The Unsuitable Suit

Let me confessat the outset that I am no authority on fashion and I never make a fashion statement to the chagrin of my wife.. In fact I am a sloppy dresser.”What will people say at social gatherings?” is the wife’s question. Superfluous one. I never attend social gatherings. I am very allergic to small talk and that is what people do on such occasions. I hate talking about cabbages and kings and whether pigs have wings.

What I wear for more than half the day is a track suit giving the deceptive impression that I am working out 24x7. Just before dinnertime a kurta and pyjama(mostly unpressed) replace it..
So is it surprising that I watch helplessly gritting my teeth when people make fashion statements? After all I cannot pull my non existent hair on seing such absurdities.

Take Narendra Modi’s latest fashion statement, the pinstripe suit. I am simply at a loss for words.
What kind of person will have his name embroidered all over the pinstripes? The suit the premier was wearing during US President Barack Obama’s visit screamed NARENDRA DAMODARBHAI MODI at unheard of high decibel levels.

Before Arnab Goswami organised a TV debate about the earth shaking issue of the suit with all those people who appear only in his Newshour debate on Times Now and are not seen elsewhere castigating Modi. for narcissism, let me rush to arm the poor Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman who is bound to be at a loss for words before the TV camera when quizzed about the suit which the participants in the debate are bound to describe as most unsuitable.

The first defense of the suit is Modi suffers from a short term memory loss and often forgets his own name.. The suit reminds others to remind him that the prime minister’s name is Narendra Modi. He probably got the idea from Aamir Khan’s movie Ghajini in which Aamir keeps the name of the baddie he wants to bump off on his body because he cannot remember anything for more than half an hour
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The second justification is the suit was to steer clear of diplomatic gaffes and save Obama from avoidable embarrassment. There is a chance that the US president who keeps interacting with world leaders may not remember the names of all of them and tends to forget them at the wrong moment.. Remember how many faces could turn red if Obama addresses Modi as Mr,Whaddyacallim? By getting his name embossed all over his pinstripes Modi, ensured that Obama remembered his name just by looking at the suit..

Defense number three is Modi is a chivalrous man. He didn’t want too much media attention on Michelle Obama and wanted to ensure the first lady’s privacy by turning the public attention on himself by playing the fashion icon, something for which Michelle is very well known. With all these points BJP spokesperson can easily K.O. Arnab and hiis ilk.

Modi ior no Modi you got to admit that Pinstripe suits screaming out the name of the owner have very little chance of getting lost at the laundry.and can be easily traced. No one would dare to steal it and appear in public in it as it would loudly proclaim that he is you. Many laundry guys have the unfortunate habit of renting out laundered suits before returning them to the owner. With these pinstripes they would think more than twice about it.

This idea should be carried over to other pieces of attire too.T-shirts should have a logo with the owner’s name and the name should be embossed on jeans, shoes and socks. That would save us a lot of trouble.. To protect their expensive silk saris from being stolen women can have zari embroideries with their name. Even thread work can loudly proclaim the owner’s identity.
Modi, always a pathbreaker has shown the people who lose their clothes and shoes how not to let them fall into wrong hands.. It is for us to follow him.

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Sabitha I think Modi is madly in love with himself. I won't be surprised if he wears vests, and briefs embossed with his name.

 

Kamalji if your mother had patented the idea, she would be getting fat royalties from Modi now..

 

Scorpio may be he will have his name tattooed all over his body and appear before the public in that state.