I have no idea how my best grey suit got a five-centimeter rip along the crease of the right trouser leg between the knee and ankle. Alcohol may have been involved, although I prefer to blame the dry-cleaner.
I am cheap and stodgy about my clothes, and the suit was custom-made in New Delhi using expensive Italian wool. I didn’t want to lose it. Sure, it’…
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