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Swaveda - Blog - India to allow national flag in fashion,...| Home | Blog | India to allow national flag in fashion, but not | | | | Posted by: supatra | Jul 14, 2005
India is to allow national sports teams and fashion designers to display the country's tricolour on clothes -- but not below the belt.
The cabinet has approved an amendment to the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act. This removes sweeping restrictions on the display of the national flag provided clothes do not show "disrespect”.
The tricolour -- of orange, white and green with a wheel of time in the centre -- can now be worn by national sports players, on national costume and on military uniforms according to the amendment to be introduced into parliament.
However the flag cannot appear on lingerie or other accessories worn below the waist. Embroidering or printing it on cushions, gloves, handkerchiefs or napkins remains forbidden.
The decision to amend the law was sparked by a home ministry decree in February that banned cricketers and other sports stars from displaying the flag anywhere on their kit.
This included star batsman Sachin Tendulkar's helmet or captain Sourav Ganguly's trademark batting gloves painted in the colours of the Indian flag.
The decree was seen as a government attempt to hit back at the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which takes pride in its autonomous nature.
Fashion designer Malini Ramani has faced a court case for the past six years after being charged with wearing a dress woven as a flag at the first Indian Fashion Week show.
Ramani, who spoke in a telephone interview from Bali in Indonesia, said she designed the dress as a patriotic gesture and hopes the amendment will lead to the end of her court case.
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