Recently British Prime Minister Theresa May turned heads when she wore a gold and green saree while visiting the Halasuru Someshwara Temple in Bengaluru on November 8. She pulled off the desi look with elan. She donned the sari to drum up trade for Britain during her India visit. Her impeccable sartorial sense just floored everyone. Moreover, her wearing the sari was a polite way of affirming Indian customs and is no more incongruous than an Indian politician wearing evening dress at a similar event in Britain.
This is not the first time she had worn a sari. Jaws dropped when she appeared in a colourful sari at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in London in 2010. In fact, May had made her first speech as the home secretary wearing a turquoise sari.
Also, this is not the first time any UK politician or politician's wife had dazzled the world in an Indian outfit.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife Sarah Brown had worn an Indian dress during an official visit to New Delhi in 2008.
Earlier in 2015 at the Wembley Stadium, Samantha Cameron, wife of former PM David Cameron, too had worn a crimson-coloured sari while attending visiting Indian PM Narendra Modi's reception at the stadium.
