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Poonam Jhawar
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Poonam Jhawer is a well-known Hindi Film actress, model, singer and film-maker. Her mother is a poet and her family is from the “business class” in a country that cares for rank. She is also now a producer, working on cinematic films like “Aanch” along with B.L.Saboo. “Aanch” stars Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, and others. She played the role of Priya Agnihotri in that Bollywood film while co-producing it. She has also entered the music realm with her debut single “Take Me Home Baby” from the album Pooh Kya Jalwa Hai.
A nude in the living room
From the moment Adam used a fig leaf as a pretty but prudish thong, nudity was rendered unnatural. A nude in the living room (Getty Images) Artists from different traditions have tried hard to unpluck that leaf in order to allow the human body to burst forth on canvas, plaster and stone, but the fact remains that the Full Monty sends patrons running for cover. Ridiculously , many feel that gorgeous David should be diapered, that Khajuraho is kinky, and that the line between erotica and pornography is a fleshy one indeed. How many BSE stock brokers would, for instance, drink their whisky under a full-blown Souza nude, with boulders for breasts and chunky thighs blasted open with a misogyny that the late artist was notorious for? How many would even go so far as to have a cheeky cartoon sex scene on the wall for fear of what the bai would say or what Mrs. Neighbour would think or what the kids would mutter? Dirty old perv, that’s what. He should get broadband.
“People don’t like nudes,” grumbles octogenarian artist Akbar Padamsee, who has a large and tasteful oeuvre of the unclad female form. “They begin to say, what will the children and servants think. But there was one man, I forget his name, who said, I care a damn, it’s my house, and he bought some of my nudes.” Fortunately for artists, there are still those who live dangerously. This band of buyers is unfazed by the Shame Police, an invisible but powerful presence who really would prefer it if painters stuck to meadows and demurely clad goddesses. (Shame on Raja Ravi Varma, and as for Husain!) These buyers can unashamedly feast their eyes on an obese Ara nymph or the miniatures of Waswo X Waswo, a symmetrically named gay American artist who lives with his boyfriend in Udaipur and paints tranquil scenes of nude men pissing serenely into an ocean of lotuses. One of Waswo’s ardent collectors is the bright-eyed Anurag Khanna, who runs a coal-importing business in Gandhidham in Gujarat, and gathers provocative art from all over the world with a messianic relish. Khanna’s collection includes video art called Chingari Chumma, a light-blue print of a horse with a penis by Aji V N, and a huge work by New York lesbian artist Chitra Ganesh of “a woman licking another” . “Yes, it’s crude,” he says reasonably over the phone, “but I decided some time ago not to buy pretty art but good art, whether it’s rude, crude or nude.” Ganesh’s works, a queer tweaking of Amar Chitra Katha comics, have bare-breasted nymphs with eyes for nipples, large body wounds shaped like juicy red lips and mounds of pubic hair uncensored by the razor.
Even the most fanatic liberal might shrink from displaying such trembling sexuality in the hallway — the Domino’s delivery boy might flee. But an unperturbed Khanna points out that the blunt axe of familiarity can dull even the most scandalous offering. He says he comes from a “regular, conservative family” , and that his dadi lived with them till she passed away. And yes, his four-year-old daughter did say about the Chitra Ganesh painting, “Kya kar rahen hai, boy and girl ko karna chahiye” , but this only gave Papa a chance to introduce her to the idea of alternative love. “Koi nahin dekhta,” Khanna says. “It’s blankness.” Not everyone is so unfettered from the terms of propriety. Artist Meera Devidayal who lives in an upscale apartment on Altamont Road in Mumbai says that she has grappled with this chestnut too. “I have been through this problem,” says Devidayal. “I had some erotic art works given to me by Laxma Goud. For a long time, I kept them inside. There’s one of a nude woman and an animal near her. I said what if someone sees it, the servants and all that.
Then I decided what the hell, it’s nudity, they can deal with it. Also, because it’s in my studio with a whole lot of other paintings, it doesn’t stare you in the face.” The male staff, explains Devidayal, was her chief concern. “I had all these daughters in the house. Why throw nudity in the face of the staff and provoke them? It’s not fair. So many are away from their families. I didn’t want anyone to get sexually aroused. You know, one has heard stories ... ” Working with erotica in the office can be somewhat more distracting . So when a TOI editor recently mentioned the rather interesting art that hung in the offices of The Economic Times, it sounded like a lead worth pursuing. When Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar was ET editor, his cabin in Mumbai had a Bhupen Khakhar on the wall, of a boat peopled with nude gay men, two of them embracing. “Lots of people looked cursorily at the painting and dismissed it, thinking the couple was heterosexual,” says Swami . “A few looked at it a second time, gulped, and said nothing at all! I cannot remember a single person actually discussing the homosexual content. Another cabin I occupied in Delhi did have a painting by K G Subramanyan of a woman with prominent breasts — I had no idea it attracted the attention of the editor. Not worth it, if you ask me.”
Journalist Anil Dharker used to have a few Padamsee nudes in his Malabar Hill flat. “They were quite graphic, and yes, it did cross my mind that with the bai coming in and the dhobi... one could hardly pull a curtain across,” he says. (Columnist Bachi Karkaria solved this problem by stringing balloons across a nude Modigliani print whenever there was a child’s birthday party in the house, not, she is quick to clarify, for her own two sons who were “acculturated” but for the other kids.) “But,” continues Dharker, “I did put them up, and no one ever cringed, and I never saw anyone look at it and freak out. I think in a painting, as opposed to a photograph, the breasts and female genitalia are more stylised and representational , and therefore the people we are afraid of offending may not notice it. No I would not hang a photograph of a nude on my wall.”
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“People don’t like nudes,” grumbles octogenarian artist Akbar Padamsee, who has a large and tasteful oeuvre of the unclad female form. “They begin to say, what will the children and servants think. But there was one man, I forget his name, who said, I care a damn, it’s my house, and he bought some of my nudes.” Fortunately for artists, there are still those who live dangerously. This band of buyers is unfazed by the Shame Police, an invisible but powerful presence who really would prefer it if painters stuck to meadows and demurely clad goddesses. (Shame on Raja Ravi Varma, and as for Husain!) These buyers can unashamedly feast their eyes on an obese Ara nymph or the miniatures of Waswo X Waswo, a symmetrically named gay American artist who lives with his boyfriend in Udaipur and paints tranquil scenes of nude men pissing serenely into an ocean of lotuses. One of Waswo’s ardent collectors is the bright-eyed Anurag Khanna, who runs a coal-importing business in Gandhidham in Gujarat, and gathers provocative art from all over the world with a messianic relish. Khanna’s collection includes video art called Chingari Chumma, a light-blue print of a horse with a penis by Aji V N, and a huge work by New York lesbian artist Chitra Ganesh of “a woman licking another” . “Yes, it’s crude,” he says reasonably over the phone, “but I decided some time ago not to buy pretty art but good art, whether it’s rude, crude or nude.” Ganesh’s works, a queer tweaking of Amar Chitra Katha comics, have bare-breasted nymphs with eyes for nipples, large body wounds shaped like juicy red lips and mounds of pubic hair uncensored by the razor.
Even the most fanatic liberal might shrink from displaying such trembling sexuality in the hallway — the Domino’s delivery boy might flee. But an unperturbed Khanna points out that the blunt axe of familiarity can dull even the most scandalous offering. He says he comes from a “regular, conservative family” , and that his dadi lived with them till she passed away. And yes, his four-year-old daughter did say about the Chitra Ganesh painting, “Kya kar rahen hai, boy and girl ko karna chahiye” , but this only gave Papa a chance to introduce her to the idea of alternative love. “Koi nahin dekhta,” Khanna says. “It’s blankness.” Not everyone is so unfettered from the terms of propriety. Artist Meera Devidayal who lives in an upscale apartment on Altamont Road in Mumbai says that she has grappled with this chestnut too. “I have been through this problem,” says Devidayal. “I had some erotic art works given to me by Laxma Goud. For a long time, I kept them inside. There’s one of a nude woman and an animal near her. I said what if someone sees it, the servants and all that.
Then I decided what the hell, it’s nudity, they can deal with it. Also, because it’s in my studio with a whole lot of other paintings, it doesn’t stare you in the face.” The male staff, explains Devidayal, was her chief concern. “I had all these daughters in the house. Why throw nudity in the face of the staff and provoke them? It’s not fair. So many are away from their families. I didn’t want anyone to get sexually aroused. You know, one has heard stories ... ” Working with erotica in the office can be somewhat more distracting . So when a TOI editor recently mentioned the rather interesting art that hung in the offices of The Economic Times, it sounded like a lead worth pursuing. When Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar was ET editor, his cabin in Mumbai had a Bhupen Khakhar on the wall, of a boat peopled with nude gay men, two of them embracing. “Lots of people looked cursorily at the painting and dismissed it, thinking the couple was heterosexual,” says Swami . “A few looked at it a second time, gulped, and said nothing at all! I cannot remember a single person actually discussing the homosexual content. Another cabin I occupied in Delhi did have a painting by K G Subramanyan of a woman with prominent breasts — I had no idea it attracted the attention of the editor. Not worth it, if you ask me.”
Journalist Anil Dharker used to have a few Padamsee nudes in his Malabar Hill flat. “They were quite graphic, and yes, it did cross my mind that with the bai coming in and the dhobi... one could hardly pull a curtain across,” he says. (Columnist Bachi Karkaria solved this problem by stringing balloons across a nude Modigliani print whenever there was a child’s birthday party in the house, not, she is quick to clarify, for her own two sons who were “acculturated” but for the other kids.) “But,” continues Dharker, “I did put them up, and no one ever cringed, and I never saw anyone look at it and freak out. I think in a painting, as opposed to a photograph, the breasts and female genitalia are more stylised and representational , and therefore the people we are afraid of offending may not notice it. No I would not hang a photograph of a nude on my wall.”
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Dirty Laundry Editorials
Audrina Patridge’s Maxim Spread is Naughty but Weird
Audrina Patridge is the cover girl for Maxim’s October issue. Inside the magazine, the reality TV star (wth lightened locks!) is also photographed doing some sexy but strange things. Audrina Patridge’s Maxim shoot shows her scantily clad, either in a bikini or just the bottoms. In one set, she sits atop a washing machine blowing bubble gum and innocently folding her laundry. I guess that’s what happens when you run out of clean clothes.
Wait, there’s more. Audrina Patridge’s Maxim shoot also includes photos of her eating a strawberry-laden cake—somewhat messily, which is probably considered pretty sexy in some books (not mine so much). She is also shown crawling around in front of what looks like tiled mosaic wall. Something tells me we’re not in the Hills anymore!
Wait, there’s more. Audrina Patridge’s Maxim shoot also includes photos of her eating a strawberry-laden cake—somewhat messily, which is probably considered pretty sexy in some books (not mine so much). She is also shown crawling around in front of what looks like tiled mosaic wall. Something tells me we’re not in the Hills anymore!
Cleavage-Baring Corsets
The Rockin' Katy Perry Leather Bustier at Paris Fashion Show
I am pretty sure that when you are as good looking as Katy Perry, you can wear anything and it would still be hot. So when the Katy Perry leather bustier made an appearance, all eyes were on her. Sitting front and center at a Paris fashion show, the Katy Perry leather bustier probably got more attention then the show itself. Finishing the look with black pants, and her trademark ebony hair, there could have been a fire in the building and I am sure no one would have noticed.
Liquored Wild Royal Pics
The Very Rich and Very Drunk Pics Show Anyone Can Get Ridiculously Drunk
You know what I like to see? I like to see people who are extremely wealthy and who have titles before their names get really drunk and make fools of themselves. The Very Rich and Very Drunk Photos are tailored for me (and possibly you too).
Taken at Britain’s Day at Royal Ascot, these photos document those who are in the upper crusts of society getting down and dirty—literally. The Very Rich and Very Drunk Photos go to show that no matter where or who you think you are, when you are drunk, you are still just a drunk.
Taken at Britain’s Day at Royal Ascot, these photos document those who are in the upper crusts of society getting down and dirty—literally. The Very Rich and Very Drunk Photos go to show that no matter where or who you think you are, when you are drunk, you are still just a drunk.
Racy Animal Fashion
Sexy Horeses & Frogs in Tush Magazine
The latest issue of Tush magazine features an eye-popping editorial with racy animal fashion. Kermit the frog and horses are two of the inspirations behind the editorial ‘Fremd Gehen’ with photography by Armin Morbach, realization by Katrin Gerhardy and styling by Katrin Gerhardy. The model wearing the animalistic pieces is Chloe Belle.
Check out more animal-inspired fashions & fascinating features below.
Check out more animal-inspired fashions & fascinating features below.
Nude News Stories
Vice Magazine Make a Statement on Ill-Intentioned Mass Media
When you think of news, I’m sure you associate it with different types of ‘coverage’ and ‘briefs’ than the ones shown in the pictures accompanying this Vice article about the potential harmfulness of today’s news. The article, titled, ‘News in Briefs: Is the media to blame?,’ details how today’s news reports are too focused on selling papers rather than reporting real news. It also raises the question whether news is actually promoting crime so that criminals can get their five minutes of fame.
While interesting notions are brought up, I’m sure the pictures accompanying the article drew in more readers than the topic matter itself. I wonder what that says about the interests of the audiences these newspapers are catering to…
While interesting notions are brought up, I’m sure the pictures accompanying the article drew in more readers than the topic matter itself. I wonder what that says about the interests of the audiences these newspapers are catering to…
Myleene posed pregnant
Myleene Klass does naked pregnant pose for magazine Glamour
She enhanced her celebrity status by cavorting in a teeny bikini. So it was a natural progression for Myleene Klass to go au naturel. The former pop star has become the latest celebrity to imitate Demi Moore's famous nude pose in the late stages of pregnancy. Miss Klass, 29, who was a swimwear-clad contestant on I'm A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here!, appears naked save an engagement ring and gold butterfly-design necklace on the cover of the latest edition of Glamour magazine.
Glamorizing Diverse Body Types
Plus Size Models Galore Appear in Glamour Magazine's October Issue
With positive reviews of its September issue still fresh in everyone’s mind, Glamour Magazine will feature eight nude and beautiful plus-size models in their October 2009 issue. Glamour Magazine really has gone above and beyond its competitors lately when it comes to showing the more realistic side of women, rolls and all—and I’m willing to bet their sales will skyrocket when this issue hits the stands.
It’s long been known that women, especially teen girls, struggle with positive body issues. One can only imagine that if more magazines, especially popular fashion ones, embrace women of all shapes and sizes in their editorials, that it will start to have a positive impact on young women. Although some may be a bit irritated that a woman larger than size six is considered “plus-sized,” some of the models do look to be around a size ten to twelve. But hey, at least they’re heading in the right direction. And, who knows, perhaps magazines like Vogue and Cosmopolitan will be inspired to follow suit.
It’s long been known that women, especially teen girls, struggle with positive body issues. One can only imagine that if more magazines, especially popular fashion ones, embrace women of all shapes and sizes in their editorials, that it will start to have a positive impact on young women. Although some may be a bit irritated that a woman larger than size six is considered “plus-sized,” some of the models do look to be around a size ten to twelve. But hey, at least they’re heading in the right direction. And, who knows, perhaps magazines like Vogue and Cosmopolitan will be inspired to follow suit.
The London Tattoo Convention
The London Tattoo Convention had a lot of Needles!
Granted, most major cities have tattoo conventions, you can bet that the London Tattoo Convention has off the chain. Showcasing all sorts of different body modifications, and of course, only the finest tattoo artists around.
Ever wondered what it would be like to be the only person in a place without a tattoo? Well, you will have to wait until next year to find out, cause you missed this year’s London Tattoo Convention.
Granted, most major cities have tattoo conventions, you can bet that the London Tattoo Convention has off the chain. Showcasing all sorts of different body modifications, and of course, only the finest tattoo artists around.
Wearable Meals
Wearable Meals
These sushi-inspired costumes are sure to be a hit at any Hallowe’en party of trick or treating event. These delicious food-inspired costumes may have been originally created for kids but would be easy to replicate for an adult. All you need is a white t-shirt, pieces of colored felt and headband or hat.
NottheKitchenSink created these sushi-inspired costumes to include a felt piece of fish, nori band, ginger, a dollop of wasabi and even the green plastic sushi grass. If sushi is not your food of choice maybe you’ll enjoy the Asian Noodle Bowl costume that comes complete with chopsticks.
NottheKitchenSink created these sushi-inspired costumes to include a felt piece of fish, nori band, ginger, a dollop of wasabi and even the green plastic sushi grass. If sushi is not your food of choice maybe you’ll enjoy the Asian Noodle Bowl costume that comes complete with chopsticks.
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