Preyansi Mani took to Facebook this week to share an inspiring post about her choice of clothing, a sari.
Preyansi lives in New Delhi, India and she decided her sari deserved a post because it's a "graceful, sensual, comfortable piece of clothing that makes me feel beautiful, empowered and free".
She said that when she wears her sari, a female garment which drapes over the body, she gets stared at and this is because her "generation has given up sarees".
Speaking to
Buzzfeed News, Preyansi, who wears this dress on a daily basis said that she never expected the post to get such a reaction.
This is Preyansi's post in full:
I was at Hard Rock Cafe yesterday wearing a saree and I was next to be peeled off from stares of males and females alike. Wonder if I committed a crime or what it was.
So I noticed this pic for a different reason… Gosh! How my generation has given up sarees!!! In my mom’s generation sarees were everywhere. From cycling to everyday chores to work to parties to colleges. It wasn’t a biggie!
Now that I wear saree almost every day, often there is a remark — ‘Are you going somewhere’, ‘Is there anything special today?’, ‘Is there any event’? ‘Are you an Air-Hostess?’ I get stared at from females and males in equal breadth.
The second one is even more funny- ‘Oh so now you are married, that’s why. ‘You are as Indian as you can be.’ Whatever that means as if Saree is a post-marriage phenomenon.
And then comes the bemoaning- ‘Its so cumbersome’, ‘It’s so time-consuming’,’ ‘How do you manage it so well? ’
All I want to say — wearing saree does not make one traditional, does not make one Indian, does not make one cool or uncool, does not make one married or unmarried. It is a graceful, sensual, comfortable piece of clothing that makes me feel beautiful, empowered and free and I am glad I am in love with it.
It is all about choice! #Sari
