The intellectual (Ambedkar, Manmohan) is not appealing for this reason. It is a shallow nation.
Our god men know this and that is why they appear in costume.
Modi may well be the most courageous man on the planet but he feels compelled to claim it. Obama will not say he has a chest 56 inches around.
If they were called Mr Srivastava and wore trousers would you take them seriously?