a new history?!

**crazy** · 15th May 2006, 05:33 PM

Hi everyone,
i recently read a book called "The age of kali". In that book the author had referred in a page as ".....................in bangalore like every where else in south india, women went topless until the Britons in 19th century encouraged them to cover themself up".

I was shocked. I have never heard that before!
Is that true or is this is just a made up (hi)story????????

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**bingleguy** · 15th May 2006, 05:39 PM

is it the book The Age of Kali by William Dalrymple ?

**crazy** · 15th May 2006, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by bingleguy

is it the book The Age of Kali by William Dalrymple ?

exactly! have u read?

**Eelavar** · 15th May 2006, 09:05 PM

It should be intox..

We learn to Britishes to take daily shower, so i don't think they teached Indians to wear !!

**Sandeep** · 16th May 2006, 08:01 AM

I dont know about Bangalore, but in many communities in Kerala Men/Women where topless (shirtless).

**dsath** · 16th May 2006, 12:29 PM

Two generations back in South TamilNadu women did not wear blouse, only sari.
The British sure did bring with them their style of dressing from neck to toes for women. As Men adapted to the British style of wearing clothes (shirts and trousers), women also followed suit by wearing blouses.
The paintings and sculptures in our temples speak for themselves.

**bingleguy** · 16th May 2006, 12:33 PM

Top less here may not be meaning wearing nothn on the top ...

I guess dsath's words make sense !

**crazy** · 16th May 2006, 04:07 PM

whatever he should have written a bit precis!

another one: he was asking a woman in GOA about how goa got independence? and how she felt when Goa came under india? that woman was talking as if she is from portugual and portuguese took better care of goa and the people and blah blah blah.........................i can never understand such people?
do anyone of u understand her?

**Lambretta** · 16th May 2006, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by crazy

whatever he should have written a bit precis!

another one: he was asking a woman in GOA about how goa got independence? and how she felt when Goa came under india? that woman was talking as if she is from portugual and portuguese took better care of goa and the people and blah blah blah.........................i can never understand such people?
do anyone of u understand her?

Hmm....nope, I jus dont!

**crazy** · 16th May 2006, 10:11 PM

lamby
she was so proud of her portuguese culture

, what was she thinking? she was talking as if goa was located on portugual, and india took over it and etc etc. what nonsense! it was portuguese who took over Goa from india, i never heard that people in goa was one of a kind.....................aint thay indians too!
i cant just understand these people who r feeling proud of someones culture(special someone who came all the way cross the world)......................just coz u converted into another religion does it make u a foreigner??????????????????can it change ur identity??????????

when i read those pages, i got so mad that i wanted to slap that woman! but i cant and thats not fair either!