Telugu vari Dress Styles

[Murthy Gandikota]

Here is a tasty topic for Anupindi (what a tasteless name, it could be
Anupindi Dosa :-). So why do men wear Lungis? Is it because women of
taste have approved of this dress wear? When at APRJC, our tyrant of a
principal banned lungis into evening classes. Guess what we did? We
wore lungis to day classes until he lifted the ban. And there were no
women in APRJC or in the Nagarjunasagar area, I care to dress up for.
If Langots were ok for yoga and inside vyayamasalalu why aren't they a
hit among the women? Okay, a tastier version called Panty hose evolved
much later. What purpose does a tasteless "kanduva" men put on
shoulders with dhoti and lalchi serves? I've seen men cover their
heads with this under rain and shine. Don't they know well that rain
and shine can get through this piece of loin? I never understood why
women always had to wear saris. If there were no salwars (imported
from Muslim culture), and pants what would they be wearing other than
a sari? A similar obcession exists in Japan with Kimonos. A well-known
Japanese designer makes mega-yen by making Kimonos with various
material (including garbage bags or plastic), under various color
shades, and claims he gives the best deal for the modern working
Japanese woman. I haven't heard any such claims from Chandana Silks or
Bommana Silks (based on the ads in videos; holy cow, aren't they as
annoying as a bull's left-over on the rurla AP streets). I mean,
claims to the effect of: "Saris for working women, that don't get
caught in doors, pedestal fans, and can resist natural wind forces
during monsoon on the streets." How about Saris that can float much
above the ground? Okay, Telugu women are legally allowed to show their
legs by wearing "adda kacha." But mind you, only older women have been
sighted in the temples and on streets under broad day-light by this
tasteless journalist on the AP streets using his natural bi-focal
vision. So do we let our older women show off, but not the younger
ones? What hypocricy! The young ones can rejoice with their "parikini
and voni" or "shorts." Both have certain merits we all know. But the
one for young girls is a "rip off!" She can show waist but not legs!
Hey, don't we ever learn that Lakshmi rented Vishnu's chest for a
living because Brahma camped on his "nabhi" (knavel)? (So what is the
connection? Don't let a stranger see that your nabhi is free and
available; all right, I admit I haven't seen a man or woman show her
knavel on the streets in USA). What about that tala paga? Is it the
manifestation of a culture that encourages too much use of hair oils,
so a towel is needed to absorb the drip? I guess, I'm talking about a
tasteless tala paga on a working man's head. But then, there is lot of
sun and it is a good absorber of sweat. Tasteless or not, it is
useful. Then, why don't women wear tala paga? 'Cos they can wipe their
brows with the sari (that's why there are so many yards of it floating
around them)? So, men can wipe their stuff to the excess loin on
the dhoti too, can't they?

Guess, I will've to let my taste buds revive, before making
another post up here. Funny, brains don't have taste buds.

murthy

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