DRESSCODE Yesterday I was seeing the tele-serial Neeyum jnanum.In Zee TV Malayalam A rich business man’s home, dealing in crores. The two ladyassistants to the host woman always appear in a typical saree style, ironedfolders appearing with a smile on lip.
A few days back I was returning from Bangalore in theDouble decker train. Now a days the vendors provide, coffee, tea, water andnoodled in cup. What made me wonder, 100% vendors appeared in well ironed andneat and new uniform, shirt in light green colour. With all vendors the foldingof the shirt on ironing could be well distinguished. With Covid 19, I thinksome special dressing code would have been given to vendors. Most jewellery shops, reputed textiles and most restaurantshave dress code. But it was the first time I was seeing all vendors wearingbrand new uniform shirt well pressed. This posting is about interesting dresscodes and related matters. Hope an enjoyable reading. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 4-3-2014. Reposted on 31-1-2021after editing and updating. R. Gopala Krishnan 1. Hotel owner andChandanakkuri with kumkum. Whet ever is the Varna of the hotel owner, while enteringif we see in the cash counterthe owner or manager sitting, having sandal wood paste applied in foreheadalong with kumkum or wearing holy ashes, it gives a special attraction.We can see some auto drivers wearing kumkum and sandal, and they are having aspecial attraction when they smile. Evenin the house one minute if we see wife not having kumkum or sindur, weimmediately point out. Aftertheir wearing only we feel happy. Most of us know, sapthapathi is murtham, mangalayam is nottold in our epics, but through generations adorning thali has become themuhurtham and unless a married women not wearing the golden chain/ turmericapplied thread with thiru mangalyam, allwould not be happy. Just imagine a Hindu marriage without mangalya sutra tying.On those days Putava kota was there among nairs, can you agree to it today? I have written above as gold chain / turmeric thread. Ifwomen are wearing turmeric thread continuously it is ok. But it will not befelt alright, a lady continuously wearing gold chain attaching thali issuddenly wearing a turmeric thread without gold chain. If at all the chain hadto be pledged, she may prefer to wear a gold covered chain in its place. 2. Bride and wearingornaments Before Muhurtha, the bride is adorning a good amount ofornaments. If quantity is more, sometimes it may appear pride instead ofbeautiful appearance. Suppose in a rich marriage the bride wear only very fewornaments. Unless it is notified the bride has gold allergy, something unusualwould be felt. If at all the bride by nature do not like more ornaments, atleast during function she should wear. I could see in the tele-serial BALAMANI, a doctor bride Abhiramiwearing minimum ornaments and in spiteof would be mother in law’s words, she asks not to compel her to wear more. Thedirector may be having something in picturing such a character. But the point- on account of that incident themother in law develops a bad feeling about daughter in law as disobedient. 3. Where are yougoing? Normally my dress in the house is colour dhothi andordinary slack shirt. If I change to anything else, it is first asked by mywife- where are you going? At one time our dress was dhothi and 2nd cloth.Gradually 2nd cloth has become occasional. It is for functions,going to temple etc now. If sudden guests appear, and only dhothi is worn, anytype of 2nd cloth is worn. It could be a towel also. Many of us wear banian, with in the home, it is an outer garment. Justfor one step outside the gate, it is not outer garment- inner garment. For a physically working person, it is mostlyouter garment. 4. Entha Sami - Innusrardhama? If my father was seen withoutbhasmam in the forehead local nampoothiries used to ask him- whether it issrardha day. Theyhave never seen my father without applying holy ashes after making it as liquidand applying. 5. Participating inmarriage. I cannot say how the custom has come, 98% of women attend marriage withsilk/ very cloth sari wearing on those days, now some may wear churidar costingabove five thousand. Recently I had been to a textile shop with mydaughter, not a single occasional churidar is priced below four thousand. Most gents other than relatives, make it assure, new wellironed cloths giving appearance are worn. Only the relatives wear, costly dresses. At one time coat was aristocratic now it isshervani and kurtha set. 6. School uniform While I was studying in school, during 1950-60’s. Knickersand shirt were worn by us in primary and middle school. Teachers wore theirdesired and available dress. Girls had skirt and blouse. No uniform for either students or teachers. By about 15 moststarted to wear dhothies and it continued to college. 60% of lecturers used towear dhothi and shirt. The remaining 40% used to wear pants and shirt. Look atthe condition today. Uniformfrom LKG is compulsory both for teachers and students. 7. Today kids Immediately after bath new dress which include essentiallyshirt. Anywhere going out another new shirt and pant or knickers. No wearing ofa cloth worn on previous day. No male kid can be seen without shirt normally. 8. Dress code- ahealthy practice. Now we find dress code everywhere, in hotels, hospitals andjewellery and textile shops. Due to identical dress sometimes we find difficulty to recognise between twopersons also. Rather than the code, the way it is worn, how hygienicallyworn are equally important. Uniforms were felt inferior with some staff at a time.Those days have gone today. In ChennaiAC buses have special uniform for driver and conductor. They wear it veryneatly. They are very impressive including the well behaviour. Similarly inBangalore airport buses. This in no wayavoids the very well dressed and working very sincerely staff in other buses. Sometimesthey excel these people. They address sir, ENTHAPPA, PERISU, ENNAYYAall are words of yesterday!! Mostwelcoming one is behaviour of Kerala and Chennai auto drivers and their dress conscious.Similarly of taxi drivers. Dresses of piolets, duty staff in planes, policedepartment, air force, navy , military are all always tidy, so no need to addmore on them. Today I wasattending a marriage- What a change, All sasthrikals and their assistants innew dress. Earlierthey used to appear with washed clothes mostly. Priests in Sabarimalai temple also keep utmost neatness in dress and follow code according to priority. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/280599989.617813.1612107354194%40mail.yahoo.com.
