The NorthEast – Finally A Part of India
The news item about Nagaland getting its second railway line after 119 years, meant the NorthEast is finally integrated fully into India.
Nagaland
A saffron North-East – after 1870
My father was posted in Shillong between 1980 to 1983 and I went to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Happy Valley school there. Shillong was beautiful and untouched… there were almost no scooters or bikes there and we went walking everywhere. We managed to get many western clothes there as we would go to Bara Bazaar and … Read more
My second “Jugaad” sari
I don’t remember where I got this sari … my guess is, I picked it up at the Cottage emporium, Janpath or during the Ahmedabad trip in 2011. I didn’t wear it for a long time because it was a shorter sari both lengthwise and height wise. Then inspiration struck with another mulmul sari and … Read more