Mind Your Manners

Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning.

Bengali author Sunil Gangopadhyay has authored over 250 books and one supremely funny practical joke. Evidently, he joked that he kissed an idol of Saraswati, the goddess of learning, to satisfy his desire, the comment was printed in a newspaper and Gangopadhyay was brought up on charges of defiling a Hindu goddess. Keep in mind, it was a statue that he said he kissed. At least Calcutta's High Court had the good sense to dismiss the charges.