An Indian website about sexual health - Oh my GOD!

Finally, an Indian website that talks about sex and sexual health openly. While the picture to the left might make you think this site (http://www.sexualhealth.co.in) is dedicated to safe sex education and the like, it certainly isn't. It's a pretty open discussion on topics related to sexual health. And in a country where we obviously like to have sex, some good healthy discussion on the topic is certainly useful.

But don't get me wrong. Beyond the education and interesting discussion the site offers the juvenile in me some pretty amusing reading material. A few of my favorites are listed below:

• Masturbate and Feel Good
• The G-Spot Exposed
• Gay & Lesbian Support: Closets are for Brooms, Not People

Enjoy. And maybe you'll learn something.

India is the 12th wealthiest nation in the world

We love patting ourselves on the back. I can always rely on my trusty friends at Rediff.com to ensure that Indians can read about how great we are or how great India is. The latest news based on a report by the World Bank is that India is the 12th wealthiest nation in the world based on GDP. India is ahead of Australia, Mexico and Russia which is somehow noteworthy. This is good news as it does show India's emergence in the world. But let's not let all the good news that Indian journalists like to throw out delude us in any way. The gap between rich and poor is widening. Illiteracy, poverty and corruption remain rampant as do the prevalance of diseases such as malaria, typhoid, etc. The list goes on. It's a good start, but there is much more work to be done....

India is #1 in shopping

Notice to companies/entrepreneurs. If you didn't already realize India was a huge opportunity, here is more evidence. Not only are more Indians in India making good money, but we're not shy about spending it according to a recent survey. India has a lower savings rate than other Asian countries as well which is yet another indication of our propensity to spend.

Interestingly, Indians love to shop for clothes. "A third of Chinese consumers and one fifth of Indians say clothes shopping is their favourite thing to do," per the survey. I say interesting because I find most guys in India wear jeans that are entirely too tight.

Link to my blog and get FAMOUS!

Ok not really, but it would still be cool. If you are a fellow blogger, website owner, etc, let's exchange links. As readers know, I am looking to juice up the # of visitors Desi Diarrhea gets. I purchased a spot on The Crorepati a couple weeks ago and that has juiced traffic significantly (4 to 5 times higher per day since then), but I am GREEDY and I want MORE!

So to this end, I'm initiating a link exchange request/call to action with fellow bloggers, websites, etc that see this. Just link to Desi Diarrhea (www.blogspot.desidiarrhea.com) on your site and leave a comment with the following:

1. Name of your site
2. Url where link is

I'll then add your site to my blog and post a comment back when done. Pretty simple. You have more links to you and I have more to me. Of course, if your site is adult-oriented or otherwise containing content not suitable for most, I may stay a while to enjoy it myself, but I might not be able to link to you (and I'll let you know).

Won't you help me bring Diarrhea to more people?

Thanks,
Mr N

India needs more movies about lesbians - but only HOT lesbians

May I see your panties? Hottie "Perizaad Zorabian might just be playing the role of a lesbian in an English film titled When Kiran met Karen...It is about an Indian woman, living in New York who discovers another facet to her sexuality. She has an affair with a Chinese woman. The film will be directed by New-Jersey based Manan Katohora."

Alright, so I'm pretty sure this movie is going to suck. Mainly cuz my previous experiences with lesbians (Indian lesbian movies that is) are with Fire and Girlfriend. Sure they were controversial and got some idiot politicians and their chamchas (aka cronies) riled up, but as far as film making goes, these were both pretty terrible movies.

That said, I am strongly in favor of movies about lesbians if the following 3 rules are followed:

1. Cast only hot Indian actresses to play lesbians -- Have you ever seen a real-life lesbian who is hot? Neither have I. A movie about 2 Indian women who fall in love is only interesting if I want to imagine myself somehow sandwiched between them. Casting two realistic looking lesbians who resemble chubby 14 year old boys more than women is not a good thing and should be avoided.

2. Make it more graphic -- I'm not asking for pornography. But at least show some kissing and boob grabbing. Make it interesting. Please.

3. Please work on the plot -- Alright, I get the point that lesbianism is forbidden, taboo and against Indian culture and values. Blah blah blah. Please do more than this to put a twist on the story. Maybe take a page out of Bollywood/Hollywood scripts and do one of the following:

• 2 lesbians who can't be together because one's family is rich and the other poor. Substitute Hindu and Muslim for this or better yet, a rich Hindu lesbian loving a poor Muslim one. Courtesy: Bollywood
• A lesbian who was separated from her family when young who stumbles upon them through a series of bizarre coincidences after meeting her lesbian lover. But before reuniting with them, she and her lesbiotic lover must overthrow an evil gangster boss who is making her family's life miserable. Courtesy: Bollywood
• A killer Indian lesbian robot is sent from the future to kill a lesbian who will lead a citizen's resistance movement in the future. At its most climactic scene, the killer Indian lesbian robot is about to kill the other lesbian when she realizes she loves her. Then a filmi song starts and both killer and victim lesbian dance in the rain. Courtesy: H/Bollywood

Manan Katohora who is directing this new movie is smart for doing this because although the movie will suck (I'll bet money on this), he's sure to get some controversy going which will get people to see wondering what the buzz is about. And then he has a large market of repressed Indian males out there who will definitely pay for imagery depicting 2 girls getting it on. God knows I'll be there.

Cheers to lesbianism.

The newest scam - Vaastu Shastra for your website

How are they going to get your website to face north? So ingenius Indians looking to take money from all other Indians who are a bit too gullible have started offering Vaastu Shastra for websites. "Just as the world comprises of the five basic elements, each Web site has five elements and these need to be in balance with one another," says Dr. Smita Narang, author of Web Vaastu, a new book that marries vaastu laws with the Internet. "Earth is the layout, fire is the color, air is the HTML, space is name of the Web site, and water is the font and graphics," says Narang. Narang, a "vaastu expert" has spent four years analyzing around 500 sites says a Web site that is not designed according to vaastu rules will have few hits and will negatively affect the business.

Here's some more wisdom from another practicioner -- "A Web site where the colors hurt your eyes, the music offends your ears or has too much information is probably too cluttered and does not give a positive flow of ch'i," says Vikram Narayan, a Mumbai-based feng shui practitioner. The trick, Narayan said, is to remove things in your life or on your Web site that serve no purpose, and keep those things that serve you well.

Thanks Vikram. You're a regular Einstein.

This is not Vaastu for websites as much as another great way by some cunning Indian to rip off someone else. A good graphic designer or web developer will help you lay out your site properly and in line with vaastu or whatever eastern theories you believe in. Don't be taken in by these efforts and give these people your hard earned money.