Comments on: Politicians are full of … http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pardesi Gori http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/comment-page-2/#comment-91606 Pardesi Gori Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:06:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1954#comment-91606 <p><b></p> <blockquote>When Gandhi returned from South Africa, he travelled around huge amounts of India to try and find out what being Indian was about. After all that, he still came to a conclusion that I disagree with and so did many at the time.</blockquote> <p></b></p> <p>What conclusion did Gandhi come to?</p>

When Gandhi returned from South Africa, he travelled around huge amounts of India to try and find out what being Indian was about. After all that, he still came to a conclusion that I disagree with and so did many at the time.

What conclusion did Gandhi come to?

]]> By: cicatrix http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/comment-page-2/#comment-19301 cicatrix Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:24:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1954#comment-19301 <p>Yeah! It is!</p> <p>Though a rather dowdy one, I must say. that hatte, (in Sinhalese.. I think it's choli in Hindi?) is like a pirate blouse..</p> Yeah! It is!

Though a rather dowdy one, I must say. that hatte, (in Sinhalese.. I think it’s choli in Hindi?) is like a pirate blouse..

]]> By: ads http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/comment-page-2/#comment-19273 ads Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:11:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1954#comment-19273 <p><a href=" http://www.mysrilanka.com/travel/lanka/nati_symbol/dress.htm">This picture</a> is kind of small and crappy, but I think the woman in front is wearing a Kandyan sari.</p> http://www.mysrilanka.com/travel/lanka/nati_symbol/dress.htm“>This picture is kind of small and crappy, but I think the woman in front is wearing a Kandyan sari.

]]> By: DesiDancer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/comment-page-2/#comment-19253 DesiDancer Sun, 07 Aug 2005 15:34:14 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1954#comment-19253 <p>oops, sorry Cicatrix-- I think the way of wrapping is as varied as the color/texture of the saris themselves. Which is kind of cool, to think about how many different ways we can make one panel of fabric look...</p> oops, sorry Cicatrix– I think the way of wrapping is as varied as the color/texture of the saris themselves. Which is kind of cool, to think about how many different ways we can make one panel of fabric look…

]]> By: cicatrix http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/comment-page-2/#comment-19242 cicatrix Sun, 07 Aug 2005 09:14:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1954#comment-19242 <p>Suhail, sorry, typo!! I didn't presume to think you were a girl;) thanks for the link. Nivi looks like what my family wears, but the Kandyan sari is not there.</p> Suhail, sorry, typo!! I didn’t presume to think you were a girl;) thanks for the link. Nivi looks like what my family wears, but the Kandyan sari is not there.

]]> By: Suhail Kazi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/comment-page-2/#comment-19240 Suhail Kazi Sun, 07 Aug 2005 08:48:22 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1954#comment-19240 <p>cicatrix: 'Suhali' sounds like a girl, which I am not :)</p> cicatrix: ‘Suhali’ sounds like a girl, which I am not :)

]]> By: Suhail Kazi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/comment-page-2/#comment-19239 Suhail Kazi Sun, 07 Aug 2005 08:45:49 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1954#comment-19239 <p>DesiDancer: hehehe :) That sounds quite funny and interesting. Perching on top of a throne & all that..would you be able to get a pic frm somewhere? I think there is a big business opportunity lying there.</p> <p>Cicatrix: Actually methinks yr description (Chandrika Kumaratunga's style?) fits the way many Indians wear the sari too. Then again, India is a country of 1-billion plus people. So clearly, there is no ISI mark there.<a href="http://www.massala.com/sari.htm">Chk this</a>. I got frm wikipedia :)</p> <p>Sawry ennis, no more saari comments.</p> DesiDancer: hehehe :) That sounds quite funny and interesting. Perching on top of a throne & all that..would you be able to get a pic frm somewhere? I think there is a big business opportunity lying there.

Cicatrix: Actually methinks yr description (Chandrika Kumaratunga’s style?) fits the way many Indians wear the sari too. Then again, India is a country of 1-billion plus people. So clearly, there is no ISI mark there.Chk this. I got frm wikipedia :)

Sawry ennis, no more saari comments.

]]> By: cicatrix http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/comment-page-2/#comment-19224 cicatrix Sun, 07 Aug 2005 06:47:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1954#comment-19224 <p>DD and Suhali, I should have said that as a Sri Lankan, I wondered whether Indians wrapped saris of different legnths. (as I see they do.) I was kidding about the 10" of pleats..but I do get too many because 6 yard is a lot when you don't have an ass. My mom wears a standard Indian-type sari (to us Sri Lankans.. I dunno what the hell the Indians would call it), but there is a Sri Lankan form which is really different.</p> <p>This description will be atrocious, but I can't find a picture...The traditional Kandyan sari wraps sort of like the Indian, but the pallu is pleated really crisply and it's not wide. It doesn't drape over the arm. A ruffle is also tied around the waist, to hang lightly over the sari. It's even harder to walk in because the pleats in front allow for less movement.</p> <p>sorry for the off-topic digression. Back to poopin'.</p> DD and Suhali, I should have said that as a Sri Lankan, I wondered whether Indians wrapped saris of different legnths. (as I see they do.) I was kidding about the 10″ of pleats..but I do get too many because 6 yard is a lot when you don’t have an ass. My mom wears a standard Indian-type sari (to us Sri Lankans.. I dunno what the hell the Indians would call it), but there is a Sri Lankan form which is really different.

This description will be atrocious, but I can’t find a picture…The traditional Kandyan sari wraps sort of like the Indian, but the pallu is pleated really crisply and it’s not wide. It doesn’t drape over the arm. A ruffle is also tied around the waist, to hang lightly over the sari. It’s even harder to walk in because the pleats in front allow for less movement.

sorry for the off-topic digression. Back to poopin’.

]]> By: Saurav http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/comment-page-2/#comment-19219 Saurav Sun, 07 Aug 2005 06:23:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1954#comment-19219 <blockquote>Can I not know more about the psyche and ethos of Indian culture just because I was not born there?</blockquote> <p>Essentializizing "Indian" culture like this is bad form. Try:</p> <p>"I've gained a sense of contemporary culture in India through living in Bombay, UP, Rajasthan, and Mysore that perhaps some of you are missing from not being here full time over a lengthy period."</p> <p>"By traveling through the breadth of South Asia, I've learned to see commonalities and differences in different places; it really is quite miraculous how diverse this place is"</p> <p>"I enjoy being in India as someone who has transplanted."</p> <p>Anyway, it's probably needless to say at this point, but I generally enjoy your comments and also sympathize with you in that it <i>will</i> be harder for you to post here than people who can claim the skin color but not the experience. But don't let that make you feel like you have license to--dare I say--orientalize ;)</p> Can I not know more about the psyche and ethos of Indian culture just because I was not born there?

Essentializizing “Indian” culture like this is bad form. Try:

“I’ve gained a sense of contemporary culture in India through living in Bombay, UP, Rajasthan, and Mysore that perhaps some of you are missing from not being here full time over a lengthy period.”

“By traveling through the breadth of South Asia, I’ve learned to see commonalities and differences in different places; it really is quite miraculous how diverse this place is”

“I enjoy being in India as someone who has transplanted.”

Anyway, it’s probably needless to say at this point, but I generally enjoy your comments and also sympathize with you in that it will be harder for you to post here than people who can claim the skin color but not the experience. But don’t let that make you feel like you have license to–dare I say–orientalize ;)

]]> By: DesiDancer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/08/03/post/comment-page-2/#comment-19214 DesiDancer Sun, 07 Aug 2005 06:12:43 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1954#comment-19214 <p>Cicatrix- as I understand 9m saris are more predominant in Bengali culture, but the 5-6m is standard for the course.</p> <p>Suhail- I have seen a hybrid squattie in US. It looks just like a good ole western throne, but it has 2 little side blocks for auntie's feet, like the old school squatters have. I assume one climbs up and perches. So it's the best of both worlds perhaps. Or somewhere for the ABCDs to rest their newspapers...</p> Cicatrix- as I understand 9m saris are more predominant in Bengali culture, but the 5-6m is standard for the course.

Suhail- I have seen a hybrid squattie in US. It looks just like a good ole western throne, but it has 2 little side blocks for auntie’s feet, like the old school squatters have. I assume one climbs up and perches. So it’s the best of both worlds perhaps. Or somewhere for the ABCDs to rest their newspapers…

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