A new (non-commie) champion of red

The silly season is truly upon us. Mumbai-based advocate Ashutosh J Dubey, who has about 61.7k followers on X, on Monday tweeted (X-ed?) some rare insights - no, not on heavyweight ongoing cases but on the colour of wedding dresses. Taking a swipe at newly-weds AAP leader Raghav Chadha and actress Parineeti Chopra, the lawyer said that the elegant and lovely white designer clothes that they wore for their lavish wedding in Udaipur defied the 'Sanatan Dharma' code. Instead of white, Chopra should have worn something in red. If there's a new winner in the Nosy Parker-None of Your Business stakes, Dubey is the titleholder.

According to the influencer lawyer, red is usually the colour of choice because it 'represents Durga', the ultimate symbol of new beginnings, and feminine power. It is also the colour of Mars, which is in 'charge of marriage (sic)', as well as the 'symbol of fertility'. Just in case you thought he has run through the whole gamut of qualities imbued to red, he added that red has 'the longest wavelength, due to which it can be easily seen even from a distance'. Dubey's dubious gems on weddings and colours, of course, did not go unchallenged. Women posted photos of wearing white for their weddings since it is perfectly acceptable in many Hindu communities. Talk about coloured judgements and putting things in black and white.