Thursday, June 17, 2010

Porn and Popcorn

Weird thing I noticed today.

I had some time to kill at the Sangli railway station, so I was loafing around. I went to the bookshop brimming with curiosity, and what does five seconds of standing there reveal? Magazines of various names and sizes, brimming (yes, nice word, innit) with pictures of voluptuous women in compromising poses.

Yes, with titles like 'Chulbuli kahaniyan', 'Yauvan ka josh' and lots of other colorful stuff that has slipped my obviously geriatric mind.

Hmmm..

The other day, I needed to go to a cyber cafe in Solapur and all people directed me to one 'Balaji' Cyber cafe like it was the Victoria Memorial. And it did turn out to be quite a place. It was buzzing with youngsters, rather - boys. It was like their regular adda spot. They were playing games on LAN, surfing (one can only imagine what) and generally hanging around and smoking.
Life in these little towns is changing. They are probably at a phase in their evolutionary cycle where the Metros were fifteen years back.

But while some things change, some remain just the same. And one of them is the maybe-uniquely-Indian adult obsession with soft-pornography.

5 comments:

Gaurav Parab said...

In the life of a adolescent boy, and this is strictly based on what I have heard, the cyber cafe is an institution in itself.

Yogesh said...

Ah memories!

But me not likes a girl spying on soon-to-be-men boys :D

Shreya said...

@Men - I am aware of that singular attraction of the cyber cafe. Maybe through personal experience even. Girls are curious too :D
And I do not spy. At least not on men I don't know D

Da Rodent said...

What is growing up without some porn :P

Karan said...

porno is like education,or continuous learning.much like sportspersons have to adapt their techniques to the changing demands of the game, we 'players' have to know whats the latest in the market to mainain our competitive advantages. And what to do when there is no comp/electricity at home :)