A kiss can affect relations between India and Pakistan. A couple years ago a furor ensued when prominent Indian author Khuswant Singh planted a party peck on the daughter of the then-Pakistani High Commissioner Ashraf Jehangir Qazi. Qazi scurried off to Islamabad to kiss the feet of then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, explaining that the whole of Pakistan need not be outraged.
A kiss among international celebrities is often given prominent coverage here. Bill Clinton kissing Hillary on the forehead will be an item. Tennis star Andre Agassi likes to plant sweaty, lingering kisses on his wife Steffi Graf between games and victories, and India learns all about it on the front page. When Indian actress Shabana Azmi planted a "freedom kiss" on Nelson Mandela, the media caught it all.
We Indians like to believe that ours is a liberal country, but we don't react any better than Pakistan when our women kiss or are kissed by foreign men. Young, overeager and beautiful actress Padmini Kohlapure sent the tabloids into a tizzy when she went "all the way" with Prince Charles.
Just about the only instances of public kissing here involve foreigners. A crowd of hangers-on will accumulate for a close-up of the action, which can happen on a street or a market place. Some even have a camera ready to take pictures.
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