An Angarkha might have entered our closet in the past few months with the hope to style it in the quintessential boho-chic trend that is flooding social media. But we didn’t know that men in North India, back in the 18th century wore the layered fabric, embroidered with floral motifs, to utter perfection. Or that the word borrows its origin from a Sanskrit term meaning body protector, or even the fact that the 18th century wardrobe had a penchant for longer robes than knee-length ones. Enlightenment reached this writer when she stumbled upon the Instagram page, History of Indian Costume, on a mindless, scrolling regime before hitting the sack.