Womens day, hyderabad and ...

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I was taken aback when one of our writers told me that her aunt was not allowed into a nightclub a few weeks ago because she was wearing a salwar-kurta. She was told that on an events night such as the one on that Wednesday, salwar was a strict no-no, that the aunt and others with her were finally allowed in after saying she was a journalist.
If in earlier days it was British imperialism that did not allow you to enter a sahibs club without a suit and boot(you still can't as a matter of fact), these days it is the American hegemony. We not only go to the pubs and malls like the Americans, but have dress rules like them too. Remember we are still in India which has strong traditions of dress and culture that cannot be ignored despite our predilections for coke and burgers. What could be a nightclub's objection to the sari or salwar? Whats is the point we are trying to make with such rules - that people who wear saris and salwars are mummyji types who cannot enter pubs? Or that there is no place for older women who cannot think of dressing in any other way?

Fashion designer Sabyasachi seems to have similar views. I quote from the interview: "I think a woman covered, showing just an inch of her ankle is more sensual that a woman who blatantly exposes because she doesn't leave anything to the imagination".

Indeed as Sharmila who brought yogasanas and pranayama back into our life says, the west has taken the best out of India - yoga, ayurveda, spirituality, food - and has given us in return BPOs, pubs and fast food and stress. Naturally, if you party like that every night and still have to look fit so that you look good into all those western clothes, boy, do you need to worry!

What we need, on Womens Day and all other days, is freedom of the mind. To be what you are. There are photographers, artists and pilots following their heart's dream even if society seeks to set rules about what women must or must not do.
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and this comes from Ratna Rao Shekar - Editor WOW magazine

and yes I typed the whole post myself, not a copy paste phew!! but then I really found the article worth being mentioned on this blog :)

Though I don't complete agree and I think there must be some dress code to maintain the pub standards, but then I'm sure a strict no-no to something is always bad and infact brings down the reputation.

Hyderabad is changing and so is India ... sometimes for good and sometimes for worse. One has to live with it and adapt to change.