Importance of Saree

[Shakthiprabha.]

nov,



ghilli,



fire,



guess I am made like that

[hi]

I remember oorvashi picking saree for nazer's wife in magalir mattum

and when she say.. it's not for me...
shopkeeper: adhu dhana pathaen

[Shakthiprabha.]

yeah anjali

I loved that scene. Esp oorvashi's expression.

Very meticulously....... she would pick the first one out of the lot, without even seeing the pallu and say......... "ithaanga... pack pannidunga"

[Fire111999]

i'd posted this in the importance of lungi thread. felt that i should post it here as well.

i really like the reply poem!

BURN THIS SARI

Burn this sari.
When I see this end
Of the sari on my shoulder..
I think of chastity a log
Hung from my neck.

It does not let me stand up straight
It presses my chest with its hands
bows me down,
teaches me shame
and whirls around me
a certain bird like confusion

It hypnotizes me telling You
You are a woman
Makes me forget I am human
It covers both my shoulders
with its own hands and flutters
announcing "See, see, this woman, she is chaste"

I feel like screaming "No, No I am not"
But my throat does not open
I am defeated by this sari
It throws me down like a whirl wind.

It is blame generations have laid on me.
The unseen patriarchal hand
This sari is the white shroud on the corpse
That is me in this culture of loot and plunder

If I've to stop being the walking dead
I've to burn this sari first
Just burn this sari.

- Jayaprabha

But the defenders of the sari are quick to add their rejoinder:

SAVE THIS SARI

Oh my beautiful sari
I love you much to tell you free
You enlighten the feminism in me
For which I should thank you much
For I am a woman first
The birth I consider the best.

When I see this end of the sari
I think of chastity enhanced by its
Long free flow.

It helps me cover my head from sun
It solaces me by wiping my tears
It straightens me to stand among the mass

And because of that it stands for generations.

If I've to stop being the walking dead
First accept womanhood is superior
Why to burn a sari?
Burn your slavery thoughts!
I need not change into a man
To become superior
And thus declaring him superior.

- S. Santha Devi.

[Sinthiya]

i've worn a half-saree and a saree only once in my life so far......otherwise, it's always chudithar or langas at weddings and other functions...

i don't know much about sarees.......i wear whatever my parents choose....i have them, but nowhere to wear them to...until i start wearing what i have, i'm not going to buy any more sarees....

i like 'jorgette' sarees with simple work... (i don't know if that's the right name...)...no 'pattu' saree...i need something soft, silky and simple....

[hi]

during my last visit to india.. my mom.. presented me a beautiful saree.. maroon with honey color border combo.... my first saree :P

[NOV]

ok, ok, but we are more interested in the saree that you just receved in a package from India .....
:P:P:P

[Fire111999]

yeah, jorgette sarees with embroidery are nice. but i find that they are a bit heavy. but they look nicer than chiffon for thin girls.

[Sinthiya]

what's the recent movie saree?
i heard about Chandramukhi sarees...???

[Fire111999]

oh, does anyone remember the name of the saree that pothys (i think, or might be kumarans) came out with last june. sth like amirthavarshini, i think. i think it was supposed to be the name of some raagam or sth. actually, i'm not sure at all. but i'd probably remember if someone gets it right.

it's cotton silk. the speciality was in the type of jari work. some new thing that is all shiny colours.