Offlate there has been so much of time and energy being wasted on how one of the Indian actresses did not dress according to Tamil culture while attending an award ceremony. Is this really necessary? I thought there were much more important things in this world that would need to be set right before we can go and complain on someone's dressing style. I thought there were homeless and starving people in the world and in India. A portion of the time and energy wasted on this would have been a great help in those directions. There are old architectural wonders which are being lost to vandalism and ill maintanence. There are eve teasing, rapes, killings, and bribes which are making the world not a safe place. There are brilliant minds which are being starved without proper means of education. Our education system on its own could do with so much of changes. Homeless animals can be cared for. Proper financial stability can be brought forth. ... ... These are but a few of the areas which I can think of which needs time and effort to be made better. I am sure there are million more essentials like this that we would need to rectify before we can go and start complaining about the dressing sense of someone. And to all the people who have started up this ruckus, can all of you make an honest statement that all of you (leave ur families and close ones, just you) follow all the guidelines of "Tamil Culture" fully? There are statements and guidelines in tamil literature which state so many wonderful habits and good deeds that needs to be followed by all. How come none of this is being exhibited and brought to light as this issue has? As far as dressing goes, I dont think there are any mention in Tamil literature that states proper dress codes. Looking back at some of our old artifacts it can be identified that men usually wear a dhothi or veshti to cover their lower body and a simple cloth to cover their upper body. And women used to wear a similar dhothi to cover their lower body and again a simple cloth to cover their upper body. Find below a picture of a goddess as depicted in one of our temples.
Look closely......, I dont think people would accept it if girls dressed like this in today's world. What was once accepted as fit for the Gods is not even accept fit for mortals today. And again to the people who believe they are living the "Tamil Culture", do you realise that pants and trousers are not part of the Tamil Culture? Are all these people bare chested while going out. There were no shirts in Tamil Culture. Can someone please show some existance of 'buttons' or 'zips' in Tamil Culture?
Our country is said to be an independant and democratic country. How is this possible, when a citizen cannot even dress according to their wishes. This does not mean that everyone can run around naked, not that there is anything wrong in this, but I do believe life should be free within the acceptable levels.
"Culture" is something that defines the way we live and not the way we should live.
Come on guys, there are far more noble and worthwhile things to do and worry about rather than dressing styles.
1 comment:
Hey writer... seems ur thoughts shud reach the masses.... gud work... :-)
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