text: In A Bid To Advocate Gender Equality, Pune Boys Showed Up In Sarees For College Traditional Day
  In A Bid To Advocate Gender Equality, Pune Boys Show Up In Sarees For College Traditional Day
  KC ArchanaUpdated on Jan 04, 2020, 14:54 IST
  The idea that humans are either male or female is deeply ingrained in our society, so much so that a particular set of clothes have almost exclusively been attributed to one gender. However, over the years, we have seen quite a few people challenge this notion and gender identity with regard to a person's sartorial choice, and we're glad.
  To destroy this preconceived notion of an individual's gender identity, three Pune boys decided to make a statement by showing up in sarees on their college traditional day.
  After all, who even made the rule that men cannot wear sarees? Wearing something that is usually worn by a gender other than yours does not make you any less of a man or a woman. That's exactly what these boys were trying to explain with their choice of clothing.
  According to an India Today report, the boys named Akash Pawar, Sumit Honwadajkar and Rushikesh Sanap opined that, "It is not written anywhere that boys should dress in boys attire and only girls should wear saree or other costumes like salwar, skirts, etc."
  They also spoke about just how difficult it is to carry a saree for an entire day and lauded women who do it gracefully.
  "We had a lot of difficulty in arranging the sarees. We found draping the saree very difficult and for help, we had to call our friend Shraddha. It was only after dressing up and attending the function, we understood the complications of wearing a saree. Now we know why the ladies take so much time in dressing up," said Sumit.
  This incident was not just appreciated by their friends and classmates, but they received a lot of praise from faculty members as well. Hats off to these guys to take this bold step in our ridiculously orthodox society. They made a point that needed to be made, without caring for the ridicule that could have easily come with it.