A group of psychotic goons go around attacking women all over the state asking them not to wear jeans while they themselves are wearing trousers. Trousers is a british import to india.
If these men are truly wanting to adhere to the Indian cultural dress, they need to go back prior to the british rule-which btw lasted for 200 yrs and prior to the the mughal rule-which lasted centuries.
Prior to these these two invaders, Indians pretty much used a loincloth akin to a lungi or dhoti to cover their lower body and the upper body was infact uncovered or was loosely covered with another piece of cloth.There were no blouses for women at all. Blouses were a british invention.
Kurta and salwars were the mughal contribution.
So , what do these men need to do ?
Wear a kutccha or dhoti or lungi with a cloth piece covering their upper body. That is what they need to do if they really want to go back to Indian culture.
CM yedyurappa needs to stop wearing pants and start wearing dhoti.
Meanwhile, anyone championing the cause of Indian culture needs to well versed in Sanskrit, neeed to wear only dhotis and need to know the history of their local language and history and need to be able to recite the whole of Bhagavat gita in sanskrit by memory. Once you do all that , then you can start preaching. And even if you do all the above, you still have no right to dictate terms to other people. They will wear things they like , while you wear things you like.
If these men are truly wanting to adhere to the Indian cultural dress, they need to go back prior to the british rule-which btw lasted for 200 yrs and prior to the the mughal rule-which lasted centuries.
Prior to these these two invaders, Indians pretty much used a loincloth akin to a lungi or dhoti to cover their lower body and the upper body was infact uncovered or was loosely covered with another piece of cloth.There were no blouses for women at all. Blouses were a british invention.
Kurta and salwars were the mughal contribution.
So , what do these men need to do ?
Wear a kutccha or dhoti or lungi with a cloth piece covering their upper body. That is what they need to do if they really want to go back to Indian culture.
CM yedyurappa needs to stop wearing pants and start wearing dhoti.
Meanwhile, anyone championing the cause of Indian culture needs to well versed in Sanskrit, neeed to wear only dhotis and need to know the history of their local language and history and need to be able to recite the whole of Bhagavat gita in sanskrit by memory. Once you do all that , then you can start preaching. And even if you do all the above, you still have no right to dictate terms to other people. They will wear things they like , while you wear things you like.
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ReplyDeletethis is my I visit on ur blog...I liked it
nice point raised....
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Aww, hummming.I am glad you liked my writing. I love India, I love indian culture too. But the thing is , we need to be really aware of our own culture and be able to find that balance between keeping in touch from the past and extending our hand to the future.
ReplyDeletedont like ulimited stuff
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VEs21, I would really appreciate if your comments are relevant to the topic of the blog entry.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you just came here and posted your comment as a mere attempt to advertise your blog entry and nothing else.
Come on, have a heart. post relevant comments.The comment needs to be directly relevant to the immediate issue written about in the blog entry.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteEach day, I read about the so called moral police trying to impose their ideas, I get sick to the core. Who has given them the authority to do so? Rightly said. Practice what you preach.
What I think is these are all just to establish a platform to get into politics.
Your posts are thoughtful and bold. Keep writing. I am right away going to blog roll you.
- Insignia