Has anyone noticed Mughal paintings in Indian restaurants? Mostly you see an elaborately dressed man (most probably a nawab or a mughal king) with a woman (most probably a kaneez from his harem) leaning over him. What’s peculiar in all the pictures in various different restaurant is the dress of the woman.
Contrary to a modern times cleavage revealing dressing, you see in the painting that women’s breasts are half bare from the bottom of the blouse not the upper-frontal side. When I saw it couple of times, I thought it might just be artist’s creative imagination. But I recently noticed that it’s the case with all the paintings I have seen in most of the Indian restaurants. My question is, was that the pervailing fashion of clothing at that time?
I asked one of my Indian friends and he mentioned that even today you can see women like that in some of the rural areas in India. He told me that it’s because the dreass/blouse is mostly not made to fit, and there is no bra beneath so in a tight blouse case, the breasts sorta show from under. He claimed that he’s personally witnessed so. This however doesn’t make any sense to me (anatomically speaking). So, was that some sort of fashion of clothing or it’s just imagination of some artist to portray women like that in the paintings and it somehow caught up with other artists and sorta became a common fashion to portray women in such dresses?
ive seen those too... but ive always been too embarrassed to ask why women are potrayed in such a way..
i think i did see a documentry once and women wore clothes like that... i mean their blouses werent the full lenght so their breats were visible... but hmmm the explanation ur friend gave.. im not too sure about that..
maybe its a culture thing? lekin even then... these paintings are supposed to depict the moghul time right... and the women back then wore lavish clothes.. even the courtesians.. so i dont quite get it...
I don't know if it was the fashion at that time, but it looks pretty good nonetheless. We modern age men are sick(not exactly) of seeing the cleavages at the shopping mall. I think its time to see the booby bottoms for a change. Versace should think about it. And what are you doing staring at women's breasts in the paintings while eating curry!?
It's funny you brought this up. Just the other night I was out with a few friends at an Indian restaurant. I got up to go to the restroom. It was occupied. I was waiitng in the hallway and there was this mughal painting. It had the same theme, an emporer next to a kaneez. I looked closely and I couldn't believe what these gunehgaar akhiaan of mine saw.
I tell ya, these Indians don't like to portray anything good about their ancestors.
interesting.. i have been to so many indian restaurants.. was too busy eating n checking out cute waiters there.. didnt even notice the paintings.. thanks for bringing it to our attention romz, will look ghor ghor say from now on.. by the way.. wud it be wrong if a girl stare at the paintings?
^ Fg we like to think they were your ancestors! lol
Women in Rajasthan do wear blouses like that. Very tight, or maybe they just grow into them and couldn't be bothered to loosen them. Did you know that in ancient times women never wore blouses - or the ones they wore were more like boob tubes.
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suroor... they are in practically every indian restaurant u go to here in OZ.. its like the first thing u see...
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sadzz.. focus! cute waiterrsssss.. y wud i look at the paintings then?
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^ i thought u'd forget ... to tell u the truth we didnt take any.. i did think about u though and thought.. bummer
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sadzzz, that was nice of you. Anyway, may be next time, in next wedding that you go to.
karina, so do you see women like they appear in paintings then?
I just hope they don't have them hanging those in the kitchen next to the Sardaar chef. You won't be bale to tell the difference between rubrri and... hehehehe and and dahi.h
Roman, believe me that time is not far. With these Aunties wearing midriff revealing dresses with no bra, well one of these days it is going to show more than just the midriff, the question is do you want to see such a display?
Roman, in Rajashthan yes, I've seen that. If you mean the boobs showing under the blouse. And it IS because of the lack of bra, come to think of it. Well, a lot of them have v good figures so it doesn't look so bad.