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Will Modi sarkar ban these 'Western' practices?
As the BJP government comes into power, would some of these practices slowly but surely be banned?
After months of speculation and at the end of the most exciting elections of our times, the Bharatiya Janata Party swept the Lok Sabha polls.
This is for the first time since Rajiv Gandhi's historic landslide victory in 1984 that any party has won enough seats to govern the country without the support of any other political party.
The BJP and its right-wing allies have, from time to time, protested (sometimes violently) against the creeping 'Western' influences in India.
As Modi sarkar finally takes charge, we cannot help but wonder which of these 'Western' practices would be in danger:
1. Valentine's Day
Though Valentine's Day, which is celebrated around the world on February 14, is relatively new in India, it has been slammed by some hardliner Hindus for eroding traditional Indian culture.
2. Fashion shows
A model walks the runway at the Summer-Resort edition of Lakme Fashion Week. Will events like these be tolerated any more?
3. Dating
Will sneaking a private moment with your beloved in public become even more difficult now?
4. Gay relationships
Good luck if you're gay because the BJP supports the Supreme Court order that upheld Section 377, which bans sex 'against the order of nature', thereby criminalising homosexuality.
5. Live-in relationships
Shaina NC, among other BJP leaders, has opposed live-in relationships, terming it anti-Hindu. So, as romantic as the idea of living-in might be, know that you have been cautioned.
6. Friendship Day
You would think that no one would have a problem with something as innocuous as Friendship Day, right? Apparently not.
The folks at Bajrang Dal had protested violently against celebrating Friendship Day in Raipur, Chhattisgarh some years ago.
No Friendship Day, please. We're Indians!
7. Women wearing jeans and t-shirts
Time for a wardrobe change? According to BJP leader Babulal Gaur, Indian women wearing jeans and t-shirts and drinking liquor isn't good for India.
8. Unmarried women using mobile phones
BJP's Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh Raghunandan Sharma's solution to control crimes against women is to prevent the unmarried ones from using mobile phones... and wearing jeans!
9. Pub culture
Bye-bye, clubbing?
While BJP's Babulal Gaur expressed his displeasure with the idea of 'women dancing with men', the right-wing Hindu group Sri Ram Sene didn't see anything wrong in attacking women in Mangalore pubs.
10. Premarital sex
If you thought you could get away with 'hanky-panky' before marriage, beware! Indian scriptures ban premarital sex, says BJP's Rajya Sabha MP and former chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court, Rama Jois.
That Kama Sutra was also an Indian text may have slipped Justice Jois's attention.