What ??? No kissing in India?

well that sucks. i guess they will have to fine me a million dollars cause i am going to break the law every time i kiss my girl. seriously though that is stupid. I understand Indians have very high systems where even marital couples cannot enjoy the sanctity of marriage which i find absurd honestly. the best solution is to not care. its a stupid law if it is one and i for one would hate it for the government telling me how to live my love life. INDIA GET OVER THOSE STUPID TRADITIONS BUT AT THE SAME TIME DONT SELL YOURSELF TO THE WESTERN CULTURE EITHER.

I think it is not modest for them even in indian films it's looked down upon have you seen Jab We Met? there was a huge contorversey against their kiss

I could not believe it either. I am not an Indian but I am wondering why it is so? Kissing is an expression of love especially for married couples. Then why it is being prohibited? I wanna know the reasons, too.

"No kissing, please, we are Indians"- is an old aunt's story. No body says like that at least in today's social milieu. Now, the report that kissing which bears more sexuality and less friendliness and that too lip to lip in the open place is surely not accepted easily. But if a foreigner visits India and exchange kisses more in the flying nature or at the best it could be on the cheek is not taken as an offense. What you got is an hyperbolic version of the true fact. And you know it better that people from outside sees the negatives more and the positives less. And this is a common human nature. Before you jump into any conclusion about India please do not forget the vastness of the country and how each state is different from one another. Be it language, culture, festivals, rituals, customs, creeds, values all differ from state to state even if not in toto in the large scale. That India is still one Nation with so much of varieties itself a wonder. Each state has the capability to remain as a sovereign nation. Hence is such circumstance would not it be too rude to draw a conclusion? Hope You got my point.

Human behavior depends upon the culture and community of that particular country. Indians think kissing is western culture. so they shake your hand when they meet new persons.

hmmmmm,,,, really.. well maybe that country is conservative, strictly no PDA ( public displaying of affection). its a kind a silly to hear about it though.

Yes this is very hard to believe . Personally i think there's nothing wrong with it, babies are used to their parents kissing them. It should cause no problem.

Kissing in public is very very rare here in India. I have travelled widely here, but I have not met any culture where couple smooch in public. I live in Delhi which is supposed to be 'westernised' compared to other places, but even here kissing in public is hardly seen. At the most one may see couple kiss in parks. There is official ban imposed, as far as my knowledge is concerned. I don't know why that Israeli couple was fined. But recently there has been a some bands that literally force people not to show love in public, specially unmarried people. They say it is not Indian culture. These people behave as if they own India. They are able to do this way because the political party BJP supports them. The newspaper is reporting that this militant bands function only in those states ruled by BJP. I the paper is right.

I am an Indian. I think the story of fining an Israeli couple by a court of law is pure BS. No court of law in India can fine me for kissing someone. I can kiss someone in public but not a lip to lip kiss.

Hello friend, I know that it is hard for you people to understand these things. Actually, the Indians are traditionally very cultured and our mythologies are such that this kind of act is not favored. We have century-old cultures, which the European or the American people don't have, so it is difficult to understand for them. Hence, publicly kissing is taboo here in India and even though we are modernizing, it does not mean that we will leave our culture.

I even can not to believe it.Is India not a culture of open country ?Is is really sounds very strange to me and to others.I think a kiss between a couple is a very normal thing.It is a way to expression of feeling between a couple.I think the government's approach is wrong.Maybe the Israeli couple will very strange because the have fined 22$ by court for kissing..

I've been in india when i first time visit the land of my bf, his an indian.. The country is conservative, and great to know that india is giving importance and preserving its culture,..Its just matter of respect one's culture..if ur in other land try to respect what culture they have..kising anyway is better to do in private..

India is a very cultured country. In India people will respect the Women. Now a days all the students are learning new culture from other countries. By learning this culture Indian culture is corrupted. So please save the Indian culture. Don't spoil the Indian culture. Other country people don't use u r culture in India.

May be taboo for them. Almost Asian's country have not allow about kissing. Because kissing is not a culture at there.

I think culture differs from person to person and from country to country. There are many things which are prohibited in the islamic countries but are easily doable in the wesern countries. So lets not make a fuzz about it and enjoy ourselves.