average sale of around 15 units per store per month.
Far from condemning the sexual items, Dr. Kothari applauds its use, based on the teachings of the "Kamasutra", where they are considered a good complement for pleasure.
"Condoms promote infidelity says-while masturbation and the use of these devices are an effective method to control the two major problems in India, which are AIDS and the unbridled growth of the population."
According to the doctor, the most important is sex education in a country where there is "rampant misinformation" and where a man gave notice to the police to discover that her neighbor was alone in the house "with a man."

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