sari

Shashi tharoor's article about saving sari got him a lot of critical retorts from blogoshpere. I found some parts of the article confusing but liked the part which says that todays younger generation is less willing to drape themselves in a sari as they associate it with an older era. I think while many women find it easy to criticize tharoor saying that he ignore the need for men to wear traditional garbs and find the reason for not wearing sari in the inconvenience factor alone, none will be ready to accept that part of the reason could be exactly what tharoor says. Its not just women, i and most of my friends have no experience in wearing a mundu outdoors. Its not just due to the convenience factor of a pant but also in part due to our eagerness to adopt fashion of the times, to not look out of place.
Lots of women say sari is inconvenient. Similar with us about mundu. One interesting point is how much does one want to see the opposite sex in these (controversial :)) traditional garments. How does a woman rate a man in pants versus the one in his mundu(for southies) and how much does a man rate a woman in sari versus one in churidar. I would like to make my side clear, sari is hot, body parts which are exposed by it doesn't make a woman look indiscreet. If many men are with me, i am sure sari wont die. If many women prefer men in traditional clothes then those wont die too. Or rather mustn't die, for i trust we will and we should try a bit to attract the opposite sex :).