Jodhpur – Can I ….?

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Today, together with Lam Li – the Malaysian traveller, we tried to smuggle into the Jodhpur Fort. The ticket for foreigner is 250 Rs, which is quite expensive for us. So, instead of directly entered the main gate, we tried the small path, climbing up and down the rough terrain behind the fort, and suddenly found that it was actually quite fantastic already outside the fort.

On the back of the fort, we met two young boys. One is 17 and the other is 16. They are skipping the class today, as one of them didnt do the biology homework, and the other did accompany him as sign of solidarity. They are both Brahmin, who are supposed not to eat meat and smoke. But the guys, on the top of a small hill, smoked together without anyone knowing. The boy told me that the parents were very strict, and surely would beat him if finding him smoking and eating chicken in a food stall.

As anywhere in India, the guys suddenly drive the conversation to “sexual matter” right after 3 minutes.
“Are you married?”
“Do you have boyfriend? Do you have girlfriend?”
And after that, the chat was about the prostitution in Jodhpur. There is a place near the Clock Tower, named Khasmandi, where a girl there can be booked as low as 50 Rupees only for the whole night (not the 2 hour rate like in Indonesia). The 17-yr-old boy, Jaswant, said that he went to this place almost everynight, the girls are young and beautiful, and he was really sure that there wouldnt be AIDS.
“I always have condom!” said him proud.
And he even invited me to go with him this evening.
“Play safe! Dont forget to use double layer,” said Lam Li to him, smiling.

Talking about the pressure of being a Brahmin, whom the marriage are always arranged by the parents, this young guy is kinda revolting one.
“I wont have the arranged marriage, I will have love marriage! And if my parents dont agree, I will run away”
“For how many years?” asked us.
“For one night. Then I am sure my father will forgive me. Only for one night,” said him.

We decided to move on, climbing down the cliff. Then the boy, yelled to Lam, “Hey, CAN I FUCK YOU????”

…………………….

“A typical Indian experience,” said Lam Li, “in 3 minutes the will ask you whether you have boyfriend, in 5 minutes they ask to fuck you.” But this is a very young boy, of 17 yrs old only, and he is just straightforward about what he wants. Really a good quality.

“What I don’t know is whether all Indian guys are horny every single second,” questioned her, “or they see that all female foreigners are easy stuff.”
But one fact can be assured: no matter boys or old men, they have the same characteristics.
And according to her experience, this kind of straightforward chat is very usual already in India: shopowner, hotel owner, puppet maker, rickshaw driver, and now a young little boy.

“Hey, CAN I ….?”