Answer:
During
the colonial period in India, especially men began incorporating some elements
of Western style clothing in their dress. The wealthy Parsis were among the
first to adopt Western style clothing. Baggy trousers and the phenta (hat) were
added to long collarless coats with boots and a walking stick.
Western style clothing was accepted by groups of Dalit converts to
Christianity. They found it as a means of liberation and self-respect. Here
too, it was men rather than women who accepted the new dress styles.
There were many Indians who were against
Westernization of clothes. They believed that the Western
culture would lead to a loss of traditional cultural identity of them. Thus,
there were some Indians, like Bengali bureaucrats who resolved this dilemma by
wearing Western style clothes in office and more comfortable Indian clothes at
home.
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