aug 21st, 2006
the sad part is hardly any indian women wear saris any more. they prefer to wear the churidar, an outfit invented for fat, shapeless, middle-aged, punjabi pakistani women. thus all indian women wearing churidars look like fat, shapeless, middle-aged, punjabi pakistani women. and they have been conditioned to want to look like this by bollywood movies.
this is an epidemic in south india, which is why it is such a relief to go to bangalore and find at least a few women wearing trousers/jeans and figure-hugging tops, although that's still not as elegant as a well-cut -- these days the backsides of blouses are plunging, and are a sure indicator of stock-market optimism -- blouse and a sexily worn sari.
tamil and kerala women wear the worst churidars -- veritable potato sacks.
and they also love to flaunt in public their ugly underwear -- bulbous neck-to-toe burqas called 'nighties'. a true nightie, a gauzy and very revealing little nothing number, would die of shame to be in the same company as these monstrosities.
and the really sad part is that traditional kerala womens' wear -- the two-piece sari called a mundum neriyathum -- is about the most elegant sari combo as it is tight-fitting, and on shapely and buxom west coast women, it is a major boost to the age-old spectator sport of woman-watching.
tamil women -- many of them look as delicate as the chola bronzes which were of course inspired by them, with tiny waists, big bosoms, and long, graceful legs -- look fantastic in traditional kanchipuram silks.
alas, in kerala and tamil nadu, the potato sack churidars are worn by virtually 100% of the young female population.
i hear this is a major factor is the high and rising number of suicides of young men in kerala. it apparently offends their refined sense of esthetics far too much. as for tamil nadu, i think the 'dravidian' spirit (and indian-made foreign spirit, too, perhaps -- although that doesn't seem to help the regularly tippling ones in kerala) keeps the young men occupied and thus less prone to suicide.
7 comments:
Rajeev,
It seems that suicide is not all that "young men in Kerala" are driven to
Being from the cow-belt north, I cannot let pass the comment about northern obese women being "conditioned" to look like this by movies.
I always thought the over-abundantly fat, classical-dancing, cinematic diva was a purely southern phenomenon (refer most notably Amma, who even in her prime was never thin).
Of course there is also the "ravishing" case of one Silk Smitha - but I won't mention which language of films she appears in!
Rajeev,
Sorry my comment is not on the topic of your post. Please forgive me.
Please help highlight the steady descent into authoritarianism being committed by the UPA Government.
I would call them Fascist.
They are horribly beating up students, they already tried banning blogs and websites, they are blaming RSS for bomb blasts just like Hitler burned the Parliament and blamed his rivals.
They are now beating up students AGAIN.
They're doing nothing to fight terrorists. They got rid of POTA and TADA; that shows they have no desire to seriosuly fight Islamic terror. But they're beating up students instead.
Please help me hightlight these things and wake people up.
I have also exposed the Communists of Kerala who are claiming to fight for women's rights, asking the Sabarimela temple of Lord Ayyappa to be opened to women.
Why don't they fight for Uniform Civil Code ? Isn't it a violation of Muslim women's rights to put them under Shariah Law in the guise of Muslim Personal Law ? I thought India was secular ? Shah Bano had also thought so. Turns out she was wrong.
Please help expose all these blatant anti-Hindu activities to more people using your considerable reach and influence.
Thank you,
Harsh
Alrite dudes,
I just happened to chance upon this blog and this comment being albeit a tad too late, I think I shall post my comments.
I happen to be a south Indian girl who has worn shapely churidars and love the saree. But I wonder if anyone except the "wearee" stopped to think how bloody uncomfortable 6 yards of cloth should feel wrapped around ones body in the sweltering friggin heat of tamilnadu? I guess not! So what are the alternatives you ask? The churidar ofcourse. And guess what, if you do have some sense of fashion and wear a form fitting churidar out in public, men like you and ofcourse fat ladies have a problem with your flauting yourself...lol. I think both the saree and the churidars must have been invented by MEN. I see you guys have no problem eitherways...you could choose to wear the airy veshti or the slightly less comfortable but nevetheless better than sari alternative, the pant and shirt. So there you go, outdated and conservative old and young men of the south are responsible for the potato sacks veritably found in south India.
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