Kashika Saxena
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FLASH MARRIAGE, FLASH LIFE, FLASH DIVORCE

In Hollywood, they marry to divorce. Much of their life is acting. They confuse acting with life, and understandably so. And finally things fall apart. Five couples have split in the first half of 2010!

Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes

Kate Winslet of Titanic fame and her director husband Sam Mendes have separated after a 7-year marriage. It was the second marriage – and second divorce, too – for the 34-year-old Winslet, 34, winner of the best actress Oscar award for The Reader, a movie based on the theme holocaust. She divorced her first husband, Jim Threapleton, in 2001, three years after their marriage.

Both Kate and Sam are Oscar award-winners.

Sandra Bullock and Jesse James

Newly-crowned Oscar queen Sandra Bullock and Jesse James have just divorced, ending their 5-year marriage. Jesse’s unfaithfulness is said to be the reason for the split.

Huang Yi and Jiang Kai

Chinese actress Huang Yi and her husband Jiang Kai have just ended their year-old marriage. Conflicting personalities is ascribed as the reason for the fiasco.

Charlene Choi and Ronald Cheng

When Hong Kong actress Charlene Choi and singer Ronald Cheng announced their divorce ending their 4-year marriage, it took even the paparazzi by surprise because they did not know the couple was married in the first place.

Gong Li and Ooi Hoe Seng

Gong Li the actress has split from Singaporean tobacco tycoon Ooi Hoe Seng (59). Gossip about Gong’s new relationship is making the rounds.

PUBLIC OR PRIVATE























It may not b termed as 'intrusion of privacy' as the picture has not been clicked inside one's house or bedroom for that matter. One cannot turn a public place into a private area and then condemn the media for covering any sort of activity taking place over there. There is a difference between personal and public space and that should be maintained.

Raj Shekhar












I would not like anyone intruding into my private life. Let what is public remain public, and what is private, private.


SEEMANTI GHATAK











Since I am not yet a public figure or even married, I would not like people intruding into my private affair. I strongly feel privacy must be respected.

ABHERI ROY












Born as an Indian girl I am socialised in a way to cherish such moments in private rather than public. So I would not like my kissing photo be published in newspaper.

DEEPA CHAUDHARY











It is unfair for the media to expose an intimate moment of a public figure for the sake of boosting the circulation.

ANKITA SUKHEJA












Any publicity is good publicity, but certain things in life are best kept private. I would like to be in news for doing something commendable instead of something as mundane as kissing. Besides a photograph like this will instantly create sensation for all the wrong reasons and I would rather not make a spectacle of my life before all and sundry.

KASHIKA SAXENA











From a common man's perspective, it is definitely invasion of privacy. But for a celebrity who revels in the glare of publicity, that shouldn’t be a problem.

ALKA BRAHMA












In the era of social networking where everyone loves to show off and the generation always in the camera-on mode, there's nothing left to hide. Under such circumstances, protection of privacy is an uphill task. To compromise one's privacy is disgraceful So things that need to be done under the wraps, should remain there. And only there.

SHREYA JAI

Will you publish this picture?

TO PUBLISH OR NOT TO PUBLISH

If you were the editor of a newspaper, would you publish this picture?


SANJANA SAKSENA


The picture gives out a signal that times are changing in India and people are gaining global exposure. In spite of this Indian society still largely shies away from displaying their private lives in public. Since the picture displays this basic conflict, I would have published it without any reservations.




TANYA RUDRA
Public display of affection is something our Indian society will never permit but it's legal and common in the western world. This picture however keeps the identity of the couple discreet and is just an expression of love between them. It's just the outlook that matters, some might take this picture as a divine feeling whereas some might call it a lewd gesture. But being the editor of an Indian newspaper I wouldn't have published it.



SUKHPREET SINGH

As the editor of a local newspaper, my target audience would be the middle and the upper middle class. I would publish the picture not considering about sales figures going up, but because in my target audience this picture wouldn't be offensive.






SANYA AHUJA
If I were the editor of a newspaper, I would certainly not pay any heed to a picture like this, publishing it is out of question. There is nothing about it that a public needs to know. It shows a young couple sharing a private moment and that's about it. A newspaper carries fresh, important, thought-provoking news to make its readers well-informed and aware. Neither are we the moral police, nor do we support them. So this picture will have no place in my newspaper.



DIPTI JAIN
My aim as an editor should not be to 'make news'; rather it should be to convey information that is mature, authentic and serves some purpose. Publishing inappropriate pictures for the sheer purpose of stirring a sensation would render my job grossly unethical. Entertainment without vulgarity must be emphasised upon.







ESHA MAHAJAN
Today the Indian society is far more liberal with regard to displays of affection, as can be seen in several movies and music videos. However, publishing a picture like this only for the purpose of generating sales and creating sensationalsim is unethical. As the ediotr of a newspaper, I would publish it in a supplement privided it is in sync with a particular story and adds meaning to it.