Letter to the Editors

Agreeing

Dear Editor
I am writing this letter in agreement to the article “The Real Cost of Posh’s Locks” posted in the Courier Mail on the 17th August 2006. I agree with Tamara Kaminsky that the Indian women who shave their heads in the temple should be told who/what their hair is going to. I also believe they should be paid if their hair sold.
$5000 is the cost of “Posh’s Locks” and that’s to expensive considering the fact that it was most likely “Temple Hair” and from those poor, starving Indian women who only shave their hair off for luck and healthiness. We all know that “beauty comes at a price” but who’s willing to pay 5 grand for some ones hair when they know where it’s coming from and the poor person who “divest[ed] themselves of their crowning glory”. “In the time it takes for a footballer’s wife to have human hair extensions… in Northern India thousands of women are divesting themselves of their crowning glory”, this quote is showing that thousands of women do it for the religious reasons. “They wait patiently in line on the cold stone floor… to have their hair shaved off with a dry razor”, this is not only painful but they have to do it in bad condition.
In conclusion I hope that I have shown you that I agree with what has been posted in your magazine and that Indian women of the Hindu Temple should be told there their hair is going and they should get some type of payment for it even if it’s in the form of food.

Disagreeing

Dear Editor
I believe that the system they have at the Hindu Temple is ok. No one has any problems with it. Are you familiar with the saying “what you don’t know wont hurt you?” They willing sacrifice their hair to the Hindu Temple what the temple does with it isn’t their business.
“Beauty comes at a price”, we all know it, especially Posh, even if it’s $A5000 for human hair extensions. We’re willing to pay it. “They wait patiently… to have their hair shaved off… leaving them bald”, they wait patiently; they want to do this they’re not being forced to so why is it their business where the hair goes to. “The Hindu Temple… costs $120 million to maintain every year”, most of the profit goes to maintaining the temple because it costs so much. “”Temple hair” is hugely popular for a-listers”, its popular isn’t that a good thing its showing that lots of people, especially famous people, enjoy Indian hair and they think its amazing and they want to buy it.”Top salons enjoy the profit”, how is that not a good thing, in this economic crisis any money is good especially large amounts and when the stock is free we’re just using the worlds resources. “Indian hair… is very fine, strong and durable as well as rich in pigment and easy to treat”. Isn’t this saying how good Indian hair is? The girls and women who shave their hair should be proud with how much it is loved and how valued it is by society.
In conclusion, I disagree with what Tamara Kaminsky said about “Temple Hair” I think it is a great thing and I also believe the Indian women shouldn’t be told where their hair is going because what the temple is doing is not only helping the a-listers but is helping society out of economic crises.