String string ke bateen - Page 2

Originally posted by: hunnybunch

Yes, I would have loved if it happened as you have mentioned.

But as per my thinking, Guman noticed it before Kumud left the house, so she must have create the drama. Little did she know that her plan would back fire and Saras and Kumud would end up becoming one this time. btw, I thank Guman for this failed plan of hers😆

I love the possessive Saras<3

Originally posted by: veera25

Mary, excellent observation, but I don't agree here. When you look at this particular scene in a larger context, something as simple as a girl's blouse being untied is a huge issue.

I see it personally, and have had issues similar to this happen to me (whether it was a look over from a few guys, or the gossip of an aunty or seven) even while wearing a not-really-deep-back Punjabi salwar-kameez to a cousin's wedding... if your strings are not tied, people notice. And they talk. And it gets around, very fast, regardless of how many people are in the area... In a banquet hall of 700 people, something as simple as this goes around the whole place within minutes.

So forget about my North American setting and place a situation like mine into a rural village in India... over top of that add the mentality many Indians have regarding the value of women... then finally add the fact that you're going to be the subject of gossip anyway because you tend to challenge social norms, are incredibly beautiful, and a daughter of a very respectable house. Such things are frowned upon there, especially considering Kumud's social status and attempts for radical change in her traditional environment.. There you have it... strings untied becomes a huge issue.

I agree, that a string being untied is very easily a brush off the shoulder matter. It should be, in my opinion. But my own experiences in rural, conservative areas in India tell me that this kind of noticing, especially if the woman is beautiful, is common in villages... I remember getting perverted looks by grown men when I was a young adolescent simply because I looked in their direction. Point is, this stuff happens.

I feel like we should all really stop frowning upon Kumud's dress. She teaches in an elementary school... with kids that are at most, barely 10 years old. I am yet to see a ten year old kid call their teacher sexy. It's just very tiresome for me that 2 and a half months into the show people are still questioning Kumud's dressing. She is a woman, she is educated. She is allowed to dress the way she wants because it is her body and she can choose what she wants to put on it... Just because her dress is different, doesn't give us as viewers the excuse to blame a circumstance on her dress. With this mentality I feel there can essentially be no change in women's rights.

Originally posted by: Marybarton

I have no issues with Kumud's dress, I really like the way they look. What she was wearing today was gorgeous. While well aware of the dangers of eve teasing as they call it, I just find it hard to believe that anyone, male or female would notice a little string from that far away. So I am talking from from the point of visibility. If she was to be harrassed like this, it would happen everyday, that's how bad eve teasing is and it never has anything to do with how a woman dresses, it has to do with disgusting people noticing she's a woman.

Originally posted by: saru143

well said veera

Originally posted by: Marybarton

it would be more dramatic if one of them pulled a string.