Don’t wear nighties during daytime: Andhra village tells women

A village in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district put out a bizarre rule prohibiting women from wearing nightie during the daytime.

As per the rule enforced by the elders of Thokalapalli, a fishermen-dominated village of Nidamarru block, women can wear nighties only between 7 pm and 7 am. Women violating the rule would be fined for Rs 2,000 and anybody who helps in bringing such violator to book would be rewarded with Rs 1,000.

As per a written statement of a woman G V Lakshmi, the rule was actually initiated by women as some men have expressed that they feel uncomfortable around women as the women moving in the neighbourhood in nighties.