On sex Isn’t ‘sex’ a taboo word? A strict ‘no-no’? The “forbidden fruit”? A “besharam”, sinful, “chhi-chhi” word that, when uttered in the company of genteel people, evokes a shocked, hushed, hand-over-mouth collective cry of “Hai Ram!” and “Hai Toba!”? Quite naturally therefore, a shudder passes over me even before I begin to summon my muses to say my bit on this hush hush subject... Daunted also because of the flip side to it when with our perverted mindsets we abuse and uglify sex by heinous, unspeakable, bloodcurdling violence: but on that some other time perhaps. Well: like it; or not. Curse it. Flick it off your prudish mind as you would a disgusting, pesky insect. Chuck it out from the glassful of your milk of sanctimony as you would a house fly. Twist or turn your priestly, puritanical nose out of sheer shame and disgust… But sex, astride on the high horse of desire, has, and will continue to rule and reign supreme in the hearts and minds of all se
