yeah, i would burn gere in effigy too, but not because he kissed someboy, but because i had to sit through the pain that was chicago, autumn in new york, the jackal, chicago, red square, did i mention chicago?
Angry protesters in cities across India burned effigies of actor Richard Gere on Monday after he showered Bollywood starlet Shilpa Shetty with kisses at an AIDS awareness event, officials said.
Right-wing Hindus burned effigies of the 57-year-old Gere in India's entertainment hub of Mumbai and organised street rallies in the capital New Delhi one day after Gere's public display of affection, seen as taboo here.
"This is against Indian ethos... Don't touch our women," the demonstrators screamed in New Delhi, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported.
Similar protests erupted in other cities like Benaras, Bhopal, Kanpur and Indore, with demonstrators demanding an apology from the silver-haired Hollywood actor, PTI said.
At an AIDS awareness function in New Delhi on Sunday, Gere embraced the 31-year-old Shetty -- winner of Britain's Celebrity Big Brother reality show -- and kissed her several times on the cheek in front of 4,000 onlookers.
"Such a public display is not part of Indian tradition," said the spokesman for the opposition Hindu nationalist BJP party, Prakash Javadekar.
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