Travelling in... India: This Summer's Male Accessory

Move over manbag (or whatever what was just in fashion), because here in (north) India the ultimate summer accesory is the piece of cloth wrapped around the head. This isn't just a Sikh or Gujarati thing, though I have to admit that they do have the most dashing wrapping, led by the Indian prime minister himself.

This is a thing that all men of all ages are doing, from all backgrounds and for a range of reasons: avoiding the April heat, protection whilst riding a motorbike, adding to your status as a Sadhu, wanting to look like a 1980s gangster, or simply wishing to balance a tea-towel on your head.

What is most impressive is that clearly any piece of cloth can be wrapped in any way, just as long as the cloth stays put, therefore making it the ultimate male accessory as you can personalise it so easily.