Friday 15 August 2008

Aal paadi, Aadai paadi

My mom always used to say dress properly, otherwise you would not get the due respect in society. A person naturally judges fellow men by their dressing sense at first. Like body language, it speaks about your interest, attitude and character. You can't expect king's reception even if you are a king and dressed like a pauper, saying that you are humble. Hence, in today's corporate world too, if you don't know anything, at least show off as you know, then only you could survive these dog biting dog days. Dress is an important aspect of the previously mentioned lines. Similarly there are dresses to be adorned only for specific occasions, like full black dress for funerals( american way, white for indian way), etc.Traditional dresses are being discarded these days, or better to say being made as an antique, wore only on special days! these dresses were developed by our ancestors for many generations based on their research for suitable dress for our country's climate.

When you choose a dress for an occasion, you have to keep in mind, where you are going to go? with what type of people you are going to interact with, what you want to express to others and what they should infer from you? Most disappointing aspect is, most of the young people are being carried off by the wrong idea that if you wear today's fashionable dress, you are cool!

I witnessed this mind racking incident..........
A lady, middle aged, say 30-40 years old, a small protruding belly, pony tail hair, tight jeans pant, short shirt, plastic bindi, black coloured skin, facial features resembling that of a pakka south Indian and a child clutched in her hands( definitely, i would say its hers) was busily shopping in a super market nearby. A man came near to her, gave her a rupee, and said " I am sorry, i can provide only this much, and i feel pity on you and your husband for such an apathetic condition of your economic status, as you even can't wear good dress. But you can get more rupees to buy a descent dress, if each and every one here give you a rupee! bye!"

tipped by,
kanagasabai S

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