Dressed up!

Posted byMoushmi RadhanparaPosted inRamblings of my mind.Tags:, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

We had a cultural function at our house; all excited I got dressed up in full Indian traditional dress with big glamorous jumka (Earrings) with an added clutch to accessorize. Walking from the parking lot to the venue I realised how awkward and weird it was to for a woman to get all dressed up. I mean a man doesn’t look weird any day. He wears a suit, a shirt and trousers and that’s it. He goes to party like that, to social functions and even at any cultural function. It is all the same for him.

But when a woman has to go to a cultural function in India, she wears a saree, lehnga, salwar and looks uniquely different. When she goes to a party she is in a dress or a gown and yet appears beautifully different. I have accustomed myself to wearing western dresses so much that wearing Indian attire seems a task. I love them but when I am in them it is like I am not the usual me and in them it is not fit to go to a restaurant or a regular place. It may be fit for someone else but I get uncomfortable.

I am not against western or eastern dresses, I love them all the same but it is a level of comfort which varies with the place. It all came to me while crossing the road from my car to the venue in a lehnga (A long embroidered skirt with a crop top) when roadside people were literally giving the glares.

 

 

Published by Moushmi Radhanpara

A bilingual writer, Moushmi Radhanpara has authored three poetry collections so far, namely POSIES and 03:21 AM –An Ode to Rust & Restlessness, and Resignation of an Angel. She is also scribbling an unplanned rough draft of a story as a part of NANOWRIMO 2020 and hopes that something might come out of it. She has also co-authored two books, The Lockdown Stories and Mirage so far. Her poetries can be found on her blog https://aestheticmiradh.com/ and a few other online portals. She believes in the fact that a better reader makes a better writer. Reading a 100 books a year is her latest obsession. She can be found either drunk on coffee or hiding away from everything and admiring the gorgeous sun.

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  5. Coming from the Western World I simply adore all Indian dress; they are generally quite stunning.
    I also love the more simple Eastern style of dress. It’s wonderful that you have the choice. In Australia, where I live, I would definitely be ‘out of place’ wearing eastern dress; though I have at times! I have bought a few saris over the years, and recently bought from an Indian dress website.
    A rather recent style in some of the more individual dress shops is colourful, light and eastern flavoured styles; generally over blouse, long and filmy. I have a few now in my wardrobe. 🙂

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    1. I can understand. If you wear such dresses in Australia you’d certainly be out of place. Sometimes even in India it seems out of place nowadays, but I do like them.
      And yes these days even the traditional attire has a hint of the western style and it has its own unique style.

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  6. The last line… carpe diem♥♥
    It connects… it really does…I mean it strikes that yes something unusual happened maybe a little thing but still it just strikes and you decide to part that moment with other bloggers..!!

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