Dress of mass distraction
Police and autorickshaw drivers in Kerala are caught in a 'mundu' row, which now threatens to spill over to the streets. Drivers' unions maintain that a move to enforce a dress code and prevent them from wearing the traditional mundu to work from June 1 is an infringement on their rights
They have also threatened to take their vehicles off the roads if police persist with the implementation of the mundu code.
Police said the decision was taken in view of the "undignified dressing" followed by mundu-clad auto drivers. "We have noticed that many autorickshaw drivers wear the mundu folded and tied high up the waist. They also walk around with mundus and lungis folded up, causing discomfort to women and families," said the police chief A V George.
Around 50% drivers still wear mundu to work. But the way in which some drivers wear it is demeaning to the profession."
But many women welcomed the police move. "The way in which many auto drivers wear the mundu is annoying," said a local resident. "Often we have to walk with our heads down through the auto stands, let alone travelling in the vehicle. The decision should be strictly implemented and auto drivers should cooperate with the authorities."
Its time to have a mundu code for the offices here where mundus can be worn to the office on Saturdays. Looks like they would be very convenient and cool once the hot and warm summer season starts and besides it would add some glamour and glitter to the offices... hopefully they will find a way to keep the things below the mundu out of view
Its unfair to impose it as a law which is their traditional dress code. If at all any law is imposed, it must start from high level not from low level. Many of the top officials, office managers are seen going to office. why target only on auto drivers & not on others.
Perhaps the answer is bicycling shorts under the "mundu"
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ROFL hope rizks wud not be objected to wear his lungi in his apartment in doha
.....But many women welcomed the police move. "The way in which many auto drivers wear the mundu is annoying," "Often we have to walk with our heads down through the auto stands, let alone travelling in the vehicle..
Men in Kerala have been wearing this dress since ages...or is it that they have started raising their 'mundu' still higher for better ventilation in the times of global warming..:)
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