{"id":4317,"date":"2009-02-10T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T08:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2009-02-10T13:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T08:13:00","slug":"kissing-is-a-vedic-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/kissing-is-a-vedic-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cKissing Is A Vedic Habit\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/2009\/feb\/07did-india-export-the-kiss-to-the-west.htm\" title=\"Did India export The Kiss to the West? -- Sunil Sethi\">Sunil Sethi reveals<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Behaviour analysts are also divided on where the habit [of kissing] originated. Some believe that kissing, in fact, is a Vedic habit. Vaughn Bryant, an anthropologist from Texas quoted in the <i>International Herald Tribune<\/i>, believes that the first recorded kiss, around 1500 BC, is in scriptures which mention people sniffing with their mouths; later Vedic texts describe lovers &#8220;setting mouth to mouth&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Far from being a European import, he says, kissing went west from India, after Alexander&#8217;s conquest of Punjab in 326 BC. If such is the case then the Romans and Latins, whose kisses range from the overtly sexual to the deeply spiritual, are truly the kissing cousins of the Aryans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Just imagine kissing going west. Savita Bhabhi, in an earlier birth, is carrying it with her. She is stopped by US customs. <i>Anything to declare?<\/i> asks the customs officer. <i>Yes,<\/i> says Savita Bhabhi. <i>Lean forward.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>(HT: <a href=\"http:\/\/donquixort.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"Salil Bijur\">Salil<\/a>. More on Savita Bhabhi: <a href=\"\/savita-bhabhi-and-the-travelling-bra-salesman\/\" title=\"Savita Bhabhi and the Travelling Bra Salesman\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"\/savita-bhabhi-and-the-moral-police\/\" title=\"Savita Bhabhi and the Moral Police\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"\/knives-on-planes\/\" title=\"Knives On Planes\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"\/brave-new-world\/\" title=\"Brave New World\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"\/monster-trucks-party-clocks-and-chidiya-choo-choo\/\" title=\"Monster Trucks, Party Clocks and Chidiya Choo Choo\">5<\/a>, <a href=\"\/bhajji-loves-sreesanth-sreesanth-loves-bhajji\/\" title=\"Bhajji Loves Sreesanth. Sreesanth Loves Bhajji\">6<\/a>, <a href=\"\/mahabharata-through-the-eyes-of-bhima-and-savita-bhabhi\/\" title=\"Mahabharata Through The Eyes Of Bhima (And Savita Bhabhi)\">7<\/a>, <a href=\"\/fannie-and-freddie-and-savita-bhabhi\/\" title=\"Fannie And Freddie\">8<\/a>, <a href=\"\/savita-bhabhi-for-president\/\" title=\"Savita Bhabhi For Preisdent\">9<\/a>, <a href=\"\/deconstructing-savita-bhabhi\/\" title=\"Deconstructing Savita Bhabhi\">10<\/a>, <a href=\"\/the-credit-crunch-gets-worse\/\" title=\"The Credit Crunch Gets Worse\">11<\/a>, <a href=\"\/wealthy-men-and-womens-orgasms\/\" title=\"Wealthy Men And Women's Orgasms\">12<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/2009\/feb\/07did-india-export-the-kiss-to-the-west.htm\" title=\"Did India export The Kiss to the West? -- Sunil Sethi\">Sunil Sethi reveals<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Behaviour analysts are also divided on where the habit [of kissing] originated. Some believe that kissing, in fact, is a Vedic habit. Vaughn Bryant, an anthropologist from Texas quoted in the <i>International Herald Tribune<\/i>, believes that the first recorded kiss, around 1500 BC, is in scriptures which mention people sniffing with their mouths; later Vedic texts describe lovers &#8220;setting mouth to mouth&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Far from being a European import, he says, kissing went west from India, after Alexander&#8217;s conquest of Punjab in 326 BC. If such is the case then the Romans and Latins, whose kisses range from the overtly sexual to the deeply spiritual, are truly the kissing cousins of the Aryans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Just imagine kissing going west. Savita Bhabhi, in an earlier birth, is carrying it with her. She is stopped by US customs. <i>Anything to declare?<\/i> asks the customs officer. <i>Yes,<\/i> says Savita Bhabhi. <i>Lean forward.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>(HT: <a href=\"http:\/\/donquixort.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"Salil Bijur\">Salil<\/a>. More on Savita Bhabhi: <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/savita-bhabhi-and-the-travelling-bra-salesman\/\" title=\"Savita Bhabhi and the Travelling Bra Salesman\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/savita-bhabhi-and-the-moral-police\/\" title=\"Savita Bhabhi and the Moral Police\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/knives-on-planes\/\" title=\"Knives On Planes\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/brave-new-world\/\" title=\"Brave New World\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/monster-trucks-party-clocks-and-chidiya-choo-choo\/\" title=\"Monster Trucks, Party Clocks and Chidiya Choo Choo\">5<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/bhajji-loves-sreesanth-sreesanth-loves-bhajji\/\" title=\"Bhajji Loves Sreesanth. Sreesanth Loves Bhajji\">6<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/mahabharata-through-the-eyes-of-bhima-and-savita-bhabhi\/\" title=\"Mahabharata Through The Eyes Of Bhima (And Savita Bhabhi)\">7<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/fannie-and-freddie-and-savita-bhabhi\/\" title=\"Fannie And Freddie\">8<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/savita-bhabhi-for-president\/\" title=\"Savita Bhabhi For Preisdent\">9<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/deconstructing-savita-bhabhi\/\" title=\"Deconstructing Savita Bhabhi\">10<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/the-credit-crunch-gets-worse\/\" title=\"The Credit Crunch Gets Worse\">11<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/wealthy-men-and-womens-orgasms\/\" title=\"Wealthy Men And Women's Orgasms\">12<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cKissing Is A Vedic Habit\u201d - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/kissing-is-a-vedic-habit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cKissing Is A Vedic Habit\u201d - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sunil Sethi reveals: Behaviour analysts are also divided on where the habit [of kissing] originated. 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