A sari should be worn with the dignity it deserves. Don’t we respect our national anthem, national flag and national emblem? Why can’t we show the same respect for a dress that has been an integral part of our culture?
The way some Bollywood celebrities – Shilpa Shetty and Priyanka Chopra, to name a few – wear saris degrades our culture.
In the movie Dostana, Priyanka romps about in skimpy clothes. No objection really, as the movie is set in Miami and after all it is just a movie – I don’t look for logic when her character wears shorts to work. But why try to wear a sari with a bikini top that neither covers her cleavage nor her midriff? Her bikini top was almost fully exposed, her midriff was fully exposed… the sari was worn like a “poonal”. I wouldn’t care if she’d dumped it and worn shorts or whatever. And she still wears it that way – as I can see from any tabloid pictures of her in a sari. Stop disgracing the sari, Priyanka!
Saris show off curves beautifully in the way they’ve been draped over the ages. Yes, they reveal the curve of the waist and that is sexy. And that is the way they have to be worn. Wearing them the way Priyanka does not only degrades saris but also takes the drape from sexy to obscene.
So, let us give the sari the respect it accords and not take a cue from some of our celebrities.
2 comments:
Less caffeine!!!
doood..! chill man! i feel like we're sort of kind of steppin over the lines of free speech and expression here. Ur startin to sound like the shiv sena crazies over in Bihar.. scary man.. o_O
question... who decided that its OK to show ur waist but not the cleavage? And if were to revert to 'traditional ways' we might have to lose the blouse first.. :) Just a thought...
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