Some stereotyping is great fun. Especially if one is a Bengali woman. The rest of the country calls us names. Names we secretly relish. ‘Bong Bombshell’, ‘Bengali Tigress’, ‘Hot Bong’ and so on. Countless memes and viral videos perpetuate our legend — we are hot, sexy, and fierce in bed. When we make the toughest of men go weak in the knees, what chance does the mild mannered Bengali man have? No wonder then the Bengali man is considered to be bit of a cuckold by his testosterone-driven peers from up North.

The truth may be somewhere in between. The girls from ‘Cal’ are sassy, no doubt. But If you are looking for the bombs, you have to look at the boudi or bhabhi next door. That, as any man worth his Hot Kati Roll will tell you, is where all the action is. The Hot Boudi is not your usual flip-flop and strappy top wearing chick hanging out at a Bandra or a Nariyal Pani do.

She will have been married, mothered a bunch of kids and yet capable of smothering you with her passion. She is Savita Bhabhi with an intellectual, artsy twist. Every Indian male’s fantasy. She is free-spirited; so is her pallu. Both refuse to be tied up, down or where they should be. Her blouses will be cut so deep that it will make the Mariana Trench look tame. She will surprise you with her ability to hold a drink and flirt with your boss. And she will go back home just in time to ensure Tublu finishes his math homework.

So this Hot Boudi has discovered social media. And boy, oh boy, she is totally rocking it. Her posts, in fabulous English of course (c’mon, she is a Bengali), are either about love bites, weight loss, hookah parties and perfect pedicures (saree hitched up for better view). A sporting (read hapless) hubby looks on as she tags him on a romantic dinner selfie in a racy red gown picked up from Hill Road or Lokhandwala in Mumbai or their equivalent in other cities. Anniversary selfies come with kissing GIFs and even Shivratri groupfies taken on a special significance (ahem!). The posts draw tons of compliments — mostly from former boyfriends, current admirers and sundry other people who have little or no interest in the husband.

Or they are about her original creations.

I stumbled upon a post from this Hot Boudi, who is a delightful and creative person. She composed and shared on Facebook what is obviously a piece of erotic verse, filled with racy imagery guaranteed to make you blush. Kind of a Kamasutra for the kale generation.

This wonderful woman is no Bipasha Basu. She is more of a Bengali Silk Smitha who reads Murakami, drinks single malt and shares sexy notes with her husband on FB. I cannot help but admire her for being so goddamned unapologetic about her sexuality. Not just a Bong Bombshell, but a Nuclear Bomb if you please.

So if a certain Pahlaj Nihalani is reading this, he should know that in a real world, women not only have sex. They are totally cool talking about it too.

(Scribbler, scribe, traveller — Chandrima Pal takes you through the sexual landscape of today)

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