Saree

Saree nine yards of clothes which can be draped to such perfection that we often wonder how they do it….

The elegance achieved by the women when they adorn this attire is not found in any other attire worn by them. There is a class and sensuality that exudes from a person after wearing the saree. Saree in an attire which is worn by everyone in our country old and young, rich and poor, North, East, West or South of our country. It is worn in different styles in the different states in our country according to the traditions of that state and the religions. It is worn during festivals and important occasions in one’s life like wedding etc and also daily by millions of women in our country. How much ever sophisticated an Indian woman might be they wear this at least once in their lifetime.

Earlier saree was the only attire among women in our country and over the years the prominence of this attire has decreased with the introduction of salwar khameez and other western forms of attire. Today wearing of a saree by the young Indian women is considered special and they often look forward to the first time that they will be able to tie the saree and it is worth the anticipation.

The draping of the Saree can be an occasion in itself for first timer because getting the nine yard of silk or cotton draped around your body would require more than one helping hand and long hour of one’s day. In addition there is the absence of that comfortable feel which is often found while wearing other attires.

Saree, a traditional attire which is embraced by even the youth of our country, an attire which exudes elegance and sensuality. An attire which is synonymous to our motherland India.

Maternal Instincts

Maternal instincts a feeling which every girl is inborn with I guess, don’t we see two year olds mothering their younger sibling or the dolls that are their playmates. An adaptation of this feeling is seen when the little girls play house having their own imaginary houses and family with kids. Girls love pampering and taking care of the stray kittens, puppies and other helpless young creatures found in the neighborhood.

These angels when they grow up this instinct in them also grow and you can see college girls cooing and cuddling over the kids in their own extended families or over the ones in the neighborhood or even the ones they see in the malls or cinema halls.

From personal experience if said, when Mariya and I go out for shopping we always spot the kids in the malls and go crazy on them. Another place where we normally go crazy over kids is when we go to the church if there is a baby in the vicinity of where we are seated, then the mass that day is dedicated to watching that baby, no prayers flow out from hearts to the Lord on that day.

When we see a kid fall we miss out on a heart beat or our heart reaches up to our throat, also the natural instinct of bending forward to avoid the kid from falling even though we would be no where within the reach of the child. A reaction I guess by almost every woman on this planet world. When we see a baby or a kid cry it tears our heart and our only instinct is to pick up that little bundle and hold it close to our heart and make it feel safe in our bosom.

The sweetest, purest and most powerful feeling in this world…………………

Friendship Day....

Friendship day during school reminds me of Neet, Mariya and myself weeks before friendship day making friendship bands with wool of different colors. The weekend gathering at trinity corner used to be avoided when friendship day used to be near. Instead we used to sit at our home with our bundle of wool trying out different patterns in the bands being created by us.

On friendship day Neet used to come home in the morning to go to church along with us as was usual on Sunday’s and be the first one always to tie us the friendship band as Mariya and I always forgot about it. I still don’t know how both Mariya and I used to forget that it was friendship day and how every single year Neet used to be the first one to tie it on both our hands.

The whole week after the friendship day used to be celebrated as friendship week at school and for the whole week friendship band used to be tied across. And the bands were not removed until the end of the week .There was also the process of counting as to how many band each of us had got and who had got the most number of bands?

The person who suffered the most during this week had to be my Mom, who in addition to getting us ready for school had the additional job of tying the friendship bands on each of our hands...... :)