KISSA KISS KA

 Kiss became the bone of contention, an act which is the precursor of love and affection suddenly became the cynosure of some eyes. That too one,  which  was almost a fleetingly flying one where there was no lip-lock so to say or even intended. Oh for our Victorian prudishness that an act purportedly in jest, probably not even aimed at the person(s) taking an offence has earned such infamy. The mischief monger in this case were not the eyes, but the fingers or may be the palms getting into the act trying to may be blow some 'love' from the 'mohabbat ki dukan' (shop of love), towards their targets expecting a coy response if not a reciprocation in ample measure. 

This is not an anecdote of 'kiss and tell' nor was it mere reading of lips, may be it was meant to be the 'kiss and make up' variety after  a debate  with such rancour it was probably what the doctor ordered. Since RaGa was on his way out may be it was just his way of 'kissing the parliament a good bye' again. Having just made a comeback,  he was flirting again with danger treading a highly treacherous zone. His party would be dreading that this kiss does not end being the kiss of death. After all there is no dearth of Judas in our polity, as is borne out by even our history. 

He is not reported to be musically inclined but he may have heard of the famous Mehdi Hasan Gazal, "kiss kiss ko batayenge judai ka sabab hum,  tu mujh se khafa hai to zamane ke liye aa ranjish hi sahi dil hi dukhane ke liye" ( Who all will we go and tell the pangs of separation , you are angry with me, so for the sake of the people today ..), he may have misunderstood the Urdu kiss with the English one! His antics in the parliament make very interesting stories, the embrace, the wink and now the kiss; let us hope that he doesn't go any further.

 Kisses and misses have their own tales to tell, old timers would recall the peck on the then Prince of Wales, Prince Charles by the 80s starlet Padmini Kolhapure earning her instant fame. Then we had Richard Gere swooning over desi Jane Fonda, Shilpa Shetty on the stage and planting a kiss in a highly public display of affection. A more controversial one was when Mika lip-locked with Rakhi Sawant. We have the serial kisser of Bollywood Emraan Hashmi too having made the most of his screen opportunities. We have come a long way from the flowers and birds depicting such acts on screen. But all these were physical acts, RaGa was only blowing it in the wind. I am not sure if this has blown his chances for a reversal of fortunes or alternately may be he has endeared himself to his constituency, the youth by displaying his youthful nature. These days even toddlers are  taught a few gestures before they start to exercise their vocal cords, one is 'giving a high five', the other is a 'flying kiss'. Naturally the kids pick these up and practice these later in life, in school, college with friends.  Such acts are quite common and do not invite even a second glance in the campuses these days. 

I just hope his inspiration was not Chinese ride called by the same name, "Flying Kiss" where two statues engage in a similar activity.If that is so, then he sure has some cheek, kissing the adversary would not be a very welcome move. Or may be this was the Italian connection, old timers would recall the famous lip lock of Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, but alas neither is RaGa in the league of Gregory Peck, only Dev Anand was somewhere close to that,  nor the ladies anywhere near Audrey.