(I thought about this as i was watching a video song on Bharati channel, a welcome change from all the heterosexualised channels, a channel which still kept its Indianness. The video song was about India and its people and culture. There were clippings from various parts of India from Jammu and Kashmir to Kerala. And in the entire song, in all the parts of India, men were seen with other men, while women with other women -- in whatever they were doing. All the dance forms (except one dance from Christian tribals in the northeast) were of males dancing together, and females dancing in separate groups. There were no 'heterosexual' dances.
I think of how the forces of heterosexualisation have gradually changed everything. They have converted our traditional dances into heterosexual dances. Now its stigmatised for two men to dance together, while, men and women are encouraged to dance together).
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