World Saree Day 2020
World Saree Day is celebrated on Dec 21st. Didnt know about it till 2016. Read about my favorite saree and my handloom journey in this post !
Saree
Sky @ Five …
A few pictures of the dramatic colours in the sky at 5 pm. Also a picture of me in a saree that captures the colours of the sky !
My first ever Handpainted Saree
Many years before I figured out Kalamkari sarees, Geetu, my dearest friend Handpainted a Saree for me. 🙂
National Handloom Day – Koorainadu Saree
We truly own a piece of art when we buy handloom. Please make place for handlooms in your wardrobes. #NationalHandloomDay
Jaathi Malli and Rudraksham
We celebrated Pongal/Sankranti by witnessing the Lakshadeepam festival at Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple. The Lakshadeepam festival starts in the evening. So we all took bath again in the evening and I started the year with a beautiful Mango yellow Cooptex silk saree. When Mr. Venkatesh Narasimhan had come to Delhi on Oct 22nd 2019, for a … Read more
For a Mother …… (in-law)
Everyone feels blessed having one mother but I am twice blessed because my mother-in-law was like my second mother and with the same name even. She and I became friends the minute we met. She was strong-willed, persistent and so courageous. A never-say-die attitude, a super-quick wit and loads of gumption – just my kind … Read more
For my BFF – an Assam Raw Silk !
Geetu and I became friends almost on day one way back in 1980 and have been best friends since. Geetu and I are a classic case of opposites attracting – I am volatile and she is all calm, I am loud and she is soft spoken, I have no creativity in any traditional arts and … Read more
Ghicha ? or just a beautiful Bengal Cotton ?
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
The Birthday Saree – “Air India” Arani Silk Saree
I bought the saree in Jan 2017 a full two years before my 50th birthday at the Cooptex “Festive Weaves” exhibition in Gurgaon. There were two of them.. one in black and one in deep purple. I tried to like the deep purple against my natural affinity for black but then Rao Sir and Venkatesh … Read more
Assam Silk and Memories
Dearest Appa, You would remember that I wore my first ever saree in Shillong when I was in my 8th standard. We had the “Vishnu Sahasranamam” chanting happening at our house that day and Kalyan, Ramesh and several others who were part of the chanting group had come over and Amma had helped me wear … Read more