India seems to be a fairly conservative country in terms of male/female relationships. Arranged marriages are still occurring and public displays of affection are almost non existent – except on the beach it would seem! We walked down to Marina Beach one day to see the longest beach in Asia. We were quite conspicuous I have to say – a couple of white girls tramping along in the sand! At one point a whole family came up to us just to shake our hands! But what struck me most about the beach was that dotted all over it were couples sitting together, talking intimately, even kissing. They were there in plain sight, but because the expanse of beach is so huge it was the perfect place to ‘hide’ The following day we were driven along the road next to the beach and Rebecca, who is the Principal of the Deaf School, described it as a ‘lovers paradise’. When I asked her if she knew this from personal experience she let out a big chuckle and said “OF COURSE!”
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