Bindis are the most inexpensive accessory that enhance the look of a woman. The article reminds of the bindis vamps sport on soaps these days, they are so typical and one look at it is enough to know that the character is a vamp....nevertheless, bindi’s are a surefire way of making fashion statement.

I am not Indian so I don’t know much about the Bindi. I thought it was a little red spot on the forehead which signified somethingorother ? I think they can look beautiful, indeed, Indian women have no trouble there - but it looks like the Bindi can be over-accessorised and taken to the point of garishness.

The Bindi adds beauty in the way a beauty spot on Marilyn Monroe’s face added beauty - it is a natural addition... surely ? When overdone it is like anything else overdone and as we tend to wear our identities like apparel - being overdressed visually is often being overdressed psychologically and represents something less than a stable place from which to define one’s self in the world.

A naturally beautiful woman needs little in the way of semiotic-beauty addendums.