A blast from the past--a tabloid account of Bill Clinton's secret Hindu agenda:

If you were wondering what former president Bill Clinton was wearing on his right wrist when he was hawking his new book on '60 Minutes' and Oprah recently, it's a Hindu nada-chhadi (often called an auspicious thread).

All male members of the Hindu community who have passed through the religious ceremony of Bratabandha are supposed to change the sacred thread – Janai.  "Janai is a sacred cotton thread worn, and it is believed that the thread will protect them from evil spirit," said Hari Ram Joshi,a cultural expert. "And it is necessary that the thread must be purified by chanting mantras," he added.