India
Construction Site
This article is work in progress and not yet part of the free encyclopedia IntactiWiki.
India, more formally known as the Republic of India, is the world's most populous nation with an estimated population numbering 1 billion, 428 million inhabitants.
Contents
Religious matters
India has a long and rich religious history. Four major religions — Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism — originated in India. Others, including Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Islamism, have been imported.
Islamism has not co-existed well with the other religions because of its aggressive manner of pushing Islam on non-Muslims with the sword and by such tactics as forced circumcision. For example, more than 300 British soldiers were captured by Muslims in 1780 and forcibly circumcised.[1]
India had long been governed by the British East India Company.[2] The British Raj assumed governance of India from the East India Company in 1858.[3] The British Raj decided to partition India in 1947, essentially to reduce religious strife. Two regions in the north of India — East and West Pakistan — would be assigned to the Dominion of Pakistan, which would be a home for Muslims. East Pakistan later became Bangladesh.[4]
The remainder of the Dominion of India would would be a home for non-Muslims.
Hindus, Sikhs, and adherents to other religions would be protected from most of the Muslims who were now in a separate nation. Pakistan now has 241.5 million Muslims and Bangladesh now has 169 million Muslims for a total of 410.5 million who have been removed from India and who cannot conveniently prey upon the non-Muslim citizens of India. The residual 14.2% Muslim population of India is now constitutes only about 172,000,000.[5]
The partition caused a mass migration with Muslims moving from India into Pakistan and non-Muslims moving from Pakistan into India. Muslims continued to conduct forced circumcisions at this time.[1]
Medical science
Medical science is highly advanced in India. Studies by Indian doctors have contributed to our understanding of the intact penis.
- Satya Parkash (1972) discussed some of the functions of the foreskin, some drawbacks to circumcision, and conditions for which circumcision should not be performed. Parkash described a new procedure for the plastic correction of phimosis which would save the foreskin.[6]
- Parkash et al (1973) studied the nature of the material which collects in the preputial sac of intact males. It was determined to be cast off "epithelial debris".[7]
- Lakshmanan & Parkash (1980) studied the nature and function of the layer of muscle fiber in the prepuce. The authors discovered the whorled pattern that produces a sphincter. They commented on the manner in which the foreskin is held close to the glans penis. They were the first to describe the gliding action of the foreskin that facilitates intercourse.[8]
- Parkash et al. (1982) studied the source of the wetness that is characteristic of the preputial sac. They determined that the wetness did not come from urine. They said:
As such it appears safe to conclude that the space is kept moist and also clean in those with preputial stenosis, by the secretions of the prostate, supplemented by the seminal secretion of the mucin content of the secretion of the urethral glands.[9]
- Parkash (1982) argued against non-therapeutic (routine) circumcision.[10]
- Agarwal et al. (2005) studied preputial retraction in Indian boys.[11]
- Shahid (2012) emphasized the necessity of properly diagnosing the type of phimosis when a boy with a non-retractable foreskin is presented. He also stated that circumcision is becoming outmoded as a treatment for phimosis.[12]
- Manekar et al. (2022) surveyed paediatricans across India and found that most were so poorly trained that they could not distinguish between normal physiological phimosis and pathological phimosis in boys, which may result in large numbers of unnecessary circumcisions of boys.[13]
A new surgical technique from India
Gupta, Mehta, & Gupta (2021), working in India, have described a new surgical technique to provide coverage of the glans penis at all times, including tumescent, for men who were involuntarily circumcised in childhood or who had a congenitally short prepuce (foreskin). The procedure has been performed on 46 patients with apparent complete success, although penetrating sexual performance has not been evaluated.[14]
Practise of circumcision
Although male circumcision is not unlawful, it is not part of the culture or religion of most Indians. In fact, it is viewed with distaste or ever horror by most Indians, especially since it is associated with Islamic practice. Sikhism prohibits cutting of the body. The vast majority of males are foreskinned.
Boys born into the 14.2% Muslim minority of families are usually circumcised prior to puberty.
Circumcision for medical indications is also practised. There are urologists who advertise their services. The validity of the claimed medical indications is not known.
The prevalence of circumcision
External links
Wikipedia article: India. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
References
- ↑ a b
Wikipedia article: Forced circumcision
- ↑ Wikipedia article: East India Company
- ↑ Wikipedia article: British Raj
- ↑ Wikipedia article: Partition of India
- ↑ Wikipedia article: Religion in India
- ↑
Parkash S. Phimosis and its plastic correction. J Indian Med Assoc. 16 May 1972; 58(10): 389-90. PMID. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
Quote:The prepuce is not a useless structure. If proper personal hygiene is observed, the risk of malignancy is not high enough to justify its ritual excision. Besides the prepuce provides valuable spare skin for cover in various conditions. Conservation of the prepuce is fully justified even in cases with phimosis which does not resolve spontaneously or which is not giving rise to symptoms.
- ↑ Parkash S, Jeyakumar S, Subramanyan K, Chaudhuri S. Human subpreputial collection: its nature and formation. J Urol. August 1973; 110(2): 211-2. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
Quote:A detailed study of the subpreputial collections and histological study of 128 specimens led us to conclude that there appears to be no evidence of any glandular tissue in the subpreputial region of the penis. Smegma is an epithelial debris collecting in this space.
- ↑ Lakshmanan S, Parkash S. Human prepuce: some aspects of structure and function. Indian J Surg. 1980; 44: 134-7. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ Parkash S, Rao R, Venkatesan K, Ramakrishnan S. Sub-preputial wetness - Its nature.. Ann Nat Med Sci (India. 1982; 18(3): 109-12. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
Quote:As such it appears safe to conclude that the space is kept moist and also clean in those with preputial stenosis, by the secretions of the prostate, supplemented by the seminal secretion of the mucin content of the secretion of the urethral glands
- ↑ Parkash S. Is routine circumcision necessary?. J Indian Med Assoc. May 1982; 78((9-10)): 150-1. PMID. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ↑ Agarwal A, Mohta A, Anand RK. Preputial retraction in children. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. April 2005; 10(2): 89-91. DOI. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ Shahid SK. Phimosis in Children. ISRN Urol. 5 March 2012; : [707329]. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
Quote:When a child is brought with history of inability to retract the foreskin, it is important to confirm whether it is physiologic or pathologic. Management depends on age of child, type of nonretraction, severity of phimosis, cause, and associated morbid conditions.
- ↑ Manetar AA, Janjala M, Sahoo SK, Tripathy BB, Mohanty MJ. Phimosis - Are we on right track?. Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2022; 19(4): 199-202. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ Gupta, Ritchie, Mehta, Sandeep, Gupta, Rajat. A Novel Procedure of Prepuce Reconstruction Customized to the Religious Needs of Some Individuals. Int J Plast Surg. April 2021; 54(2): 114-7. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
