behind his office door a darkgreenblazerclad hillary clinton has frozen in the middle of a speech on the quality of global healthcare this blownup photo is one of many symptoms of businessman arvind sinhas faith in the us presidential candidate who has made tremendous strides for the american political system and has been one of the most successful foreign secretaries no wonder when people criticised clinton for not wearing the american flag pin on her blazer to the presidential debate last month sinha wished they would grow up she is american by heart says the versovabased obsessive lapel pin collector who despite being spoilt for choice does not wear a miniature metallic indian flag below his collar for the same reason the loyalty is insidea former president of lions club international in andheri 60yearold sinha has entered the limca book of records this year for his grand collection of nearly 1lakh of these tiny pins from 80 countries usually worn near the heart lapel pins first gained popularity when americans donned them to show support for presidential candidates it was on a pin showing abraham lincoln that many first saw the leaders face it denotes your affiliation says sinha adding that a few could be ornamental apart from serious pins on the civil war and world war ii for instance his bounty boasts around 1000 fancy pins including one that says down with saddam hussein and a cheeky us election pin that shows hillary clinton behind bars issued in the wake of donald trumps comment hillary has to go to jail the only lions member in the world to have entered the guinness world records in 2012 for his collection sinha has amassed enough pins to never bother repeating one still his hoarder pangs surface when you inform him about the lapel pins that 270 vietnam veterans received last week to commemorate 50 years of the united states involvement in the vietnam war if you find one can you get it for mean incorrigible hoarder who collects buttons miniature flags identity cards and seemingly even pets he has seven dogs sinhas obsession with lapel pins began in 1998 soon after he became a lion what started as a rash of themebased collections covering horses birds football guns and nasa greedily escalated into a more widespread itch spanning the gamut from indian army pins to world history pins on his trips abroad the president of the textile association of india scoured all kinds of pins many came from generous exarmymen in the us and also the house purges of local lions members in fact five years ago sinha inherited 7000odd pins from two deceased mumbaibased club members who had willed their collection to him collectors usually pass them on to people who will keep the pins alive and circulating says sinha who has spent close to rs 5 lakh so far on his bountyshrouded in plastic and resting on beds of orange foam his collection now occupies a chunk