Place for loving

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT’S relativity.
-: Albert Einstein :-

Loving couples would like this Einstein quote for his take on relativity. What however is more real than the reality of relativity is that in India public display of love is a strict taboo. So, instead of secluded park bench couples would often head for the darkness of movie halls, doing things on the sly and slipping hands to explore body contours.

The good news is moral policing is less in Kolkata than many other cities in India, notably in the north. I just happen to come across this article with the headline: Kissing in Kolakata: India’s love capital!. The love-filled author of the post has somehow managed a shot that shows a couple engaged in passionate kissing amid steady drizzle.

I’d imagine it’s the drizzle that prevented prying eyes to take a closer look as to how the lips have locked unto themselves, and where indeed the hands of either rested.

I’m skeptical because it’s a wrong notion that oozing love in public in the city is looked at with favor. Had that been true, the women on the road would have had no unpleasant experience ‘encountering’ the men. Some recent happenings in the city prove the fact that Kolkata is really not safe for women, especially at odd hours.

Be that as it may, no one can deny the city from boasting of some lovely spots for saying love to the nearest and dearest. Perhaps the places are why the spirit of love is wide and awake in the City of Joy, encumbrances notwithstanding. Here are pictures of 2 places (guess where?).