Learn Swimming, it is a must.

[P.J.]

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Learn Swimming, it is a must


Please enroll children in Swimming Lesson courses as it is a life saving Skill to be acquired by one and all. Most of our kids in foreign countries learn swimming as there are number of facilities available over there.
Our Indian Girls will not feel shy if they are enrolled at a very young age, but once they grow up, they may not like to wear Swimming dress to learn Swimming.

If you do not know how to swim, please learn this Skill; Age is no bar to learn Swimming; when I was around 40, I started to learn Swimming along with my son and daughter in Calcutta

Very few urban Indian men can swim, and in addition almost no Indian women, urban, rural can swim at all. This is because of the cultural clothing restrictions. It is almost impossible to learn how to swim while wearing baggy full clothing.

Swimming is a basic skill that is not emphasized too much by the majority of urban Indian parents just like any other sports. They probably tell their kids not to waste time and money on learning swimming and instead spend it reading for the next year’s school subjects so they can all get jobs in IT companies.
Among my generation hardly very few of us knows how to swim, I mean I am over 70 age; fortunately, I learnt swim at the age of 40.

My son, daughter, grand children know swimming, but not my wife; my daughter in law is learning now.
My wife had a chance to learn swimming with me when she was only 32, but she refused to wear any swimming dress in those days.
Nowadays, in Chennai, there are many Hotels with swimming pools, exclusive Ladies time and Woman coach; it should encourage affordable ladies to learn swimming.

 

[tbs]

hi sir,
i learned swim in the age of 8th ...in our local temple kulam...generally all palakkad agraharam kids know swimming...even

palakkad gals are swimming very well too....we have 2 different padikkattu for gents/ladies in our local temple kulam

in kerala....

 

[renuka]

Dear PJ sir,

These days Swimsuits come with decent designs too.
Out here we have Burkhini with covers ones head too.

There is a bodysuit too that covers the whole body.

So no one needs to be shy to swim.

Yes I agree with you that most Indian women shy away from swimming.

Even when I go swimming here..I rarely find Indian women swimming in the pool or in the sea.

Even with decent bodysuits type of swimsuits available..they still are not too keen to swim.

Indian mindset needs to change also.

Once I had gone swimming in the sea(my son and husband were making sandcastles on the beach)..I was swimming in the sea and some young early 20's groups of Indian guys were whistling and singing some Tamil songs to me.

I ignored all of them.

Then later my son and husband came to where I was swimming and my son called out Amma to me.

Then they guys started saying to each other "Aiyoo Aunty Da.."

Then they said sorry to me.

So you see Indian men tend to tease Indian girls who wear swimsuit or swim too.

Partly the reason why some girls shy away from swimming.

 

[P.J.]

renukaji

Bengalis and Keralites learn swimming at very young age; The advantage of having water ponds near their homes.
But Indians generally are very good at staring on people which is not good! Especially when Girls swim!!
The same Indians seldom do that when they go to Foreign countries, probably because they see women like that in every place!!
Please do not take the risk of swimming in Sea; Swimming in Sea is different compared to swimming in ordinary river or pond.
in Sea there are under currents which might pull you towards Sea and with the waves making sound , no one would hear your shouts for help..
Baywatch like fellows will hardly come to save any drowning youth/Girl in Chennai.