Last week it was the Jaipur court which issued an arrest warrant for the actor Richard Gere for what according to the judge was an act of "Higly sexually erotic" nature of the kiss he gave to Shilpa in an event organised for AIDS awareness. This event sent mixed reactions across the country.

This week we see the Iranians going a bit ahead in this race. Its their President who is now caught in the controversy. The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been accused of indecency. What he did was to publicly embrace and kiss an elderly woman on the hand. This elderly woman was his schoolteacher.

It all started with the Iran state media photographing him ahead of the Iranian Teacher's day last Tuesday. He was photographed stooping to kiss the woman’s hand and then clasping her arms in an embrace. The next day you find him on the front page of the newspaper Hezbollah critisised for his action.

It is to be noted that according to sharia law, it is forbidden for a man to have any physical contact with a woman to whom he is not related.

What is interesting is that this elderly woman, was wearing thick gloves along with a headscarf and long black coat. This meant taht that 'technically' Mr Ahmadinejad avoided any skin contact.

We need to wait and see how both these incidents unfolds....

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