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Originally Posted by Loco101
If Modi came to Canada and wore a Northern Ontario dinner jacket people here would love it.
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Would they laugh with him or at him, if that is what he wore to a black tie reception? That's the equivalent of what Trudeau did.
Indians were broadly bemused by his choice of dress. Indians understand pandering to their diaspora at home. But nobody there expects foreign leaders to wear their ethnic clothing when visiting. Least of all in a manner completely out of context. And the only time one really sees the sort of Sherwanis Trudeau wore is at a wedding. And he wasn't the worst of it. Arguably, his wife's outfit was worse. She was even closer to actual bridal clothing. To Indians this isn't just bemusing, it's borderline patronizing. "Oh look those white folks are playing dress up with our clothes again."