Comments on: Gonna Dress You Up in Pattu

By: Pavani

Pavani — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:26:33 +0000

Thanks very much to those of you who commented about the pattu langa/pattu pavada(i). I’m delighted to hear that short-form ones are not uncommon, and hope to find one for my niece before her second birthday!

By: nk

nk — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:02:22 +0000

all the hell of pregnancy and childbirth – for what? just to bring another little bhutni into the world? what a disgrace – isn’t this the same “woman” who abandoned the vegetarian ethic and every other virtue and goodness associated with Aryavarta?

By: ARC

ARC — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:29:45 +0000

nk, WTF? She looks like the nanny because she's brown and her kid is lighter-skinned? Hello close-minded folks. I'm hoping this isn't what you meant.

I'm calling you out because I've had people ask me if my kid belongs to me and it drives me nuts. People should just STFU if they feel the urge to make idiotic comments like this, especially in person.

Rant aside, I love the short form pavadai - had never seen this before! My parents sent a couple of the long ones for our kid, and it sucks for a baby to crawl in those.

And @Shalini, I hear you about thinking this would be cool if we hadn't grown up in the 80s. I hear you sister and I too am happy my girl is growing up in a different time and place.

By: nk

nk — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:34:49 +0000

she looks like the child’s nanny or babysitter

By: Ahalya

Ahalya — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:50:29 +0000

In South India not too long ago and perhaps still in the rural areas after pattu paavadai you graduated to wearing a paavadai dhaavani.

By: J

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:12:25 +0000

My family (4 girls) grew up with these. My family is Tamil-speaking. We called them “pattu pavadais” but we graduated to salwar kameez after about age 10. A shame, as pattu pavadais were my favorite.

By: dhruva

dhruva — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:16:13 +0000

not "apparently also called pattu pavada"- it "is" called pattu pavadai in TN and pattu pavada in Kerala.

Before the universalisation of the churidar/salwar, pavadais were the outfit of choice for younger girls- so not sure what mom2 means by saying "they are quite the rage in India too"- they are as much a rage in India as blue jeans are in the US.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:48:13 +0000

May she find the silk veshti clad Sivaji Ganesan of her dreams.

By: Shalini

Shalini — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:48:00 +0000

Maybe it's just me, but I feel like if I was growing up Indian in America now (versus the 70s-80s), it would be a lot more awesome. Then = "Why are you wearing that weird, freakish different thing?" Now = "OMG you look like Padma Lakshmi you lucky girl! So pretty! Want!"

Still. Glad for my kids.

By: cm

cm — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:46:32 +0000

super cute. padma and krishna look very sweet together. i am happy to see she seems to have blossomed into the motherhood role and krishna looks like a happy baby.