Comments on: Ripple effect

By: Laksh

Laksh — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:00:44 +0000

@Spillay: Most welcome!
@Apar: Will check it out

By: Apar

Apar — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:41:36 +0000

Thought I was putting in a really long comment off-late here…
so instead
http://myheadtrip.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/ripple-effects-a-reply/

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By: Spillay

Spillay — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:43:16 +0000

Thanks Laksh for explaining the tradition to me. I really didn’t know about that.

By: Laksh

Laksh — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:17:23 +0000

@Spillay: A lot of that has roots in tradition. Not sure about other communities but in the tambram world, when a woman lost her husband it was customary to have a cold shower and stand dripping wet with the hair undone. Since wet hair/untied hair i.e. were associated with the mortality of the husband, children were taught never to leave hair undone. The same thing applies for wearing jewelry, sindoor and flowers.
@Mitr: I understand. I cannot braid even if I want to since I have lost a lot of hair and there is not enough to braid
@UL: Thank you :blush: In that pic, I have way more hair than I can dream of now
@Laks: I can understand given how our backgrounds are similar.
@Hemani: Welcome! Glad to know you have converted. BTW I owe you a proper response. Will email today.

By: Hemani

Hemani — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:54:45 +0000

Wow!! another good one…..it is interesting how you can just turn people down the memory lane with you everyday posts!!! BTW i have become a regular reader here

By: Lakshmi

Lakshmi — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:29:03 +0000

Next time I cut my hair as short as I did couple of years ago, will defn surprise visit you

Like you have mentioned in your replies, first time I cut my hair really short, my mom and pa refused to talk to me for a couple of weeks

By: UL

UL — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:22:28 +0000

i have never had long hair, nor did many in my family, i guess, my mom took the easy route out and cut our hair…long hair i like to see on others, i get annoyed after a little while on myself…but i love it when you let your hair down…reminds me of one of the photographs you have on your mantle - with you and Kanna, and you in a beautiful silk sari…

By: Mitr

Mitr — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:53:59 +0000

Laksh-

nice one again…I am dtill apprehensive about letting my hair down while working in a white dominated community and braid it just like my college days in India.

By: Spillay

Spillay — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:48:55 +0000

Very interesting post. Wow! I never knew that girls growing up in India were frowned upon when they let their hair down…. Just wondering if it is still that way,.. or has this tradition changed now?

As for me, when I was growing up, I was never allowed by my parents to have long hair. I had always had it short-short (like a boy). My parents seemed to think that if I had long hair,..I would get sick.. (don’t know if that’s a myth or if there was any truth in it). Hmmm…..