ULTA PULTA
A draping disease
Jaspal Bhatti 

Have you ever heard of the term "saree cancer"? Probably not. You might have heard "saree censor" instead. When a heroine wears her saree too low, the film censor board can sensor these saree shots. But Dr G D Bakshi, Grant Medical College, Mumbai, who has done a research on tying a saree, says that if a petticoat’s cord is tied at the same point day after day, it can cause chronic irritation along the waistline. Doctors at the medical college claim that they have treated three women for saree cancer.

If Dr Bakshi expects all beautiful women to consult him on the internet or otherwise, regarding the appropriate point at which they should tie the knot of the cord every time they wear a saree then he is mistaken. As such, the good doctor is trespassing into the territory of dress designers by suggesting women should switch from rope-like cords to broader ones. Tomorrow some vaastu specialist may also jump in and make suggestions to a woman, "You must tie your saree two inches below your navel as your lucky number is 2."

Tomorrow people from the saree industry may also raise their voice against the doctor, who has coined the term ‘saree cancer’. It could be the gameplan of the western world to wipe out Indian wear, saree, and replace it with jeans and skirts. A friend of mine feels if doctors are not checked from publishing such reports they may come up with underwear cancer or dhoti cancer to demoralise the makers of Indian dresses.

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