Wearing a saree
Posted by Phoenixritu August 7, 2008, under Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Inspired by an ad on TV of guys teleconferencing about wearing a necktie
Six yards of fabric spread on the ground
Six yards of fabric to wrap me around
I pick up one end to see Mom frown
Ahh it has the fall, so it should go down
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I hitch the other end around my waist
And turn myself once in quite a haste
I trip on my high heels, fall on the ground
Six yards of fabric to wrap me around
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This time I manage to hitch one turn
I’ll fold in the pleats, I’ve got to learn
Mom does it daily, so don’t put me down
Six yards of fabric to wrap me around
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I take up a safety-pin to secure the pleats
I jab it into my stomach, it makes me weep
I’d rather wear jeans, sarees I renounce
Six yards of fabric to wrap me around
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Sounds pretty rough!!...but I know you'd look very swanky wrapped up in one.....
Thanks Rashmi - tho I go to the parlour to get it tied up
I completely agree about the jeans, but it is easier than this to wear! My mum taught me well, methinks- it was needed for formal interviews MBA time.
I wear them only on formal occaisions, weddings, etc, and get the parlour girls to do it... people say I look elegant, but I feel like a trussed chicken
he he that was nice... though i dont find t difficult to wear a saree... infact i really enjoy wearing one
Monika, please give me lessons!
good, i would have been u would have few words on saree blouse
Huh!!? Saree blouses are like shirts - easy to wear
well my dear Ritz maybe you shud try the bombay saree which comes with an elastic at the waist..but i wonder if they have it in your size
...lol.
am sure you look like a doll in one of them ..talkin abt 6yards ask thoz who wear the traditional nauwari (the nine yard one )lol
I learned the trick of perfect saree wearing durin my Taj Hotel days but still ..me too would go for jeans anyday ..dressin up for occations is such a task ..hate it ..
Nah they dont do Bombay Sarees for us women with ample hips sweetie - I really need to gym sigh!!! Six yards is more than enuf - nine yards Gaaaah!!!
Much as I love my sarees and enjoy wearing them, nowadays they have become a wardrobe full of guilt, as I hardly wear them, and occasions for saree wearing are now few and far between. And to think I was once happily wearing them everyday, even staying at home. Bah. Too lazy now.
At the risk of getting bashed up by sari lovers I made six of them into curtains in my home ... they sure look plush!!! Now I have some space in my wardrobe for plebian salwar kameezes and trousers.
Nice poem abt Saree.
Seems like you and I differ a bit in perspective abt it though.
But i guess, its more to do with the fact that I am a guy and you are a lady.
Read this for my 'saree' view :
http://deepeshdhakad.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/saree-for-one-for-all/
nice writings though ... I liked them
Oh absolutely. The male view point is quite different