tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post875841685058471456..comments2023-10-09T18:12:29.276+07:00Comments on Agelessbonding: Remembering the half -sareeUshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-62993301166962634352012-10-19T07:19:05.252+07:002012-10-19T07:19:05.252+07:00i love to wear this sari... my mom used to wear it...i love to wear this sari... my mom used to wear it before marriage.. as i grew up in town that too in Punjab so not interested that time.. but now a days these sarees are taking a new trend in clothing.. i wish i could also get one or two to wear in the such a modern times<br />sunitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-49845098397107250092010-01-13T00:25:38.448+07:002010-01-13T00:25:38.448+07:00Usha ma'am,
When will our society be normal w...Usha ma'am,<br /><br />When will our society be normal with these things, when will they understand that puberty and sex are natural and suppressing them is unnatural? . . . I feel so pathetic about it.<br /><br />Varun<br /><br />http://positiveornegative.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652066976199841053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-70767189639550581682010-01-13T00:25:24.941+07:002010-01-13T00:25:24.941+07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652066976199841053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-42531927457449871622009-09-04T17:18:05.018+07:002009-09-04T17:18:05.018+07:00Nice to know about half saree. I would like to try...Nice to know about half saree. I would like to try once half-saree.Rebecahttp://www.asiarooms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-44281645392401145372009-06-19T12:41:18.346+07:002009-06-19T12:41:18.346+07:00Help us stop Mr. HIV – www.vir.us
We’re asking f...Help us stop Mr. HIV – www.vir.us<br /> <br />We’re asking for your help in spreading knowledge, because with no cure or vaccine, knowledge about HIV is the best protection people can have.<br /> <br />Please go to http://www.vir.us/spread_the_knowledge.html for information on this campaign. You will have access to a selection of viral videos and trailers that can be watched and shared. For your own protection, visit our website www.vir.us.<br /> <br />The only thing more dangerous than HIV is ignorance.<br /> <br />Regards,<br />Anti-HIV ChampionAnti-HIV Championhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502753689008977152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-30220184510068354402009-06-14T12:15:31.949+07:002009-06-14T12:15:31.949+07:00I am sorry if someone already said this,but I can ...I am sorry if someone already said this,but I can never be thankful enough for being born in India. Yes,we still fight to not be treated second-rated.But the brutalities in Africa are just unspeakable. I bet you have already heard/read about the "female circumcision" practiced in Western African tribes.Never Mind!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00743537362678602058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-9200208191538120672009-06-12T13:19:18.254+07:002009-06-12T13:19:18.254+07:00What a post Usha! Shocking practice and so true ab...What a post Usha! Shocking practice and so true about the attitude of our parents generation.<br /><br />I've heard that practice of pinching the nipples of a girl baby from my MIL. Despite my freaking out, she would try to sneakily get it done from my Massage lady. And this is as of a few months ago!<br /><br />Sad that being buxom is such a crime. I wonder if we were all dressed sexless, would no one be molested? Strange how we still continue to pay the price for the men who cannot control themselves.Sunita Venkatachalamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999860004277224419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-82740565693962861552009-06-10T16:09:23.236+07:002009-06-10T16:09:23.236+07:00that was a light title for a serious post!
Anywa...that was a light title for a serious post! <br /><br />Anyway, the mention of half saris made me smile when I thought of all the tamil heroines of those days that wore the half sari well into their thirties and looked pretty ridiculous. <br />Whatever you may say about covering up or not, the half sari only looks nice on adolescent girls. I never thought of the pinafore this way but now that you mention it, I guess it served the same purpose.<br />It used to be an easy way to avoid wearing a sari that was even more constraining- so it did serve some purpose.revathinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-12737173037519630812009-06-06T20:35:43.890+07:002009-06-06T20:35:43.890+07:00Sujatha: Thanks for putting this up on Desipundit....Sujatha: Thanks for putting this up on Desipundit. <br /><br />Sra:I traveled to my native village last year. It is a very small hamlet with a population of less than 500 people but even they have switched to salwar kameezes and housecoats/nighties.<br /><br />Sue: Yes I remember the pinafore that convent girls wore to school.<br /><br />Ammani:Oh they were obsessed with the breasts and how their girls would come to harm because of it!<br />Thank you.<br /><br />Maami: oh yes the safety pins to ensure that nothing showed. How can I forget that. Once I was scolded by my paati:<br />adenna melaku nagandadu kooda theriyame oru pommanatti?<br /><br />Maduraiveeran: Yes the half sari can be a very beautiful dress when worn well.<br />But my point is how we hated the imposition and the principle behind it.Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-9927497595062409062009-06-06T01:42:44.675+07:002009-06-06T01:42:44.675+07:00I actually thought Half sarees were cute in those ...I actually thought Half sarees were cute in those days and yes they are nowhere to be seen now, except if you watch movies like Subramaniapuram. But this breast ironing is Brutal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-76239087317481212362009-06-06T01:12:21.423+07:002009-06-06T01:12:21.423+07:00Erm, don't tell anyone here, but when I wore t...Erm, don't tell anyone here, but when I wore the half sari I would use 5 safety pins, two to hold the fluttering pallu down, one above the b so that it didn't expose my b ( you know what I am talking about no?), one below so that if i lifted my arms, they wouldn't be exposed at the sides, two at the waist to hold the pleats down...maamihttp://maami.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-80971022250317884862009-06-06T00:29:26.336+07:002009-06-06T00:29:26.336+07:00Wonderfully well written, Usha. The breast ironing...Wonderfully well written, Usha. The breast ironing sounds truly dreadful! I'm reminded of the time when, as a teenager I'd hear my parents telling others that I'd gone out for a 'morning walk' and not 'a jog'. Almost as if it was wrong for a woman to run - what with her undulating breasts and all. And how walking was a far more modest and acceptable exercise for a young woman to be seen doing in public. <br /><br />Again, lovely writing!ammanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002764562048409240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-28345222617136893052009-06-05T20:51:45.458+07:002009-06-05T20:51:45.458+07:00I too wonder whether I can watch the video. The p...I too wonder whether I can watch the video. The pinafore as a uniform was chosen with the same idea--to hide the shape. I know how I suffered because I was top heavy as a teenager and how I used to wish I could wear loose shirts as my school uniform instead of the blouses we did wear (in Cal). So much so my mother decided that I should wear saris outside of school from the time I was 14.<br />I loved the dhavani though and used to borrow my friends when I was in college in Chennai in the late 60s.hillgrandmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805698959846687562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-71270776488763356642009-06-05T20:41:43.905+07:002009-06-05T20:41:43.905+07:00Hi Usha, came over through Desi Pundit. I grew up ...Hi Usha, came over through Desi Pundit. I grew up in a small town in South India and wouldn't have worn the half-sari more than 3-4 times - it helped that I had a mother and gran who didn't care for it either (tho' my mom had other specific ideas about what I should cover myself with). It was also the beginning of an age that saw the death of half-saris, at least in small towns. <br />Recently, in the last five years, I've seen them making a comeback among teenagers in totally different, glamorous avatars at weddings - now they are almost desirable, if you like the sequins and beads and gold ribbon, that is. And blouses shaped like jagged lightning, etc - full circle and more!<br />Naturally, they are no longer everyday stuff, but 'evening wear'. Even in villages, all I see are salwars and nightgowns, never half saris.srahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243944393796831559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-33624408310490163372009-06-05T20:41:42.691+07:002009-06-05T20:41:42.691+07:00Hi Usha, came over through Desi Pundit. I grew up ...Hi Usha, came over through Desi Pundit. I grew up in a small town in South India and wouldn't have worn the half-sari more than 3-4 times - it helped that I had a mother and gran who didn't care for it either (tho' my mom had other specific ideas about what I should cover myself with). It was also the beginning of an age that saw the death of half-saris, at least in small towns. <br />Recently, in the last five years, I've seen them making a comeback among teenagers in totally different, glamorous avatars at weddings - now they are almost desirable, if you like the sequins and beads and gold ribbon, that is. And blouses shaped like jagged lightning, etc - full circle and more!<br />Naturally, they are no longer everyday stuff, but 'evening wear'. Even in villages, all I see are salwars and nightgowns, never half saris.srahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243944393796831559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-19862319806223065152009-06-04T23:06:34.041+07:002009-06-04T23:06:34.041+07:00Saphire: I think it is a beautiful ensemble but we...Saphire: I think it is a beautiful ensemble but we hated it because it was the only dress we were allowed. Its attraction now is because it is ethnic chic contributed in no small measure by the beautiful north-Indian lead females on Tamil screen.<br /><br />rads:When draped well, it is one of the most beautiful dresses but you fail to see it when it is forced on you and you are told how to drape it and how not to drape it.<br /><br />Sraboney:Terrible customs born of ignorance and still preserved in the name of tradition.<br /><br />Smitha: If they mistrusted only men,why don't they teach them karate or martial arts rather than do this? it is also because they believe that girls are vulnerable to wily men and the girls might willingly fall for them.<br /><br />Artnavy:Is it only fear or is it that they do not trust their own daughters.<br />oh yes our film costumers can make any dress look erotic.<br />you must be aware that in Tamilnadu some people still have huge functions for manjal neerattu.<br /><br />Sakhi:Exactly my sentiments.<br /><br />Hipgran: Women are unsafe but it is also that society does not trust a woman to resist such advances. <br /><br />JLT:Sad indeed.<br />Yes, dhavani can be very beautiful when draped well. My nieces wear them during Navaratri with silk paavadais and look so graceful. But they wear them because they like it and not because it is imposed on them. <br /><br />Dard e Disco:We were ashamed of our bodies in my generation but it is equally sad that today's youngsters are obsessed with their body image.<br /><br />Bharathis:Yes as long as your shape is covered you can walk around in pillow cases too. No one objects.<br /><br />Mama-Mia: 5 years ago I would not have believed myself capable of writing this in a public blog! Things that change when you turn 50!!<br /><br />Shilpa: Women must stop this. They must feel confident to protect themselves from such predators. Mothers must teach their children about sex and bad touch and also equip them to protect themselves.<br /><br />Laksh: It was disturbing. I had to write about it to get it off my chest.<br /><br />Kiran: Welcome.Yes we should liberate our younger gen and empower them and make them capable of self protection.<br /><br />Shy: We feel troubled even to watch the video . Imagine those 9 year and 10 year olds suffering this? Scary.<br /><br />Shoba: I think most schools have switched to salwar kameezes but I think there are some government schools which still prescribe the dhavani as uniform.<br /><br />Shruthi: That is terrible. Imagine the pain inflicted on the child! This is the first time I am hearing about this!!<br /><br />Diya: Ya rape, honour killing, abduction - woman has been nothing but a pawn to be used by men. But it is time all this stopped.<br /><br />Usha: 180 degree turn in thinking huh!Interesting!!<br /><br />Winnie: indeed, the temerity!<br /><br />Preety: Very sad!<br /><br />Tan: I can see your point but not all. There are some.<br /><br />Dhanya: yes and they think it is a standard ritual they must participate in when their mothers do it to them. Like we take an injection?<br /><br />Shy: exactly. There is one part of the world where people spend thousands to enhance their breast and there is another part where this happens!<br /><br />2 b's mommy:It is disturbing to watch.<br /><br />Sujatha: Oh I really shudder that it could have been me but for the minor geographic advantage!Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-2249128316743411672009-06-04T20:52:25.456+07:002009-06-04T20:52:25.456+07:00Usha, the penultimate paragraph says it all.Usha, the penultimate paragraph says it all.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-69804888613537493562009-06-04T17:01:03.944+07:002009-06-04T17:01:03.944+07:00I didn't know about this at all Usha. I don...I didn't know about this at all Usha. I don't have the heart to watch the video, sounds very barbaric to me. <br /><br />I remember hald sarees, it was popular in Hyderabad too.Indian in NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775633461738007949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1284460780010699052009-06-04T10:46:28.742+07:002009-06-04T10:46:28.742+07:00although it's been few days this is posted( an...although it's been few days this is posted( and I commented), it kept coming back to me.<br />what an irony Usha.when one part of the world is ironing out the breast another part in enhancing it with implants or atleast with pushup bras. Breats are no more organs or tissues llike you said, thoe are 'assets'. world odfconflicts ..shyhttp://heartscontentspartial.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-18172334903597221662009-06-04T00:32:20.108+07:002009-06-04T00:32:20.108+07:00It's so brutal :(
Really sad state of the chi...It's so brutal :( <br />Really sad state of the children :(Dhanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08593715978123445004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-63626822330863702602009-06-03T21:32:27.584+07:002009-06-03T21:32:27.584+07:00reading the post made me say this:
Animals are Me...reading the post made me say this:<br /><br /><b>Animals are Men; <br />Men are Animals!!</b>Tanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613642883793373191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-37830347930763801002009-06-03T21:30:19.277+07:002009-06-03T21:30:19.277+07:00InHuman is the word! I never knew about it... than...InHuman is the word! I never knew about it... thanks for sharing...Tanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613642883793373191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-10889083381520955022009-06-03T20:58:16.104+07:002009-06-03T20:58:16.104+07:00i liked the post as it progressed .. but ironing ?...i liked the post as it progressed .. but ironing ??? God !! so sad :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-82339091105887125882009-06-03T20:46:07.272+07:002009-06-03T20:46:07.272+07:00whoa! how brutal we human are.. and how evil! and ...whoa! how brutal we human are.. and how evil! and we have the temerity to call animals "wild"Winnie the poohihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445691463105808647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-27783370133718000642009-06-02T21:53:56.479+07:002009-06-02T21:53:56.479+07:00Horrendous! :(
I din't have the heart to see the v...Horrendous! :(<br />I din't have the heart to see the video, though.<br /><br />during my teenage days, i remember that among us kids, we used to count it as a blessing if we dont have curvaceous bodies, so that we can go about wearing our jeans and tees without any bother.<br /><br />a decade and a half later, i came across a young, petite and slim punjabi girl who would always have her dupatta secured in place with safety pins n all, making her look like she's from the age of neanderthalmans. Later she tells me, that she always wears it that way, because otherwise she's worried that it'll expose a "figureless" body. <br />Such are the times.Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12035335987985416714noreply@blogger.com