Yelläks /ˈyæl•eks/

There are strange opinions (from my view) here regarding decency in public places. Two examples just recently happened on campus:

My friends and I went to the swimming pool in the early morning. After finishing our dip at around 8:30AM, we went back to the hostel block, where we stay. On the road a lady passed us obviously going through her morning fitness program. Since we walked very slowly she passed us again and while doing so, she complained about our decency. First I did not understand anything, what she talked about. I thought, my friends said something nasty or naughty about her in their mother tongue Telugu. Then I understood that the complained about the visibility of the towels, some of my friends wore around their shoulders since the towels were wet. She said that we can walk around like this in the hostel but not in publicity. We are not coming from a river but from a swimming pool instead, so we have to maintain a specific level of decency. Let me remind you, it was all about a towel and not underwear or something. On the other hand, it has also a positive effect: You can walk around naked and she will not complain about your nudity as long as there is a towel visible.

The other example happened when the juice center of the campus has been moved to a new location. Due to the planned metro railway a part of the campus is under heavy construction. Unfortunately the juice center was in the way of the demolishers so that its owner moved it to a new designated location. Everything was set up at the new spot: Plants were removed and stones and concrete were put in place to support the shack. One night it took some hours, a tractor and around 20 men to move the juice center to its new location which was close to the girl’s hostel. After finishing the work, at least one girl complained about this. Her argument: even boys will use the juice center there and they will show up in short pants, which view she does not like. So it took another 20 men, a view hours to shift the location again. But this behavior raises two questions: How many times have I seen people in short pants (not doing exercise or sports) so far and what happens, if I sit all day in short pants just in front of the girl’s hostel entry and do my work there? Well, the answer to the first question: I have seen three so far (and I am here for 9 months now) and the answer to the second question: Let us see…

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