I do think, implicitly, this defense of the sari is posed in contrast to the veil (hijab, etc.). The idea that Hindu traditionalism is compatible with sexual liberation —although risible— seems to be taken seriously when juxtaposed to even more ridiculous claims made by defenders of Islam.
There is no unity in belief: there is unity in its opposite. We are divided by religion and united by nihilism. We are not united by the clothes we wear, but by the clothes we refuse to wear. We are not made one by symbols, nor by abstract (symbolic) reasoning, but by the breaking of symbols: mental nudity.
