Dressing Up for Guys

 All dressed up and nowhere to go? It can happen.

Some (guys) like to embellish their look via a Kurta. With a pyjama, of course, but sometimes over Jeans.

Others like a half or inner jacket. It can come in blazing colours too, to help you blaze a trail- sartorially.

The sober types stick to formal jackets, in a sober dark colour. With a light coloured shirt.

Ties seem to be out of fashion, as executives have loosened (literally) their stranglehold on their wardrobe.

Whatever your dressing up preferences, don't forget you gotta combine it with other kinds of chutzpah- intellectual.

Diwali

 As always, Diwali this year came with celebrating by lighting diyas at home, and some lighting experiments by the family. An example is below. Above, my kurta day.

The flower arrangements also added to the festive cheer, as did the snacks that we call "faraal" in Marathi. Mr. Chitale, the famous vendor of some of these ran out of stock on Diwali day. Good for weight-control!

Rounded the week up by meeting two ex-students, Khyati Jha and Sirisha Adi. It was great chatting about the world at large, and some happenings in our lives.