Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Is writing about Sex a weakness or an irrestible strength?

In the past 50years the taboos of Literacy have dramatically changed. D.H.Lawrence "Lady Chatterley's Lover" novel was put on trial because of its obscenity trial during the 1960's. Through his usage of local vernacular and an in depth look at the true relationship between two humans. Lawrence successfully portrayed sex as sacred in a world where sex is viewed as nothing more than physical pleasure. Susanna Rustin truly believes that this trial granted Lawrence the media attention which brought the masses to purchase his novel. Even though writing about sex was such a taboo in his time, he still could not resist the temptation. The buyers gave in to the very same temptation as they secretly bought his books and then latter on devoured his every page. Sex is a human motivator and hence made this novel an overall great success.


According to Sarah Duncan, men have a tendency to write extremely mecanically about this subject. She explains that it is not very interesting to hear about the exact directions to get somewhere or taking out the instructions for DIY Twister. Using metaphors such as "The big Boa Constrictor slivered his way in...etc" can be ridiculous at times and franky misleading to inexperienced readers. On the other hand, bad sex literature are awarded prizes which offer them great publicity. For example the Bad Sex Fiction Award in the United Kingdom was given to Rowan Somerville for sentences such as "Like a lepidopterist mounting a tough-skinned insect with a too blunt pin he screwed himself into her" he has recently sold five times more books then expected. As a writer, he has now become a well known author often asks to speak in lectures.


Susanna Rustin then mentioned that the act of sex is something personal and that it is impossible to convey into a universal emotion, "Everyone understands it but various people will have different experiences towards it". She strongly critsis Tony Blair's "sexing up" Iraq's War documents as being insensitive and commercial. This strongly weakened Tony Blair's public image and most probably his professional image. Many authors loose themselves as they adventure themselves on a path of representing erotica for financial means. This is human nature but sadly it is taken at times too fare as it is impossible to convey the personal loss of self consciousness in the act of sex. Hence it can greatly damage the reputation or the actual literature story piece. More and more fiction novels are seen as "trashy" as the use of sex in novels is becoming a norm and no longer something explicit. According to Sarah Rustin, drugs is increasing becoming a subject of interest attracting financial incentives.

So what do you think? Do we admire the Boa Constrictor's strength or hate it for squeezing the life out of good Literature?    
 

Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Is Democracy India’s Archilles Heel?


 Since 1947, India has developed a democracy that is inherent in its country. In the world of business today, I would like to discuss whether this system has become a weakness or a substantial strength in the progression of its economic growth.

The proactive collective movement from its nation founded Indian’s coalition government. Their leaders where chosen by their achievements and ability to performance within the newly form government. At present, more than 40% of the actual governing individuals were brought into government through the inherence of their father/mothers positions. 30% of current MPs are on trial or in jail for semi-serious acts of crimes. This includes issues such as murder, poisoning, rape etc. We now come to terms with the fact that the electoral system in place might be flawed to a certain extend.

Another issue that should be raised is the distribution of wealth in India. Democracy seems to have its why of reaching out its benefits to most of the middle class individuals but then the lower economies will never feel the effects.  As Suhel Seth said can democracy be used as the origin of these problems? Should electoral reform occur to create stronger filtering systems? Will the economy suffer from the current leaders in power?

Please add any thoughts or opinions which might occur to you…

Friday, 30 September 2011

This blog will discuss the weaknesses that are found in various environments around the globe. We will give out potential solutions that may be relevant to the thoughts of certain readers. All the opinions which will be posted will be obtained first hand basis from lectures and interviews that I will be conducting. Please feel free to add your suggestions or discuss the issues that might be raised.