A recent New York Times piece, titled "In India, Fashion Has Become a Nationalist Cause', has been unanimously panned in the Indian social media, a much divided house though it is. Reeking of cartoonesque simplicity and unbelievable ignorance, the piece claims that the Indian government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is throwing its weight behind the sari and this makes it a "[Hindu] nationalist cause'.  Read more