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 !
On 30th of June, Krishnan and I visited the Dindigul and Chinnalapatti weaving clusters. The Dindigul weaving cluster weaves exquisite cottons and organic cottons. With Co-optex backing them and Mr. Venkatesh Narasimhan, MD Cooptex thinking up of innovative designs, the weavers of the Dindigul cluster are weaving magic !! I had bought one of their … Read more
I didn’t know what a Negamam sari was till I became a part of the W3 group. I had bought three Negamam saris at Kumaran Stores many years back when I thought that all cottons were handloom :):). When I figured out the difference between handloom and power loom products, I wanted to get a … Read more
I have some special memories attached with two of these saris. Also each of these saris is made of different fabrics – a crepe, a Kanchivaram dual tone silk and a cotton. BTW, all photo credits for me in different saris go to Krishnan :). He not only picks out these saris, but also patiently … Read more
For the 2011 New Year – we went to Varanasi to celebrate. Besides doing an early morning boat ride on the Ganga and gorging on local food/chat we did some Saree shopping at India’s (must read world’s) largest wholesaler of sarees – Valkalam sarees. I was in saree heaven and bought many sarees there. Each … Read more
I love the color black… Especially black sarees are stunning. I have several black ones in every fabric and usually I would wear a black sari on Fridays to work. This sari is a Kanchivaram silk sari that we bought at Prasiddhi Silks, Bangalore. Vidya had bought me a sari from them in 2007 and … Read more
Yesterday I wore this bright fuchsia pink silk sari… And Nisha, your re-creation as the neck piece 🙂 This is a jute mixed Kanchipuram silk sari that I bought at RmKV, Bangalore. The minute I saw the “Pallu” in black, I was sold :). The speciality of the Kanchipuram silk sari is, it can … Read more
I am a sari addict … Happy to wear one for every occasion. And anyway since 1990 I wear a sari to work almost everyday. The only break was during my stint with Pizza Corner as I had to wear the uniform… And a few days in Spectramind, I have gone wearing something other than … Read more