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Don’t you think Diwali in Chennai has been
different this year, observed my husband munching a piece of
jangri.
In what way do you think it’s been different,
I said.
Well, for instance, I noticed that
Chennaivasis are becoming more and more fashion conscious and
less and less inhibited, he said.
You mean men or women, I asked.
Women, of course, unfortunately we men don’t
have much choice when it comes to our apparels, he grumbled.
Perhaps what you say is true for men
belonging to the older generation but certainly it is not so
where clothes for the young are concerned, I said.
Why can’t fashion designers think of
something new for the middle-aged as well, he complained.
You mean something else besides trousers and
shirts and the Indian ensembles, I asked.
Yes, that’s what I mean. Most of those who
came to greet us asked, after a careful scrutiny of what I was
wearing, whether my clothes were new, he lamented.
Oh, now I can understand your grouse
.Unfortunately, there is not much choice of colours or designs
when it comes to trousers or shirts. No wonder they all look
alike, I said.
By the way, who do you think are the fashion
designers, men or women, I said.
Whoever they are, they seem to confine or
concentrate on women’s fashions — economising on material to the
maximum extent. Even the most “conservative” women seem to have
fallen a prey to these latest trends, he quipped.
Now I have no doubt at all. Certainly it
“must” be “men” who have designed these, because they know
better the “minds” of their own tribe and what they appreciate,
I exclaimed.
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