Richard Gere is Flaming: Effigies Burned by Indian Protesters

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Nationalists in Mumbai, India proved it's not just their curry that's hot after an irate mob of protesters burned effigies of 58-year-old actor Richard Gere on Monday. The uppity crowd flamed Gere's likeness in response to a Sunday incident where Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, 31, ended up on the receiving end of Gere's affections at an AIDS-awareness benefit.

In Mumbai, members of the right-wing Hindu nationalist group Shiv Sena beat burning effigies of Gere with sticks and set fire to glamourous shots of Shetty.

Similar protests have broken out in other cities.

The two appeared at a news conference in New Delhi on Sunday to highlight the HIV/AIDS epidemic among India's truck drivers. In front of a cheering crowd, Gere kissed the giggling Shetty on the hand, then kissed her on both cheeks before bending her in a full embrace to kiss her cheek again.
According to the Press Trust of India, Prakash Javadekar spoke on behalf of the Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata Party and said, "Such a public display is not part of Indian tradition."

Yeah, well shoving a gerbil up one's ass isn't part of American tradition either but you don't see us setting things on fire.

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