Suit Yourself

I recently came across one of the most amusing sights I have seen in my life .

I was on a weekend break to a place called Murud. Its on the Konkan coast and about 200 km from Pune. Murud's biggest attraction is the 12th century Janjira fort which is located right in the Arabian Sea. Janjira was therefore a must watch for me and wifey.

As we were being shown around this vast 22 acre fort by the local guide, I saw something catch my attention other than the ruins of the place. I strained my eyes to get a good look at this sight and I even pinched myself hard to ensure that it was some hallucination. No it wasn't , it was real - Amidst all the tourist flocking Janjira that day the person in the picture had me awestruck.

Here I was seeing a fully suited man on a sultry, scorching and dusty afternoon at a place which was swarmed by bermudas, trunks, t-Shirts, jeans, cycling shorts and anything but formal wear. I double checked whether there was a 'complete man' ad being shot on location somewhere. But there was no sign of camera and crew. I enquired around if there was some corporate event being organised at the Janjira relics (you never know you see, with cash crunch and economic slowdown some wise corporates may still host year end celebration at historic depleted places - it could serve as a precursor to the sign of things to come). But there was no sign of any corporate extrvaganza here.

The only logic I could draw seeing the man in the attire that he was in, was that may be this was a case of sheer nostalgia - the fellow was wearing his 25-30 year old wedding suit which he till then had never got a chance to re wear. Or, probably this was a brand new suit which the gentlemen had bought and he wanted to whether it in tough and trying conditions. Or even better, this could have been the strategy for the soft launch of a new line of comfortable suits and tux,which an MNC was launching specially from Janjira(market research may have indicated that).

I have taken my guesses, now you try figuring out the reason and suit yourself.