Kissing is overrated.

Yes. Kissing is overrated. Think about it. There is just about too much brouhaha (wow….finally I got to use the word)… about kissing these days….and to think that people have been kissing for ages.
What is it about kissing that gives rise to so many controversies?

So I have tried to do some research (which really means I googled a bit) and have tried to understand some of the kisses that come readily to mind…:-

Judas Kissing Jesus:-

Legend has it that Judas, to finger Jesus to the Roman soldiers, kissed Jesus on the cheek. Its strange bordering on yickee… Either people were really weird those days or someone made this up later. I mean, think about it, if you wanted to finger out a person you would probably ...well..use your finger and point at him…or maybe if you wanted to be discreet just make that meaningful movement of your eyes….or if you really hated him…throw a stone…but kiss him…who would do that?

Now moving 2 thousand years forward:--

Gere-Shetty : So much have been said and written on this…but my album

would not be complete without the picture.

Aiswarya-Hrithik (Dhoom 2): This was way-out. I can just imagine the scene at the Bachhan household….the set is the grand hall….winding staircase in the background, AB Sr, in his paternal kurta attire intensely looking at the camera while the rest of the family (AB Jr, Jaya and offcourse Aishwarya) can be seen in the background.

Cut-to: Close up of Aishwarya, tears streaming down her cheeks as she reflects on her crime… (“Hrithik’s da man”).
Cut-to: Close up of Jaya deep in thought (“I was certainly more beautiful at her age”).
Cut-to: AB Jr trying to look cool and disinterested (“Oh… Rani”).

AB Sr, turns around with a flourish and walks upto Ash…with surprising gentleness he puts his hands on her shoulders and asks her the ultimate question (the loud background score drowns the words). The moment he stops talking there is deathly silence.
Others, having heard what AB Sr just said, turn towards Ash… not at the same time, but in a well orchestrated sequence, one following the other….a series of quick close-ups of all characters … (a la Ekta Kapoor). Slowly Ash raises her face and with great melodrama shouts …”No, there was no tongue”.

The Kiss (sculpture of Rodin) and lion kissing the lady: That lion should never have been taken to sculpture exhibition, gave him all kinds of ideas.

Bush with Saudi Prince: Hey...Bush is not kissing him; he is only looking for information on a certain Bin Laden. He is searching for information, with his tongue, in the Prince’s mouth. Yieeks… Hey..dont puke on the sofa.

Ash again, this time with Vivek: Replay Bacchan family scene above.

Use your imagination …

Ash “Yes there was tongue, but only his not mine”…..

Biocon Chief with Vasundhara Raje: The naughty things that people said

about this....lets not get started on this one. I mean politicians’ hobnobbing with corporates is a global and rather age-old phenomenon...these ladies are just taking it to the next level. I am sure Mr Majumdar Shaw would be looking forward to the propects of catching up with his wife's new found friends....

Mika and Rakhi: This was awesome. Two struggling artists, TV Channels looking for spicy stuff, audience watching out for lewd scenes to comment on degeneration of the media, country’s culture…in short, this kiss worked for everyone, all of society benefited from this.

BJP MLA Renukacharya and Nurse: Two ugly, aged people kissing, this should have been censored. This was too grotesque to have made it to the print and TV media.

They should have featured this news without showing the two people involved. At least, some righteous minds would have had the freedom to get some kicks imagining both of them to be awesomely hot.
Ronaldo and Bips: I understand this really sealed the fate of the

John-Bips affair. But this just did not have the bang (or should it be smooch) of the Rakhi-Mika kiss.

By the way, I am sure you have by now figured out this is my most desperate attempt till date to increase readership of this blog.