What is to be an indian..abroad to-day.."francois gautier"....[tvk]

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hi raghy sir,

Also we find them non-judgemental. ( Our tribe is the most judgemental, in my opinion.


you are right sir...i agreed with u 100%.... this is really a golden word...i hate judgemental.....our TAMBRAM famous for judgemental.....

even my mother used to say same thing in india....

 

[mskmoorthy]

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This clockwise and anti-clockwise comment invoked my childhood memories.
One can determine by the way gents wear their vEshtis, whether they are from East coast (Madras side - also called கிழக்கத்துக்காரா) or from West coast ( malabAr side - மேற்கத்துக்காரா)

Madras side used to wrap their vEshti (outmost side) in counter clockwise fashion.
and Malabar side used to wrap (outmost side) in clockwise fashion.
(I do not know whether this is still the case)

This was told to me by my chiththappaa and this had helped him identify people which side of the family they are from in weddings(a couple of my aunts are married to in Madras side) - My mother is from Nagerkoil/Trivandrum and my father is from New Kalpathy/Palghat and I grew up in Tanjore district - I was an apprentice to my chithappaa (a physician) in observing people. - (observe but not judgmental.

 

[Raji Ram]

...... Madras side used to wrap their vEshti (outmost side) in counter clockwise fashion.
and Malabar side used to wrap (outmost side) in clockwise fashion. (I do not know whether this is still the case)...... .

As far as I have observed, all Bs wear clockwise with the vertical border onto their right side and NBs wear the other way!

In the green and maroon (sometimes green and blue / red and blue) double bordered vEshtis, we have to choose the right type so that

the vertical and horizontal borders are in the same color. I observed this only during my son's upanayanam, when we purchased about

40 vEshtis and had to change a few, since they were not B vEshtis!

P.S: We are not allowed to check the vEshtis in the shop but we can exchange later! That is Sing. Chennal...

 

[Raji Ram]

In silk vEshtis, a different color is used for horizontal border, unlike cotton ones.
So, no need to worry about clockwise or anticlockwise wearing! eace:

OK! Enough of murukku and vEshti!! Now :focus:

 

[sangom]

Re: http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/genera...ad-day-francois-gautier-tvk-3.html#post167641

This clockwise and anti-clockwise comment invoked my childhood memories.
One can determine by the way gents wear their vEshtis, whether they are from East coast (Madras side - also called கிழக்கத்துக்காரா) or from West coast ( malabAr side - மேற்கத்துக்காரா)

Madras side used to wrap their vEshti (outmost side) in counter clockwise fashion.
and Malabar side used to wrap (outmost side) in clockwise fashion.
(I do not know whether this is still the case)

This was told to me by my chiththappaa and this had helped him identify people which side of the family they are from in weddings(a couple of my aunts are married to in Madras side) - My mother is from Nagerkoil/Trivandrum and my father is from New Kalpathy/Palghat and I grew up in Tanjore district - I was an apprentice to my chithappaa (a physician) in observing people. - (observe but not judgmental.

Dear Shri Moorthy,

I live in Kerala and was born and brought up here. Kerala Tabras, as a general practice, tuck the veshti on the left side so the visible vertical line is on the right side parallel to the right leg. As children if anyone used to wear his "munDu" in the wrong way, elders would definitely chide "enna itu, koSavan aaTTamaa munDuDutthiNDirukkaay?".

But when we wear a double veshti as panchakaccham, after marriage, the initial tucking is reverse, i.e., on the right side. May be you are referring to this. But AFAI have observed the practice is the same even in Tirunelveli, my poorveekam. Today, the reverse veshti is likely to identify one as Muslim, because that is how majority of those people in Kerala wear the muNDu.

 

[mskmoorthy]

Thanks a lot Shri Sangom Sir and Mrs. Raji Madam for clearing up my clouded memory regarding different customs in wrapping vEshtis. I learn and relearn something new every day.

Pranams