India, Nov. 21 -- Don't come at us, but the sari is the OG workwear. Indian women have worn them in the fields, they've herded cattle in them, climbed mountains in them, run households in them, orchestrated space missions in them, fought battles in them, went to the market in them and worn them when they first railed against the patriarchy. Don't let anyone tell you that a sari doesn't belong in the workplace.

So how come most women in the corporate sphere keep their saris only for Traditional Day and formal events? For a while, the sari had disappeared from the regular workday.

But leave it to the incoming generation of officegoers to bring it back, pleats, folds, safety pins and all. Beezy muls? It's on the office Zoom call. Linen? It...