Is it okay to be a gay or Lesbian in India ?

I never thought this would happen. But, now that it’s hear, it’s time to think “what now” ? I always listened to various discussions and debates on this topic, ( I think NDTV had a good show few months back ) read a lot of articles, and blogs … and still, I can’t be sure if I am against or for this gay thing, and I didn’t care … but now I should ..

Is it okay to be gay in India ? hmm legally yes ..( some what, unless govt is not planning another law against it, or making any changes in how that freedom is exercised here in India. )

But, when I think about this .. two of friends, boys, telling me that they are gay ? I can’t even imagine that.. I don’t know how it is like, to have gay or lesbian friends …. I never had such an experience, and I guess any of us never had, because even if any of our friends were gays, they will never tell us .. right?

For me, in single word, it sounds very disgusting. But, I can’t deny their rights if that is how nature has made them, so, I am in some what confused state, I am not against it, technically, but I am not for it either. This may change when I read, understand and contemplate more on this topic, and I may finally become totally against this …. I am not sure about this yet … and I have a feeling that many of us around here, are in the same situation ….

and the saddest thing …. in a society where even the word “sex” is considered weired, how will there be open discussions about this new system ?? anyone thought about that yet ?

Quick News : Gmail , Google Doc, google calender and google talk are out of beta !!

I am  only  a Linux user, not an expert. I feel good to tell you that I am linux user. Because, when I look around, I see only linux geeks, or linux experts and very very less linux users.

Understanding Linux as a user

The open source theory is not my attraction. I use Linux because it is a good operating system and that’s the only reason.When I write about Linux, I am not  preaching freedom and open source or any of those theories…  but I am trying to tell you about a good operating system that I use.

My job introduced Linux to me as an operating system  that does almost everything that windows can do, and lot of things that Windows can not do. I used linux because I had to, and I did not leave Linux because I started loving it.

This will not happen very often. We do not have platforms where general public get introduced to Linux. Linux and most of the things related to it are shared within the Geek Communities around the Internet.

The next step, reach the common man

What Linux should do now, as early as possible, is to introduce Linux to the common man. This should happen online and offline. There is a great community of Linux users. They can easily do this, using their online and offline contacts.

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Its been a while since I used wordpress.com for blogging ..   I got so used to self hosted wordpress blogs, that I  think less about wordpress.com bogs  these days ( hence blog less about them )  .. and I even stopped visiting wordpress.com …  ( just wordpress.com .. I still read your wordpress.com hosted blogs … don’t worry !! )

somehow reached wordpress.com today and spent some time there …. and there, I have a question  for my friends using wordpress.com blogs …

WordPress.com is doing a good job with features that they offer, and they are adding new features every now and then. But, do you miss something ? Do you need something more from them ? …. like … more freedom about looks of your blog … more plugins … etc ? Comments please ………

Imagine a vending machine, that gives you all types of free software and operating systems, straight on to a DVD !! The software vending machine ? Yes, a software vending machine, you heard it right. I got to watch this one on TV the other day. It’s pretty cool isn’t it ?

The news was on a Malayalam channel and I am sure we have it somewhere in Kerala. So, it should be in other cities too. Have you ever seen it ?  If you guys know about it, let me know, I need fedora core 8, the latest version. And of course, I would like to check out this cool software vending machine !! Check out their official website here

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