tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post2996710115288062968..comments2023-12-01T00:19:34.320-08:00Comments on NONSENSE ON STILETTOS: More RandomnessBlue Floppy Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13924517166595597734noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post-44693769872561246132007-08-18T00:45:00.000-07:002007-08-18T00:45:00.000-07:00I remember reading about the sexual harassement in...I remember reading about the sexual harassement in India, and the whole "she's asking for it" thing really bugged me. I understand that slightly revealing clothes can garner its own attention, but how does that merit full-on assault? I was really close to yelling at the newspaper when I read that.That Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100764029535733598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post-73124235158358125632007-08-10T02:17:00.000-07:002007-08-10T02:17:00.000-07:00Must be like rez...Yeah Yohan a few kurtas would p...Must be like rez...<BR/><BR/>Yeah Yohan a few kurtas would provide conversation material as well.. take some lungis too... comfy to boot!Perakathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15108830079471227958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post-12787304156657660262007-08-09T19:53:00.000-07:002007-08-09T19:53:00.000-07:00Haha. Just got back home (which is Coonoor) from K...Haha. Just got back home (which is Coonoor) from Kerala - the land where people can't mind their own business. At least the food is good! <BR/><BR/>I like the occasional ethnic twist, although I myself wore that stuff only for Onam in College. I'm thinking of getting a kurta here, since in the US the kurta-and-jeans combo is devoid of any communist innuendo.<BR/><BR/>NLS is tiny eh? Everyone knows everyone and all?Yohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326253996680580793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post-48310180675171091532007-08-09T10:19:00.000-07:002007-08-09T10:19:00.000-07:00Point is, if I don't want to wear it I needn't, an...Point is, if I don't want to wear it I needn't, and if I don't it's none of anyone else's business. And I don't particularly care for that brand of pretty.Blue Floppy Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13924517166595597734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post-90931333062298410412007-08-09T09:52:00.000-07:002007-08-09T09:52:00.000-07:00Missing the point, but girls do look very pretty i...Missing the point, but girls do look very pretty in kurta-jeans.Perakathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15108830079471227958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post-34689022518141285772007-08-07T22:50:00.000-07:002007-08-07T22:50:00.000-07:00I had no idea about your ethnicity, but as already...I had no idea about your ethnicity, but as already said no one should be obligated to wear their own culture customs. When dressing no one should be reflectd but its own personality, i very much agree & love this post! :D my new url: http://thecolorofblushingapples.blogspot.com/blushing appleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00318151370105053582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post-45444572161875525852007-08-07T05:00:00.000-07:002007-08-07T05:00:00.000-07:00Thanks for the response, guys...I actually thought...Thanks for the response, guys...I actually thought this post was going to slip through the cracks as just another rant. <BR/>I suppose clothing is a bit of a contentious issue all over India precisely because of the connotations of choice- some people do see my rejection of trad clothing as a result of so-called Anglicisation (which is apparently what a dislike of Bollywood and contempt for the average Delhiite amount to). And unfortunately, the idea that a girl in non-trad clothes is 'asking for it' if she's subjected to sexual harassment on the street is far too prevalent- police manuals on safety actually advise women not to wear what they call 'provocative' clothing. And it's just something I can't keep shut about, ranty though it may seem.Blue Floppy Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13924517166595597734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post-59460643619562061172007-08-06T11:32:00.000-07:002007-08-06T11:32:00.000-07:00Being a million ethnicities (well 4) means I don't...Being a million ethnicities (well 4) means I don't have to deal with this particular issue. I think you voice your concerns with it--and even just the pratical nature of some of your reasoning--very well. <BR/><BR/>I don't want to comment too strongly because I think this is highly personal but that's exactly the stance *everyone* should take. What you wear is your concern, not the random person on the street who you think you don't look [insert adjective] enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post-81161027864399589882007-08-06T08:07:00.000-07:002007-08-06T08:07:00.000-07:00I too don't feel the need to WEAR my culture/ethni...I too don't feel the need to WEAR my culture/ethnicity or to have it exist in my wardrobe with the exception of supporting designers from Hong Kong.... <BR/><BR/>I'd like to applaud you for this post....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999120180171025160.post-13339275237987970452007-08-05T09:31:00.000-07:002007-08-05T09:31:00.000-07:00You're completely genius. I think you could write ...You're completely genius. I think you could write a thesis on this or something. <BR/>"not a personality I'm very comfortable with, either- it feels like the outfit's wearing me instead of the other way round."<BR/>brilliant.<BR/>And you're right, why should you have to conform to an image you don't like just because it's your culture?Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424222119497166102noreply@blogger.com