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
Pranpur Village, Chanderi is a weaving village with every house having a loom ! We visited on Nov 9th and ofcourse I bought a few sarees.
Read about my beautiful Kanchi “plus” silk saree that I wore for our anniversary this year. Its a stunning coffee coloured silk saree.
We truly own a piece of art when we buy handloom. Please make place for handlooms in your wardrobes. #NationalHandloomDay
The Patteda Anchu Saree. Please continue supporting our handloom weavers. The art (handloom weaving) and the artists (the weavers) both need our support. These are not expensive sarees, but they help a weaver to keep plying his art and earn a living.
Know a little bit more about how the Madurai Sungudi sarees are woven and a genuine source of buying them. Co-optex.
Sept 21, 2019 – My closest friend Sirisha and dearest cousin Koka’s birthday ! I continued my tradition of wearing a new saree on the most important day in each month all through this year and September was even more special because there are two important days in this month. The first being Sept 7th, … Read more
When Venkatesh Narasimhan, the MD of Cooptex posted a set of Arani silk sarees on the FB page in early July, I stored the picture of one of those sarees … it was a pale pista green saree with red or maroon “tree of life” motifs all over. It was a very different design and … 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
