India, July 31 -- Do you think clubs, hotels and restaurants should have dress codes? I suspect that the answer is complicated. Of course, any establishment has the right to choose how it wants its guests to dress, but the restrictions it imposes often tell you more about the hotels and restaurants in question than the hotels themselves realise. Also read | The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Why James Gunn's Superman is the best since Christopher Reeve

Over a decade ago, my wife was refused entry into a club inside Dubai's Atlantis Hotel because the bouncer took exception to her top. It was a modest, and unremarkable top from Marks and Spencer so we couldn't see what the fuss was about. Of course, we always try and respect the sensitivities of ev...