This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi ….. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
During our recent trip to Coimbatore, we decided to visit the handloom cluster at Vadambachery. This cluster weaves the stunning Negamam sarees for Cooptex. Almost 15 years back I bought my first Negamam without knowing it was one … unfortunately I ended up getting a power loom saree from Kumaran Stores since I didn’t know … Read more
This post is about my first “Vimor” Saree. Have heard about them ever since I “discovered” handlooms. A beautiful rani pink cotton saree.
A beautiful white Dhakai Jamdani is the saree today. White being the colour of “Somavara” (Monday).
Each saree that I wear has such interesting back stories…… Know about the Durbarpet Border today and why it was created.
Starting a weekly saree bulletin to bring the saree back into everyday use. Hoping many women start wearing the saree everyday like I do. 🙂
Please support the Udupi Saree Revival Program run by the Kadike Trust. These sarees are handwoven, pure cotton and a delight to wear.
I fell in love with the Begumpuri Saree in 2016… the love affair continues and I keep adding to my tiny collection of these beautiful handloom cotton sarees.
Know a little bit more about how the Madurai Sungudi sarees are woven and a genuine source of buying them. Co-optex.
When Swapna visited in Dec 2018, she wanted to buy “Madhubani” paintings and dupattas that had Madhubani painting done on them. Dilli Haat, one of my favourite places in Delhi always has “Madhubani” paintings for sale, so we went there. As luck would have it, there was a handloom and handicrafts mela on and not … Read more
Krishna is my “ishta-dev”…. Krishna is all about having fun – just what I think life is about. He is brought up in foster care, he teases girls, he lifts mountains, plays politics and dances his way through life teaching us invaluable lessons in the process. So when my saree friend Archana Jain posted “Nand … Read more