Enough of this "Saree-fication" !!
I encounter women, with their judging eyes, almost everyday ! scanning me head to toe for symbols like Sindoor, Bengals.. mangalsootra !! ( which, by the way, i avoid wearing just because they make me feel so itchy and uncomfortable) ... and I fail them everyday in their efforts of making me understand the glory and the divinity behind "lowered eyes", "soft words" ...the whole " saree-fication" of a married female in our country ! ...and I can literally see the terror in their eyes of KALIYUG at their doors !! I encounter educated ( allow me to say pseudo-educated) men, scared as hell, watching their whole " sabhyata" being shattered down, just because of my dressing-sense and my behavior. How potent i am ! an average moody girl ! that I have a whole culture dependent on my jeans ! Jokes apart ! It pains me to realize, how shallow a particular "culture/faith/religion" must be, that generations after generation