It’s when I went to buy some dress for the month-long holiday I’m planning that I realised the stupidity of what’s called fashion. I couldn’t get a single readymade pair of trousers which made me feel comfortable. Fashion has got rid of pleats from trousers altogether. Get into the showrooms of Pantaloons or Raymond or even my usual, humble Big Bazaar and you will realise how uncomfortable they want us to feel in the trousers they are offering. I asked the Pantaloons boy whether they had any pair of trousers with pleats. And which were fairly loose. He looked at me as if I was some creature descended from another planet. I explained to him that pleats were invented in order to make the wearer feel comfortable around the loins with a lot of air circulation. Thank my stars, he didn’t ask me what my profession was. Instead he asked me whether I had heard of anything called Payback cards. He said he could offer...
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