Comments on: Can We Save South India’s Traditional Wear From Vanishing?

By: rsathya

rsathya — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:25:41 +0000

very beautiful pictures

By: Meerut Cheenu

Meerut Cheenu — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:43:00 +0000

No doubt, girls are more attractive and seductive in half sarees and sarees. No other dress could match the sheer splendour of sarees and pavadai dhavani ensemble. It is a pity girls are thronging the shops selling mod outfits and chudidhars, If they have to have a say from conscience the girls would certainly go far sarees. They are just not able to come out of the notion that mod dresses only attract our eyes.

By: Rajesperie

Rajesperie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:34:55 +0000

This is such a pity. What’s with India and their choice towards Western ideals???? I have been to South India twice recently and I have always been amazed at the innate beauty of just about every women. Western wear appears to take away their charm to some extent. Everyone here in South Africa absolutely adore sarees and there has been a dramatic increase of people across all races who wear Indian clothing. At the moment the saree is high fashion, draped in sexy ways with exciting blouses. My suggestion is re-invent the saree should you be bored with current styles but PLEASE never lose what is known to be the most elegant outfit in the world on the most admired people in the world.

Thank you so much for bringing awareness to this Radhika.

By: emely

emely — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:23:49 +0000

I totally agree with Jim. Well said!

By: maverick

maverick — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:15:59 +0000

This costume is not worth saving. Not at all. Its horrible. Well… maybe suitable for those south indian girls as anything smart will not work on them.

By: Jim Fowler

Jim Fowler — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:04:16 +0000

Indian women are among the most beautiful in the world and I hope that their traditional clothing is never forgotten as it is uniquely feminine and joyous. That being said I would like to say that they would not be less beautiful wearing modern fashion and they would have a lot more rights as human beings if they did not cling so tightly to traditions that make them slaves to men in way too many ways. Fashion is the bomb that terrorists fear most!

By: jayaraj

jayaraj — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:41:58 +0000

im really fond of seeing girls with half sarees . as said by our ancestors “aal paadhi, aadai paadhi” , this one costume makes even some dull complexion girls also to look beautiful and since this is our own culture we south indians still give a lot of imp. to our culture as i believe. nice photos and good illustrations for the topic.

keep up ur good work

regards
s.j.raja

By: Lokol13

Lokol13 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:31:10 +0000

I am a white woman. I would wear a half-saree to a formal dinner or other occasion. I especially like the third one in the Asin Thottumkal series of photos above. But so many beautiful things to see here. Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring!

By: Radhika

Radhika — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:22:05 +0000

@Matthew Gilman,

I’m very proud and happy to have visitors like you, Rowan Watson and Doug Hardy in my blog who are appreciating the Indian tradition. But one thing I would like to share with you is you needn’t have to worry at all only because you are very fair. You can still choose to wear this outfit by selecting the right color combination. All bright colors will suit fair people and all light colors will suit dark people. Any outfit will go well with us depending on how we carry ourselves because the beauty lies in that.

Radhika

By: Rowan Watson

Rowan Watson — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:37:09 +0000

i’m not at all indian, but i’ve always loved sarees, and wish i had any or all of these. delightful!