According to a Durex global survey, Indians are not sexually satisfied -- only 46% of them manage to orgasm. Not quite what you'd expect from the land of Kamasutra and erotic sculptures.

India today is strongly influenced by Western culture, however it is not yet free from its traditional shell, something that gives rise to much hypocrisy. For example: India wanting to ban cheer leaders in a cricket tournament because they are vulgar, but then Bollywood film songs are provocative enough to be classified as erotica.

Sex is still a taboo subject in the country (it's almost synonymous to porn), there is no sex education in schools (culturally immoral?), and anything to do with the word is suppressed. Not being able to enjoy sex stems from inhibitions and ingrained conservative cultural beliefs, all that rise from tradition and severe lack of openness in society.

Or could all this be rubbish and it really has to do with the fact that the "thingis" of Indian men are too small?

Oh well, at least India has scored higher than the Japanese and Chinese who with only 27% and 24% (respectively) managing to reach orgasm, have been pronounced the countries that have the worst sex. Italians, Spaniards and Mexicans have the best sex lives with 66% of them reaching orgasm.

Read the title of this post again. Now say "what???" As odd as it sounds, Shailendra Roy of eastern India isn't kidding around.

Earlier this week Roy impressed crowds by pulling a train engine and three coaches. The Darjeeling toy train, which weighs about 35 tons, was attached to Roy's ponytail by a metal chain. After pulling the train 10 meters, Roy proudly announced, "I am planning to dangle myself from a helicopter."

How do you maintain such a ponytail? By rubbing it with mustard oil and doing lots of training, like pulling heavy logs and other objects. And apparently the flying thing isn't totally new; last year Roy tied his ponytail from a rope and flew through the air from one building to another in front of television cameras.

Although we here at Gadling do not recommend you try Roy's new way of travel at home, the concept is intriguing. And by intriguing I obviously mean slightly crazy.

When I watched this video, I honestly didn't think they were actually going to throw the baby off the building! They did.

Granted, it was a soft landing, but still.

Muslims in western India have been observing a bizarre ritual - they've been throwing their young children off a tall building to improve their health, writes Reuters.The faithful have been observing the ritual at a shrine in Solapur, in western India's Maharastra, for more than five hundred years. They believe it will make their children strong and say no accidents have ever happened.

I think it's time Islam hired a global PR agency to deal with all their publicity crisis. This one is no crowd pleaser, either.

Location: Delhi, the city with a history that dates back to 1650 A.D. This is where the Mughal Empire once reigned supreme leaving stunning buildings in its wake, and the British tried to recreate into an organized place of roundabouts and more stunning buildings. Common to every part of the city is the sacred cow that wanders throughout. Food truths: milk crosses cultural boundaries, and there's nothing quite like a perfect masala.

Episode Rating: 4 Sheep Testicles (out of 4) using Aaron's system, but trade sheep for goat.

Summary: Oh, rapture! Joy! I thought I missed food in Taiwan until I saw Andrew Zimmern eat his way through Delhi. With the abundance of food options and places to eat, Zimmern and his crew did an admirable job honing in on highlights of the gastronomic variety. If one thinks that Indian food is nothing but yellow curry powder, this episode dispelled that. Another dispelled myth is Delhi belly. I never had it in two years that I recall. If I had it, I'd remember.

This shot taken in Jaisalmer, India by arunchs looks like one of those scenes that might have looked the same 100 years ago--except for the sneakers. Also, notice the exquisite embroidered cloth underneath the saddle on the camel. There is a blue ruffle border to jazz it up. The embroidered household items sold in Rajasthan, where Jaisalmer is located, make shopping here sheer pleasure.

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The minute I read that cheerleaders are being imported to shake their booties at India's IPL tournament, I knew it would cause trouble: blonde and brunette "goris" (white girls) who are not shy of showing lots of skin is what the average Indian man only gets to see in films. Such girls live, only meters away from them, is enough to leave them drooling and dreaming of you know what. I am surprised that this wasn't foreseen by Indian organizers before they spent the money to get them there.

Spectators are passing lewd and insulting comments and politicians are disgusted as they find the bopping boobs and and gyrating bums on the cricket field too vulgar for Indian tolerance standards. Having said that, Bollywood films these days are no less provocative so this uproar is a prime example of India's double standards.

I had to laugh when I read in the BBC this quote by an Indian politician: "This thing is meant for foreigners and not for us. Mothers and daughters watch these matches on television. It does not look nice." It reminded me of the most famous line Indian men say to other men when they are being lecherous: "Don't you have mothers and sisters!?" It works wonders in making Indian men being sleazy to stop.

Anyway, security measures are at maximum for these poor girls who thought that coming to India and dancing in a national event would be all fun and games, meanwhile talks are being held to define the "line of decency" or to ban their appearance.

On second thoughts, I bet this uproar was foreseen: sexy international girls jiggying and thousands of Indians strongly reacting to it is enough to get another round of publicity in the international press -- which is exactly what has happened.

I didn't look very long before choosing this photo. I love the soft light and the grainy quality of the photo, which gives it the quality of an old photograph. The soft, sweeping saris contrast with the stout walls, which seem to frame the women. This scene was captured by arunchs (who we've featured many times for Photo of the Day) in Tamil Nadu, India.

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I would call this photo Light at the end of the tunnel. The tall, thin silhouette symbolizes our times almost too well: Black and white, always rushing somewhere "better." If only he knew what the man at the end of the tunnel probably already knows and what we'll never know.

Bernard-SD took this awesome photo in Hyderabad, India in March 2008.

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Talk to anyone from India and if you can't comment on the Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament that just kicked off, odds are that you'll be made redundant for any further communication.

The tournament is the latest craze that has hit the country, and has left people bedazzled with illusion of what will be over 7-weeks of dance, music, and sport "hungama" (madness). This is of no surprise as it involves the two things that practically run the country: Bollywood and cricket.

This is the first time that international cricketers will put aside national loyalties to play in a private tournament wherein the players were selected by a multi-million-dollar auction earlier this year. Over 100 national and international players have been offered bundles of cash to participate in the 44-day, 59-match, 8-city, cricket league in India.

The 8 teams, named after main cities in India, were also bought in an auction by Indian business moguls like Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallya, and Bollywood stars like Sharukh Khan and Priti Zinta.

The opening ceremony last Friday in Bangalore was a 45-minute Bollywood-style extravaganza with music, fireworks, light-shows and acrobats flown in from the Washington Redskins cheerleaders group, and attended by 55,000 people. You can watch bits of it here.

Unfortunately, it looks like this event of such hype and hysteria will not be covered by world news agencies because of a brawl over event photo distribution rights.

In India, Bollywood and cricket are as embedded in our culture as chai and squat toilets. You have to understand them to understand us. I have no doubt that this tournament will be a roaring success and I wish I could be in India for some of the matches! Living abroad has its cons. Sigh.

These two look like they're having a real heart to heart. I wonder who gets to ride in that bright and comfy-looking saddle -- when I took a camel safari in India, my ride was not so plush and I certainly felt it after three days. Flickr user arunchs captured this scene in Rajasthan, India, where I also took my three-day camel ride.

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