Love A|N|A|L|Y|Z|E|D

Love, lust, sex, kiss, bang and what not. Different names for one basic emotion. They are all the same, aint they? Why has each and every culture, religion and community upheld a divine feeling towards it. Is it truly that divine? If not then why? Why is it a taboo in my desi land? Why are we such hypocrites? I was watching “Mutiny on the bounty”. A Marlon Brando classic. He enacts the role of a young sailor that finds his way to a remote island somewhere in Africa. You know old English movies. They always depict these tribal islands as a heaven for sex. The tribals shown in these movies are always hungry for it, where anybody bangs everybody. However, a small thing caught my attention. Marlon Brando introduces “KISS” to these tribals. The tribals somehow did not know nothing about kissing. They only seemed to rub their noses with each other. Could that be true in a real life scenario?

As a biotechnologist, the thing that truly amuses me is the study of evolution and phylogenetic analysis. These studies are based on conservation of protein structures along an evolutionary line. It is amazing as to how similar some proteins found in human body are when compared to their bacterial counterparts. However, I realized that conservation doesn’t take place at the microbial level alone. There is conservation of physical aspects and interactions as well. Love is truly the most conserved emotion that is expressed so widely. Take each and every aspect of it into consideration. A simple kiss. Just a simple one. Is there a race of humans that doesn’t express love in the form of a kiss? None I can think of. A man coming home to his partner after many days, what is the first thing he does when he sees her? Kiss! Irrespective of color, cast, creed, race, religion, and community; love is often expressed in form of a simple kiss. They all do it in the same way with same emotion. Physical methods of expression of love beyond kiss are restricted due to their biological constraints, but a kiss is not. There could have been different ways of doing it. As unlike sex, there are no physical/biological restraints on it. Then why do we all do it the same way?

The power of love has definitely been underestimated and not well understood, for it has survived through out ages and changes. It is the one thing that didn't succumb to evolution. I stepped out into my backyard, it was raining, the wind was blowing strong. I looked up into the trees, it absolutely was worth capturing! I think I’m going insane now!!

PS: There are two love birds in the pic, kissing!