requiem of a salwar suit

This is a one-off ppl…
The newest kid on the block... the singing sensation who has literally and lyrically taken Punjab by storm (sorry about the cliché considering the present monsoon situation) Satinder Sartaaj has been roped in to compose and deliver a soulful rendition of the death of the ubiquitous salwar suit! It was decided by the Punjab Cultural / Vultural Ministry at a high level meeting at theTaj hotel attended by all in the latest golf shorts from Lacoste’ and T-shirts keeping in mind the summer pastel palette!
I wonder where has the ubiquitous salwar suit gone, why has the salwar suit been pushed in the backs of our cupboards taken out and dusted out only for formal occasions? The 5 mts. of cloth transferred into an upper and bottom along with a matching stole (this is a coy description by the upbeat stores ... where we all frequent!!) has taken a beating or better still been KO’ed by the western attire … Why is that the advent of globalization and westernization which was done so as this closed economy would radically transform itself to keep pace with the developed countries has in fact left us as a nation which is unable to be proud of its attire, into a nation, a state where it is looked down if you are not wearing the latest 7, Diesel jeans or the comfortable Juicy Couture track –pants matching with the whitest of whitest shirts , linen if you please with a thread count of 250….
Complexes, desire to blend in, not to be called a Bhenji (NO offense to the Mother of all... Mayawati ji) has given the society a new model...the 9 to 5 woman in western casuals. Why do we not take into account the fact that our dear voluptuous bodies are probably more suited to suits? This is not for the gym fanatics; size zero babes, and the genetically blessed women unlike us who have to fight the battle of the bulge!!
Radically, speaking I do not mean that we need to get back to the basics to wear the suit cover oneself with a hijaab but please be proud of what you wear and not condemn or disdain anyone if they wear suits and say..Oh, bhenji , pendu hain!!
Remember we all rose from these roots to the pinnacles, and if we forget our roots we lose everything.