Opinion: Government's Uniform Sartorial Code And Reading Into New Fashion Choices
NDTV
One thing that India, or I.N.D.I.A, cannot fault - strictly objectively speaking - Prime Minister Narendra Modi for is his sartorial sense. Immaculately turned out always, PM Modi has admitted to being a hygiene freak and his disdain for the frumpy rivals only his dismissiveness reserved for the Opposition.
Even the people of Italy - the anointed King of Global Fashion - marvel at how he emerges from his aircraft during foreign visits in uncreased kurtas, paired with some of the most exquisite handcrafted shawls saluting India's heritage. "In contrast," a characteristically opinionated Italian journalist says, "our PM (Giorgia Melloni) is the only person I know who can make Armani suits look like Salvation Army giveaways". I understand the sentiment here but we are not interested in Ms Melloni's sartorial choices and this essay is not even about PM Modi's sartorial coups.
We are now a country of uniforms, uniformity. The Uniform Civil Code is hot on the government agenda and in keeping with the spirit, a new Uniform Sartorial Code for the parliamentary staff has been announced. With the upcoming special session, the Indian parliament will move into the new building. We Indians cannot let any event go unmarked. Hence, a new uniform for the new parliament. Just like the new civil code for the new India.
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