On Wearing A Sadri In The West

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Sadri, the quintessential coat, may stand out in a quaint Irish town but it manifests itself in many avatars in India.

You will be told it is a beautiful vest.
You will enlighten the bearer of the compliment
Who has never been to your country that this vest—
The cut-sleeved jacket is called a Sadri
And is native to your home state Himachal Pradesh.

You will draft a list of its characteristic features in your mind,
Calling it a sad intellectual’s jersey or an ageing politician’s cape
Or a proxy of the Scottish Harris Tweed.



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