| 词条 | Mahinder Watsa |
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| name = Mahinder Watsa | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Mahinder C. Watsa | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|90|2014|7|21}} | birth_place = Punjab[1] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Indian | other_names = | occupation = Sexologist, sex columnist and sex educator | known_for = | spouse = Promila (deceased 2006)[1] }}Mahinder Watsa is an Indian sexologist who is well known for his sex columns in newspapers and magazines and his contributions to promote sex education in India.[1][2] Life and workMahinder Watsa's father was a military physician. Watsa is Punjabi. When he was around 7 years old, his family spent some time in Rangoon.[1] During his time at a medical college in Mumbai, Watsa stayed with friends of his family. Through them, he met his future wife, Promila. Despite coming from different backgrounds and castes (he is Punjabi, she was originally from Sindh), and going against a tradition of arranged marriages, the two wed after being friends for a number of years. The couple had a son and lived for a while in the 1950s in the United Kingdom, during which time Watsa worked as a hospital houseman and registrar. The family returned to India after his father fell ill and Watsa found work in for Glaxo as a medical officer, while simultaneously running a private practice as a gynecologist and obstetrician.[1] Watsa began a career as a columnist in the 1960s when, in his late 30s, he was asked to start writing a medical advice column for a women's magazine. He continued authoring health columns for several women's magazines, such as Femina, Flair, and Trend, into the 1970s until he encountered resistance from an editor who insisted upon censoring queries about sexual health. Watsa however maintained his writing through numerous alternative outlets including men's magazines (such as 'Fantasy') and, later, websites.[1][2][3] One of the readers of the Femina column had filed an obscenity lawsuit claiming that the publishers were fabricating the letters to increase readership. The editor, Sathya Saran, managed to convince the judge to drop the case by delivering a sack of unopened letters to him.[10] Through his work as a columnist he became aware of the lack of sex education in India. In 1974, while working as a consultant for the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI), Watsa proposed that a sexual counselling and education program should be introduced. Despite oppositions, FPAI accepted his advice and started India's first sex education, counselling and therapy centre. In 1976, he organised India's first workshop on human sexuality and family life. The workshop was also addressed by Ashok Row Kavi, a notable LGBT rights activist in India. In the early 1980s, Watsa left his practice to work full-time in counselling and education.[1] Ask the Sexpert columnIn 2005, aged 80, Watsa began writing a column called Ask the Sexpert for the newspaper Mumbai Mirror, which is noted for its witty replies to queries.[1] The newspaper has subsequently been threatened with lawsuits and accusations of obscenity.[1][4] Suchitra Dalvie, a gynaecologist, conducted a study by analysing more than 500 letters sent to the column. According to her, the study revealed a lack of sex education even among urban and relatively well-educated Indians.[1] In August 2014, his editor estimated that he has received more 40,000 queries for the column.[5] Awards
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite news|title=Ask the Sexpert: The 90-year-old sex guru|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28353027|accessdate=21 July 2014|work=BBC News|date=21 July 2014}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|author1=Lhendup G. Bhutia|title=An Appointment with the Sexpert|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/an-appointment-with-the-sexpert|accessdate=21 July 2014|work=OPEN}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Pawar|first1=Yogesh|title=Mahinder Watsa: Talking sex @ 90|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mahinder-watsa-talking-sex-90-1997076|accessdate=21 July 2014|work=DNA India|date=22 June 2014}} 4. ^{{cite news|author1=Sean McLain|title=India’s Sex Guru: The Problem is Ignorance|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/11/25/the-problems-indias-sex-guru-faces/|accessdate=21 July 2014|work=Wall Street Journal|date=25 November 2013}} 5. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Barry|first1=Ellen|title=90-Year-Old Sex Columnist Shatters Taboos in India|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/09/world/asia/mahinder-watsa-offers-sex-advice-to-indians.html|accessdate=10 November 2014|work=The New York Times|date=8 August 2014}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Bees, Birds, and Bananas|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/columns/mumbai-001/Bees-Birds-and-Bananas/articleshow/36728877.cms|accessdate=21 July 2014|work=Mumbai Mirror|date=18 June 2014}} External links
Amrit Dhillon|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 February 2013}}
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