Bollywood Sex And Nudity

India's censored kisses to be shown for the first time 

A new film festival is to showcase for the first time scenes from Bollywood movies deemed too racy for Indian viewers, including the first attempt at an on-screen kiss, organisers say.

The "Cut-Uncut" festival in New Delhi will feature unedited versions of films which fell foul of the all-powerful Indian censor board that continues to vet movies before their release.

Portrayals of sex, nudity, social unrest and violence can still be kept out of movie halls under India's strict laws that were first drafted in 1952 and later amended in 1983.

In the year of Bollywood's 100-year anniversary, "Cut-Uncut" is being organised by the ministry of information and broadcasting to demonstrate its more open-minded approach, a ministry official said.

"We want to be more liberal, stop enforcing the old rules and instead recognise artistic endeavor," said an official in the ministry, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity.

Until recently, "long kissing scenes, nudity and visuals depicting acts of rebellion against the government" were all censored, he explained.

"With changing times, we want to have a fresh approach. Our aim is to change the old set of censor laws soon."

The festival beginning April 25 will open with a screening of the 1933 classic "Karma" starring Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani, whose onscreen kiss was considered the first in a Bollywood film and was deleted at the time.

A 2004 documentary called the Final Solution, which looks at the highly sensitive subject of Hindu-Muslim religious rioting, will also be shown after it was banned for being "highly provocative."

These days Bollywood is awash with sexually suggestive material and scantily-clad leading ladies, but sex remains a taboo and films showing kissing scenes are given an "adult" certificate limiting them to viewers over 18.

The most popular films remain so-called "masala movies", a mix of violence, romance and comedy for mainstream audiences, but there are more and more filmmakers working to reproduce the gritty reality of India on celluloid.

Star director Dibakar Banerjee ran into trouble last year with the censor board over his film "Shanghai".

He had to delete two scenes depicting violence in the political thriller, including a high-caste character murdering a low-caste victim.

"I hated the idea of deleting the most powerful scenes from my movie but, well, I had to chop them otherwise the movie would have never seen the light of day," he said.

"Censorship has the power to kill the spirit of a film. It's high time the government stops dictating what Indians should be watching," he added.

Anti Rape Lingerie

Indian students invent shock-emitting anti-rape lingerie 

Fed up with waiting for their government to do something about sexual assaults against women, three Indian students have invented anti-rape underwear.

Three Indian engineering students have invented lingerie they say will give sexual predators the shock of their lives if they try to molest women.

The students, all studying engineering in Chennai, have named the product Society Harnessing Equipment (SHE).

SHE comes equipped with GPS, GSM mobile phone network and pressure sensors, Manisha Mohan, one of the inventors, told the Times of India.

It is capable of sending shocks of 3.8 million volts to attackers, as well as alerting parents and police, Mohan said, adding that the shocks can be emitted up to 82 times.

Mohan described it as "an apt device" that gives women "freedom from situations faced in public places," including situations where they are hesitant to go to the police for help.

India has been in the news recently for sexual attacks and violence against women, which shocked the country and the world,and spurred the Indian government to come up with anti-rape legislation.

According to a description of the product on techpedia.in, an electric circuit board is placed near the bosom. A survey showed that is the area first attacked when women are "eve-teased" — a term commonly used in India to describe public molestations or sexual harassment by men —  or raped.

The inside of the lingerie is insulated with a polymer.

The device won a 2013 Gandhian Young Technological Award.

Mohan and the two other inventors, Niladri Basu and Rimpi Tripathy, write on the Techpedia site that they were inspired to make the product after identifying incidents of sexual violence while surveying women's hostels in India.

"Since the lawmakers take ages to come up with just laws and even after that, women are unsafe ... hence, we have initiated the idea of self-defense which protects the women from domestic, social and workplace harassment," they wrote.

The device's shortcomings? According to the trio, SHE needs to be more compact.

They also want to connect the system with a smartphone using Bluetooth wireless transmission in the near future.

How To Have Oral Sex in India

 Bats' Oral Sex Helps Prolong Copulation, Scientists Say

 Male bats perform oral sex on females, apparently to make sex last longer, researchers say.

These findings, the first discovery of male-to-female oral sex in bats, match prior studies revealing that female bats perform fellatio, or oral sex, on male bats.

Scientists analyzed a colony of about 420 Indian flying foxes (Pteropus giganteus) roosting in a single fig tree in southern India, near the village of Nallachampatti. This fruit-eating bat is one of the largest bats in the world.

Over the course of more than 13 months, using binoculars and a video camera, researchers witnessed 57 cases of sex -- oral and intercourse -- usually in the morning.

 "Apart from humans, bats also exhibit oral sex as a courtship behavior," said Ganapathy Marimuthu, a bat researcher at Madurai Kamaraj University in India.

Initially, males groomed their penises to go erect before approaching females. When they gently touched females with their wings, females typically moved away, and males followed.

When the females stopped moving, the males started licking the females’ vaginas -- the act known as cunnilingus. This foreplay may help arouse and lubricate females, the researchers said.

 Each case of cunnilingus typically lasted about 50 seconds. The males then mounted the females for 10 to 20 seconds, and then went back to cunnilingus for 94 to 188 seconds.

The researchers found that the longer the stints of cunnilingus before mating, the more copulation was prolonged.

"It is possible that prolonged copulation enables the mobility of sperm," Marimuthu told LiveScience. "Such mobility of sperm increases the chances of conception."

The scientists also noted that males might perform cunnilingus on females in order to clean off competitors’ sperm. Doing so could help ensure their sperm, and not their rivals', impregnates the females.

"In this context, cunnilingus would be maladaptive after mating, as there is a risk of removing the male’s own sperm," the researchers wrote. "Observation at close range is needed to find out whether the male’s tongue enters the vagina or not."

The bat species found to perform male-to-female and female-to-male oral sex were fruit bats. Oral sex may occur in other species of fruit bats as well, Marimuthu suggested.

Marimuthu and Jayabalan Maruthupandian, also of Madurai Kamaraj University, detailed their findings online March 28 the journal PLOS ONE.

The Best Car To Kidnap Celebrities

Ford apologizes for mock ad campaign; ad employees fired

Ford Motor Co. apologized after criticism for an unauthorized ad campaign depicting bound and gagged women in the back of a car driven by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Ford Motor Co. formally apologized Wednesday for a mock advertising campaign featuring pictures of three scantily-clad, bound-up women being driven around in one of its hatchbacks by Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister.

The company's Indian advertising agency, JWT India, fired an undisclosed number of employees involved in the ads, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Jim Farley, Ford's global marketing chief, said Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show that the advertisements had been inappropriate and that the company was updating its review process, the Journal said.

The ads had drawn criticism from the public as well as the media with many finding them distasteful, especially in light of the current political climate in India where the government is trying to grapple with violence against women.

The ads, which were never part of an official campaign, were posted on the Internet. They are for the Ford Figo, which is sold in India.

The ad's tagline: "Leave your worries behind with Figo's extra-large boot," shows Berlusconi making the peace sign as he rides away with three women in the trunk, alluding to his escapades with young women.

Another mock ad shows Paris Hilton winking as she drives away with the Kardashian sisters, all of them gagged, tied and wearing revealing clothing.

One more ad shows Formula 1 race car driver Michael Schumacher driving with F1 champions Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton gagged and tied-up in the trunk.

According to Business Insider, a team from JWT India, which is Ford Figo's agency of record, created the ads and posted them online on the site Ads of the World without approval from Ford.

The Indian newspaper Economic Times reported that the ads have resulted in JWT and Ford being accused of "everything from endorsing rape culture to supporting the corrupt lifestyle of [Berlusconi]."

"We deeply regret this incident and agree with our agency partners that it should have never happened,” Ford said in a statement. “The posters are contrary to the standards of professionalism and decency within Ford and our agency partners."

"Together with our partners, we are reviewing approval and oversight processes to help ensure nothing like this ever happens again," the statement added.

WPP, JWT's parent company, issued a separate apology, saying that the caricature drawings were not part of a paid ad campaign.

"This was the result of individuals acting without proper oversight, and appropriate actions have been taken within the agency where they work to deal with the situation," WPP said.

The Wife Married to Five Brothers

The wife married to FIVE brothers: Rajo, 21, follows a tradition in Indian villages which allows families to hold on to their farmland

    Rajo Verma, 21, lives in one room with the siblings, in Northern India
    The young wife spends each night with a different brother in turn
    She does not know which of siblings is the father of her young son
    Fraternal polyandry is tradition in the small village near Dehradun

Happy family: Five brothers (L-R) Sant Ram Verma, 28, Bajju Verma, 32, Gopal Verma, 26, Guddu Verma, 21, and Dinesh Verma, 19, with their shared wife Rajo Verma, 20, and their son Jay VermaHousewife: Rajo said she got a lot more attention and love than many other wives

A young Indian woman has spoken out about being married to five husbands, all of whom are brothers.
Rajo Verma, 21, lives in one room with the siblings and they sleep on blankets on the floor.
The mother-of-one, who sleeps each night with a different brother, does not know which of her five related husbands is the father of her 18-month-old son.
The set-up may seem peculiar, but it is tradition in the small village near Dehradun, Northern India, for women to also marry the brothers of their first husband.

She told the Sun: 'Initially it felt a bit awkward. 'But I don’t favour one over the other.'
Rajo and first husband Guddu wed in an arranged Hindu marriage four years ago.

Since then she has married Baiju, 32, Sant Ram, 28, Gopal, 26, and Dinesh, 19 - the latest in the line of husbands - who married her as soon as he turned 18.
'We all have sex with her but I’m not jealous,' first husband Guddu  - who remains the only official spouse - said. 'We’re one big happy family.'
The ancient Hindu tradition of polyandry was once widely practiced in India, but is now only observed by a minority.

It sees a woman take more than one husband, typically in areas which are male dominated.
In fraternal polyandry the woman is expected to marry each of her original husband's brothers.
It is thought to have arisen from the popular Sanskrit epic of Mahabharatha, which sees Draupadi, daughter of the King of Pancha being married to five brothers.

The practice is also believed to be a way of keeping farming land in the family.
It is most commonly found near the Himalayas in the north of the country, as well as in the mountainous nation of Tibet.
While the advance of modernity has seen the archaic practice largely die out in most areas, the shortage of women in countries such as China and India has helped keep it alive as a solution to young men's difficulties in finding a wife.

Rajo said she knew she was expected to accept all of her husbands, as her own mother had also been married to three brothers.
She said they sleep together in turn, but that they do not have beds, just 'lots of blankets on the floor'.
She added: 'I get a lot more attention and love than most wives.'

POLYANDRY: AN ANCIENT TRADITION

The practice of polyandry is believed to stem from the tale of Mahabharata, the ancient Indian epic.

The text, one of the cornerstones of Indian culture, sees Draupadi, daughter of the King of Pancha being married to five brothers.

It is not legal, but in its most common form - whereby women in polyandrous relationships marry more than one man from the same family - it is permitted.

It tends to be practised in male dominated villages, who still follow primitive rituals and customs. Brothers who refuse the union are often treated as outcasts.

In polyandrous families, the woman often cannot say which of her husbands fathered which children.

Recently, there have been instances of DNA testing, to solve inheritance disputes. 

Taj Mahal Scam !!

Parasitic twin in India

Indian boy with parasitic twin growing out of his chest

Eight year old Deepak Kumar Paswaan from India will finally have a normal childhood after his “parasitic twin” has been surgically removed. The boy who became known around the world by the nickname “oktopus-boy” is born with partially developed legs and arms of his undeveloped twin growing from his chest. The boy was stigmatized for eight years; by some he was perceived as an incarnation of God, while others thought of him as the devil in the human body. In order to allow the boy to have a normal life, four-hour operation of removing his undeveloped twin was performed in a hospital Fortis, the Indian city of Bangalore in June this year and boy is recovering successfully and begins to live a normal life.
The boy first appeared in the media in February when the shares started collecting money for an operation that would remove the extra limbs of a boy. “I’m tired of it to be different from other kids, I just want to live normally,” said Deepak after surgery.

World's Smallest Girl from India

The two-foot teenager: Jyoti,
The world's smallest girl set to make it big on British TV

Her tiny form is disarming. But Jyoti Amge's dreams are as big as those of her friends.At 15 she stands just 1ft 11½in tall and weighs less than a stone, giving her one very big claim to fame - as the smallest girl in the world.Doctors believe Jyoti is a pituitary dwarf but have never been able to pinpoint her condition.Such dwarfism is caused when the body fails to produce enough growth hormone.

Jyoti, centre, with some of her classmates - also aged 15. Her little grey uniform is specially made for her Specialists have told her she will remain the same size for the rest of her life.'When I was three I realised that I was different to the rest of the kids,' she said.'I thought that everyone was bigger and I should get bigger too.'Jyoti has her own mini grey uniform and school bag and even a tiny desk. But she looks like a doll next to her teenage classmates.She said: 'I am proud of being the smallest girl. I love all the attention I get. I'm not scared of being small, and I don't regret being small.

Jyoti, centre, is the world's smallest girl - but still attends school with her classmates, who she says don't treat her any differently

She works from her custom made chair and table but her pens and books are still rather too large for her.'I am sure there are many people in this world who are dwarfs like me.'I'm just the same as other people. I eat like you, dream like you. I don't feel any different.'Weighing 12lb - only 9lb more than her weight at birth, Jyoti dreams of becoming an actress.Despite her size she insists on living as normal a life as possible in her home town of Nagpur in India - including going to the local school..'When I first went to shool everyone was so big I used to get scared but I'm okay now, I like it. I have a different desk and chair that were made for me.. I'm a normal student.'

Jyoti with a family friend - who, at 13 months, is already bigger than.She is also like any other teenage girl.. 'I have a huge collection of dresses. I like to shop for more. Everyone in my family gets things for me... I love make-up and like dressing up like beautiful models. I would like to be an actress when I grow up. My dream is to do films.'Jyoti has already had a taste of fame in a pop video for Indian star Mika Singh.'They asked her to appear in the video for a song on his album,' said her mother Ranjana Amge, 45.However, Jyoti's dreams of stardom could be ruined because of fractures to both her legs that have never healed because of problems with her size.

Baby of the family: With sister Rupali, 18, Archana, 23, mother Ranjana Amge, 45,, father Kishan, 52, and brother Satish, 22

Jyoti is taken to school on brother Satish's motorbike, along with sister Archana.'First I could walk, but I slipped on ice during a holiday and hurt my leg. I find it strange that my legs just don't heal. I don't like it, it causes me pain.'Mrs Amge said: 'No-one knows why she is so small. Jyoti is small, yet cute, and we love her very much.'People in the region of India where the family live flock to see the teenager and some even treat her as a goddess..She receives a lot of support from her brother and two sisters. Oldest sister Archana, 25, said: 'I have been taking care of her since she was a small baby. She is so delicate and fragile.'During her first five years of life, brave Jyoti was in and out of hospital as she constantly fell sick, but eventually she grew stronger.The teenager's father Kishan Amge, 52, a construction worker, said: 'She makes me proud.Jyoti is to be featured in Channel 4's Bodyshock series, which goes out 2day

The Smartest Ad from INDIA

One of the finest ads created by an Indian

For those not aware of Indian geography, the Taj Mahal is near the city of AGRA (hence the "pun" on the word).

CLEVER AD FROM INDIA.

The Smartest AD FROM INDIA !!

15 Traffic Rules that India Lives By

1. The Other Side Law:
If my side of the road has a traffic jam, then I can start driving on the wrong side of the road, and all incoming cars will be rerouted via Meerut.

2. The No Queue Rule:
If there is a queue of many people, no one will notice me sneaking into the front as long as I am looking the other way.

3. The Mind Over Matter Law:
If a red light is not working, four cars from different directions can easily pass through one another.

4. The Auto Axiom:
If I indicate which way I am going to turn my vehicle, it is an information security leak.

5. The In Spit Of Thing:
The more I lean out of my car or bus, and the harder I spit, the stronger the roads become.

6. The Cinema Hall Fact:
If I get a call on my mobile phone, the film automatically goes into pause mode.

7. The Brotherhood Law:
If I want to win an argument, I need only to repeatedly suggest that the other person has illicit relations with his sister.

8. The Baraat/ Marriage Right:
When I'm on the road to marriage, all the roads in the city belong to me. To ME.

9. The Heart Of Things:
If I open enough buttons on my shirt, the pretty girl at the bus stop can see through my mal-deformed chest into the depths of my soul.

10. The Name Game:
It is very important for the driver behind me to memorize the nicknames of my children.

11. Parking Up The Wrong Tree:
When I double-park my car, the road automatically widens so that the traffic is not affected.

12. The Chill Bill Move:
When I park and block someone else's car I am giving him a chance to pause, relax, chill and take a few moments off from his rushed day.

13. The Ogling Stare:
If you don't ogle and drool at every hot Chic that passes by, you're gay.

14. The Bus Law:
If I stop my bus at the correct place near the bus stop, the city will explode and blow into 6 million pieces.

15. The VIP Rule:
There are only 3 important persons in this city -Me, I, Myself !

Why Indians are better than Paskitanis

Written by a Pakistani journalist about India....... Must forward to Indians! Capital suggestion ;
By Dr Farrukh Saleem

Here's what is happening in India :

The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and would still be left with $30 billion to spare. The four richest Indians can buy up all goods and services produced over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still be left with $60 billion to spare. The four richest Indians are now richer than the forty richest Chinese.

In November, Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex flirted with 20,000 points. As a consequence, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries became a $100 billion company (the entire KSE is capitalized at $65 billion). Mukesh owns 48 percent of Reliance.

In November, comes Neeta's birthday. Neeta turned forty-four three weeks ago. Look what she got from her husband as her birthday gift:

A sixty-million dollar jet with a custom fitted master bedroom, bathroom with mood lighting, a sky bar, entertainment cabins, satellite television, wireless communication and a separate cabin with game consoles. Neeta is Mukesh Ambani's wife, and Mukesh is not India 's richest but the second richest.

Mukesh is now building his new home, Residence Antillia (after a mythical, phantom island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean). At a cost of $1 billion this would be the most expensive home on the face of the planet. At 173 meters tall Mukesh's new family residence, for a family of six, will be the equivalent of a 60-storeyed building. The first six floors are reserved for parking. The seventh floor is for car servicing and maintenance.. The eighth floor houses a mini-theatre. Then there's a health club, a gym and a swimming pool. Two floors are reserved for Ambani family's guests. Four floors above the guest floors are family floors all with a superb view of the Arabian Sea On top of everything are three helipads. A staff of 600 is expected to care for the family and their family home.

In 2004, India became the 3rd most attractive foreign direct investment destination. Pakistan wasn't even in the top 25 countries.

In 2004, the United Nations, the representative body of 192 sovereign member states, had requested the Election Commission of India to assist the UN in the holding elections in Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah and Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan. Why the Election Commission of India and not the Election Commission of Pakistan? After all, Islamabad is closer to Kabul than is Delhi .

Imagine, 12 percent of all American scientists are of Indian origin; 38 percent of doctors in America are Indian; 36 percent of NASA scientists are Indians; 34 percent of Microsoft employees are Indians; and 28 percent of IBM employees are Indians.

For the record: Sabeer Bhatia created and founded Hotmail. Sun Microsystems was founded by Vinod Khosla. The Intel Pentium processor, that runs 90 percent of all computers, was fathered by Vinod Dham.

Rajiv Gupta co-invented Hewlett Packard's E-speak project. Four out often Silicon Valley start-ups are run by Indians. Bollywood produces 800 movies per year and six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years.

For the record: Azim Premji, the richest Muslim entrepreneur on the face of the planet, was born in Bombay and now lives in Bangalore.India now has more than three dozen billionaires; Pakistan has none (not a single dollar billionaire).

The other amazing aspect is the rapid pace at which India is creating wealth. In 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh and Anil Ambani's father, left his two sons a fortune worth $2.8 billion. In 2007, their combined wealth stood at $94 billion. On 29 October 2007, as a result of the stock market rally and the appreciation of the Indian rupee, Mukesh became the richest person in the world, with net worth climbing to US$63.2 billion (Bill Gates, the richest American, stands at around $56 billion).

Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome haplogroup. We have the same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124).
We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence. Our culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the same movies and sing the same songs. What is it that Indians have and we don't?

INDIANS ELECT THEIR LEADERS.

And also to mention: They think of Construction of own nation, unlike other nations who are just concerned with destruction of others...

Simple answer to why the Indians are far better than the Pakistanis - They don't focus on religion all the time and neither do they spend time and money in devising ways to kill their own and everyone else over religion

1 woman died, more than 100 ill after eating Indian rojak from famous stall

Over 100 patrons of the Indian rojak stall sought treatment at hospitals. One woman who fell into coma has died.

Singapore, One woman has died after falling into a coma. She is among the more than 100 people who ate Indian rojak from a famous stall in Geylang Serai and suffered food poisoning.

Woman in coma dies
Canteen assistant Aminah Samijo, 57, fell unconscious at home on Friday night. Earlier in the afternoon, she and her husband, Mr Ali, had patronised the rojak stall. The couple vomitted and had diarrhoea that night but Madam Aminah's condition got worse - she fainted at 11pm.

Her family called an ambulance which sent her to Changi Hospital. While Mr Ali's condition was stable, his wife developed a fever on Saturday. Her condition worsened and she died this morning at around 6.30am at Changi hospital.

Her body was moved to Singapore General Hospital for autopsy. Food poisoning could cause organ failure and death, and eldely patients are more prone to that.

Madam Aminah had kidney problems and low blood pressure before the incident.

The rojak stall, operated by a father and son team, had been shut following the food poisoning incident. Known as Rojak Geylang Serai, the stall had received a 'recommended' rating by famous food guide Makansutra.

Those who fell sick sought treatment at the six major hospitals in Singapore and had said they had eaten rojak from the Geylang Serai stall.

By 5pm on Saturday, 75 of the victims had sought treatment at Changi Hospital. Seventeen of them were warded.

Tan Tock Seng, KK and NUH hospitals received 10, seven and nine patients respectively. Seven at Tan Tock Seng had to be warded while five had to remain at KK Hospital.

Singapore General and Alexandra hospitals had one patient each.

It is believed there were many more who had eaten rojak bought from the same stall.

The incident is believed to be the worst mass food poisoning case to hit Singapore since 2007. That year, more than 150 got sick after eating Prima Deli products.

Top Indian Actress

The caption looks really interesting! To start with, there are quite several top Indian Bollywood actresses, who have created hot-waves among the young bloods. Generally, Bollywood glam dolls are known for their ravishing chic look and their adoring beauty. Moreover, the Bollywood beauty queens give their stunning and breathe-taking performance in all the roles they work with. Thus they become the darling of every heart and also pull the nerves of young bloods.

To say first, the hottest sweet heart of Bollywood will be none other than the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai. This ravishing sexy babe is known for her smart chic and adoring outlook and moreover she has created hot waves in the Bollywood industry. Her starring performance and breathe-taking acting potential has always made her to stand out of the crowd.

Next to Aishu, the sweetest darling of Bollywood will obviously be Priyanka Chopra! This gorgeous beauty is one among the busiest girl in Bollywood. Moreover, she has proved her excellent acting potentials by teaming with Bollywood top stars like Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and many more. Priyanka is really breathe-taking!!!

The next ravishing glam doll of Bollywood will obviously be Kareena Kapoor! The cute charming actress is an ardent lover of the Bollywood top star Shah Rukh. Kareena has worked with all the top stars of Bollywood and she has also paired with her favorite star Shah Rukh in "Om Shanti Om", which was a terrific blockbuster movie.

Sushmita Sen - the girl of charm and beauty is another Bollywood top actress. She was crowned with grand titles because of her elegant and chic outlook. This gorgeous beauty has proved her acting potentials and has also given quite several successful big hits.

The next sensating beauty of Bollywood industry will be Rani Mukherjee! This sumptuous beauty is proudly known as a promising actress in Bollywood and moreover she has sizzled along with almost all the top hero's in Bollywood.

The next top Bollywood actress, who has been bagged with good number of offers, will obviously be Vidya Balan. This ravishing beauty has won quite number of awards for her brilliant acting in several different movies. The girl looks with a pleasing look and she has become the darling of every heart with her excellent acting.

The other top Bollywood actress, who is really known for her charm and attractiveness, will be Preity Zinta. This sensation beauty started her career as a modeling girl and she excelled in the Bollywood industry with her mesmerizing acting. The ravishing hot babe holds good number of offers in her pockets and she is set ready to rock in the future workouts.

The sensating and sizzling Bollywood actress will be Deepika Padulkone! This glamorous hot babe is the young growing actress in the Bollywood. The ravishing beauty has been bagged with good number of offers and she is really set to create hot waves in the Bollywood film industry.


Bips - the hot girl of Bollywood is the leading top actress, who is really busy with good number of offers at her desk. Bipasha Basu is known for her ravishing sexy look and he girl has rocked and sizzled in quite several Bollywood movies.

Who Are the Indian Jews?

By Lavina Melwani
India has been a home and haven for generations of Jews whose ancestors fled from persecution centuries ago. At its peak there were about 37,000 Jews living in India. When Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka were murdered in the terror attack in Mumbai last year, this horror story became the public face of Judaism in India. The truth is that, apart from this random attack by foreign terrorists, India has been an oasis of calm and freedom for Jews--giving them citizenship and complete freedom to practice their faith, build many synagogues, and celebrate their traditional festivals with an added Indian zest.

India's Jews Consist of Four Groups

The Jews of India consist of four groups: the Cochin Jews or Cochinis, the Baghdadis, the Bene Israel, and the B'nei Menashe.
The Cochin Jews settled in Cranganore and around Malabar in the South and lived there for centuries. They never numbered more than 2,500, and many have now left for Israel. In fact, today there are not more than 16 of them left in Cochin, mostly elderly men and women.
The Baghdadis consists of Jews from West Asia, mainly from Iraq and Syria, who came in the 19th century as traders and refugees. They settled in Bombay, Calcutta, and Pune and spoke Arabic or Persian and English. At one time, there were about 5,000 of them, but today there number less than 200, most of them having emigrated to the U.K., Australia, and Canada.
The B'nei Menashe were a new group which came into being in 1964, and today there are more than 5,000 living in North East India.
The last community is the Bene Israel which is the predominant Jewish presence in India today.

The Bene Israel

It is believed that the Bene Israel community descended from the Jews who fled in 175 B.C.E. from the Syrian-Greek ruler Antiochus Epiphanes. They were shipwrecked at Navgaon on the Konkan Coast, and the survivors started a new life there. Over the years, their families spread to the surrounding villages.
David Rahabi, a Cochini Jew, is credited with the revival of Judaism among the Bene Israel, teaching them Hebrew and the rituals of Judaism. They set up their first synagogue in 1796 and expanded to 29 synagogues around Bombay and the neighboring villages. Their population grew to 30,000 around the time of Indian independence.
When Israel became a state in 1948, many of the Bene Israel. influenced by religious Zionism, started emigrating to Israel. By 1964 more than half the population had left. By the early 1970's, there were fewer than 10,000. Today only about 5,000 Bene Israel Jews remain in India, most in Bombay and Thane.

Indian-Jewish Wedding Customs

Indian-Jewish wedding traditions are especially joyous and festive. Recently Lael and Regina Daniel (Lael is the son of Romiel Daniel, the religious leader of the Indian-Jewish community in New York) re-enacted their wedding ceremony so guests could catch a glimpse of the special customs. The bride wears a white sari with intricate gold embroidery. She and the groom enter the synagogue in ways special to the Bene Israel community. The wedding feast is replete with Indian spices and coconut.
The Bene Israel hold Elijah the Prophet in high regard, so when they celebrate a marriage, buy a house, or start any new venture, they invoke the protection of God through Elijah, and these prayers are said before any other prayers.

Indian-Jewish Cooking

During festivals and celebrations, the basic traditional dishes are the same as in other Jewish communities, but the methods of preparation vary. (Malida, above, is the Persian word for confection, and is made from parched rice mixed with sweetened coconut and fruit.) Puris, or sweet puffs, are an Indian delicacy made between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and again at Rosh Hashanah. A special halva of wheat flour with a filling of sweet semolina, dried fruits, and sugar is served.
Indian spice and sweets influence the cooking, and Indian curries are a regular at Indian-Jewish homes. Usually the fish for Rosh Hashanah is stuffed with spices like green coriander, ginger, garlic chilies, coconut, and lime.

Celebrating Hanukkah, Indian Style

Here, the Star of David is made into a Hanukkiya (instrument to hold the oil lamps), a typical sign of the Indian celebration. Whereas other cultures use Hanukkah candles to light the lamps, Indian Jews still use oil. Indian Jews have incorporated many cultural traditions of India into their Jewish traditions and are proud of them.

Celebrating Simchat Torah

Ten days after Yom Kippur is the celebration of Simchat Torah--in which the congregation dances joyously, holding the Sifrei Torahs. The Sifrei Torahs contain the five books of Moses, handwritten scrolls that are very precious. It takes more than a year for one scroll to be completed.

Indian Jews in Israel

More than 70,000 Bene Israel Jews from India now live in Israel but maintain their links with India. Since 1992, trade between Israel and India has been good, and India is now Israel's second largest trading partner in Asia, after Japan. Full-fledged consulates and embassies have been established between the two countries. The Indian-Jewish community has prospered in israel and has built 55 Orthodox synagogues there in keeping with the Bene Israel tradition.
Indian Jews are in many businesses in Israel, including Indian restaurants – so now you can always find kosher Indian treats there! In fact, Indian food has caught on so much that non-Jewish Indian entrepreneurs – the Punjabis – also run successful Indian restaurants there.

Magan Hassidam Synagogue in Bombay

This is one of the oldest synagogues in India, built around 1846 in Jacob's Circle in Bombay. It was and still is the most active synagogue, and is beautifully maintained. The Indian-Jewish community enjoys a good relationship with its neighbors--many of the synagogues are right in the midst of Muslim neighborhoods in the center of the city.
Indian Jews, in spite of their small number, have played an important part in India. Families like the Sassoons and the Eliases, who were Baghdadi Jews, helped in the industrialization of the country. Noted Bene Israel Jews include Dr. E. Moses, the first mayor of Bombay in 1939, and Dr. Jerusha Jhirad, who started the Reform Jewish Movement in India.

Indian Jews at the Israel Day Parade

Indian-American Jews proudly participate in the annual Israel Day Parade in New York, marching with the rest of the Jewish community along Fifth Avenue.
Many Indian Jews have migrated to North America for economic opportunities, and today there are about 1500 in Canada and 350 in the U.S. It's a small but vibrant community, one that observes all the High Holidays and festivals.
The Indian Jews are scattered in all five boroughs of New York City and in New Jersey, so they attend services at non-Indian synagogues. While the liturgy is the same, the trope or musical notations in Indian-Jewish traditions are unique.

Staying Connected to India

The Indian Jews retain their ties with India. When the Beth El Synagogue in Panvel, which is 25 miles from Bombay, was deluged with heavy rains, all six Sifrei Torahs were destroyed. The Bene Israel Jews of New York came to the rescue and gave two Sifrei Torahs to this synagogue. These were personally delivered to the Indian-Jewish congregation in Panvel, and installed with joy, pomp, and a showering of rose petals.
The Indian Jews in New York have fond memories of growing up in India, of close-knit communities, and freedom to practice their faith. The lure of Israel as well as economic opportunities abroad have pushed many to leave the homeland where they were born, but the connection to India remains deep.
As the Jewish population in India dwindles, the beautiful old synagogues and Jewish schools there stand as a testament to the warm welcome received by Indian Jews and a nostalgic memory for those who have now left her shores.