All through the book, Mukul notes Agyeya's sartorial elegance. It is one of the things that was held against him in the austere 'bhasha' world - his preference for bespoke chikan kurtas, crisply ironed, Lahori sandals, and soft flannel sleeping suits. And his eye for quality, whether in women, poetry or apparel - not to mention real estate. He was forever buying up land, yet never putting down roots.
