Jonathan Fenby says in his article “China’s empire must end reliance on one man” (FT July 12, 2009):
“…Habits stretching back to imperial times influence the behaviour of the nine men in dark suits with uniformly full heads of black hair who make up the ruling standing committee of the politburo…”
Men...Dark Suits...Full Heads of Black hair
So boring.
India doesn’t have “the ruling standing committee of the politburo”.
Therefore, I decided to analyse the status of the top nine Indian political figures on gender, attire and head-hair.
Here is the result:
Name, Gender, Attire, Hair
Sonia Gandhi – female, saree or salwar-kameez, strands of grey hair
Rahul Gandhi- male, kurta-pyjama, full head of black hair
Manmohan Singh- male, kurta-pyjama, balding grey hair
Lal Krishna Advani-male, dhoti-kurta, balding grey hair
Mulayam Singh-male, dhoti-kurta, grey hair
Mamata Banerjee –female, saree, full head of black hair
Narendra Modi- male, kurta-pyjama-saffron shawl, grey hair
Mayawati – female, salwar-kameez, full head of black hair
Nitish Kumar –male, kurta-pyjama, grey hair
I take India's diversity any day.