Thursday, September 10, 2009

Kurta pajama and austerity

Does wearing starched white kurta pajama defines austerity in a person?

Our Rahul Baba thinks so. "I generally tend to keep myself austere", pointing out to his simple white kurta-pyjama attire with a chuckle.

Well this makes me wonder, does it all boils down to the adage 'clothes defines a man' and not his action.

Austerity is sacrifice, it is cutting down on comforts to the bare necessity. Wearing kurta pajama is not the parameter to austerity if one travels 1st class, is palisaded by the most elite security force and is carted all over in the best of automobiles.

Mantrijis, if you want to practice austerity, cut down your spendings, stop building statues to prove a sore point and be independent, let the NSGs do what they are trained to do - protecting our country.

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