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Indigenous fabrics all the rage among politicians

A new trend is the style of sari blouses that V K Sasikala has been wearing lately

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P G Wodehouse’s legendary hero, Bertie Wooster, once contributed an article to his Aunt Dahlia’s magazine, Milady's Boudoir, called “What the Well-Dressed Man is Wearing”. What would he have written today, in the context of Indian politicians — what is the well-dressed Indian politician wearing? The sartorial trend is being blazed by the two “princes” of Indian politics, Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, who are wearing kurtas and jeans — the sharpest uniform for young politicians, much in the way Rajiv Gandhi led the trend marrying sneakers with khadi kurta pyjamas (and Mont Blanc pen).

Priyanka Gandhi’s elegant saris,