LUNGI

My destiny took me to Chennai in search for job. Since as a student I had already gone bankrupt courtesy the job treat that I gave for a job that didn't left me with any dignity, I had to go by train. The journey spanned 36 hrs either way, so I had a lot of time to think over cultures and contrasts that exist in the two parts of the country. I found people to be really helpful even if they didn't understand a single word that I was speaking. Autorickshaw people just like in Delhi wanted to extract all the money that you had but here they had an additional advantage of language, a luxury not available with Delhi auto drivers. They had their own cuisine, though everything is available in Delhi and I myself is a fan of south Indian food but most of the dishes I considered as snacks are taken there as full meal. (I mean who stuffs himself here by just eating idlis). But the most catching feature for me was the ease with which people lived there.
I am not talking about mental ease as I couldn't have judged that by seeing the people but I am talking about physical ease. There people preferred comfort over looks. So they would apply sandal coating on their foreheads to keep it cool and don't care whether it counts in fashion or not. They would eat with their hand and don't go for sophistication of spoons and forks. And the best part is they wear the most comfortable clothing on earth made for men LUNGI. Women did had skirts which I think was a perfect design for keeping yourself covered without compromising comfort. Somehow over the centuries there might have been a revolution to identify sexuality with clothing and there must be some very wise women at that time who would have convinced the male leaders of that time to switch to other clothing and leave skirts for them. And I think from there were born trousers, the uncomfortable cloth that we had to wear for all social outings. This whole saga definitely would have come up in western country as trousers are given by them only. When this whole world was swiped by this trousers led transition, there must be some wise men in southern India who invented Lungi and gave new level to comfort. They further invented the second folding on it to increase the comfort level. So while world over males were feeling proud for having invented new attire for themselves without knowing that they had been duped by their female counterparts. I think after people of southern India it were Scottish who too knew this whole gimmick and retained the skirts , though now it is restricted to bagpiper bands only but the thing is it still exists.
I can just imagine how comfortable it would be, wearing a lungi but would probably never give it a try just because of the rude deal that ancestors made, trading comfort for style. Please do not judge this blog as racist and I am extremely sorry If I sound like one.