A state government has directed its employees to desist from wearing jeans and t-shirt at work. The subject line of the circular reportedly read: "To wear decent clothes in office", which virtually means that Jeans and t-shirt are considered indecent! This directive targeted mostly at the government’s field staff wants the ladies to wear sari or salwar-kameez and men to wear pant-shirt. Those who fail to comply have been warned with serious consequences. It is not incidental that most of the field staff are women but what is really surprising is that the ministry and the government department that issued the directive are all headed by women in this case. The circular reportedly states: "It has been observed that some officers/officials come to office in jeans/T-shirts/Western dresses which sometimes not only look odd but are also in contravention of government rules." Oh! So the problem is with western dresses, then why not ask men to wear dhoti-kurta or kur...
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