{"id":201,"date":"2006-10-27T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2006-10-27T04:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/10\/27\/paint-the-town-pink\/"},"modified":"2011-08-09T00:58:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T04:58:43","slug":"paint-the-town-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/10\/27\/paint-the-town-pink\/","title":{"rendered":"Paint the town pink!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Yes, literally. Why does this story put songs like Paint it Black (substituting Pink for Black), or Lily the Pink in my head?<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Residents of a depressed eastern Indian town are painting it pink in a bid to boost morale and cut crime. Can you imagine a whole city painted pink? I have a feeling that the will either drive the towns people nuts or cause more crime, but that&#8217;s just my personal opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Aurangabad, in India&#8217;s Bihar state, was a hot bed of Maoist rebel activity, and suffered from killings, extortion, kidnapping, and inter-caste wars says Arvind Kumar Singh, a senior local government official.  So instead of fighting the crime and catching the rebels they ordered several cans of paint.  Uh huh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are hoping that the color pink, which is soothing and pretty, will erase these blots from the past and make the town look attractive,&#8221; Singh said of the initiative, which kicked off in June.  I thought the colour green was supposed to be a calming colour and that that was why it&#8217;s used in prisons and clinical therapy areas so often?  I wonder which shade of pink they choose or if they used many different shades?<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>The prettier-in-pink concept came from the dominant Rajput community, who moved to Bihar from the western desert state of Rajasthan, whose capital, Jaipur, is known as the &#8220;pink city.&#8221;  So they&#8217;re just copying another cities idea?<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if their pets have to wear pink now too?  This poor pup doesn&#8217;t look very happy in pink:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/269605967\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 5px solid white;\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/89\/269605967_ef2dd47aed_m.jpg\" alt=\"pic20416\" width=\"240\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you think that changing the colour of a city will really work to lessen crime?  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Why does this story put songs like Paint it Black (substituting Pink for Black), or Lily the Pink in my head? Residents of a depressed eastern Indian town are painting it pink in a bid to boost morale and cut crime. Can you imagine a whole city painted pink? 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