Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was recently accused of calling PM Modi’s headgear at a function, a Naga horned helmet, “outlandish”. BJP asked Tharoor why Naga adornments should be mocked when there are so many in Congress who flaunt their plumes and feathers. But Tharoor refused to take off his war bonnet, showing that the Congress has well and truly thrown its hat into the ring. Besides, politicians who constantly change places between government benches and opposition ranks at the drop of a hat, usually wear many hats. British colonialists wore the sola topee in India to keep out the tropical sun, but freedom fighters replaced it with the Gandhi topi. Those were the days when netas were imbued with high ideals even Read More
