Dressed to impress
They say if it wasn’t hashtagged it never happened. So even if the sari originated back in the Indus Valley civilisation, and even if instead of going the way of countless other ancient garments it is enjoying very good health even today, this needed ‘twit’ proof. And this week it has been delivered, thumpingly, with #SariTwitter.The ladies posted pics of themselves draped in winsome variety. There were a lot of shaadi pics (some with captions saying the occasion was the one and only time the lady did the sari). Priyanka Gandhi aced the genre with a throwback pic, albeit with the groom missing. Sari covered in an advocate’s gown, sari climbing over a barricade, sari playing golf, sari getting out of an auto, sari in the field, sari with epaulettes, etc were also spotted. But in this genre of women at work, a golden oldie stood out – a 1936 photo of pioneer Sarla Thakral with a sari and a Gypsy Moth aircraft.
Foreign diplomats also joined the party, from Israel, Australia, New Zealand and the US. So did some men, actually young boys, maybe or maybe not thankful to their mothers. As for the sari swag trophy it goes to another golden oldie, a 1975 video of a saried trailblazer dashing through Wankhede stadium, dodging policemen to the left and right, to plant a smacker on Brijesh Patel. He had just scored a half century. That happens. What she did was rarer joy.
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