Devi Also The Diva
The sharp cries of a woman from her window in Delhi’s tony locality of Lodhi Road, never left my mind....
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Bangalore’s Preserved Pink Bougainvillea That Found Me On The Streets Of Lutyens’ Delhi
Bougainvillea flowers are devoid of any fragrance and found in myriads of shades. There is a particular time of the...
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Sindoori Saree and the Hibiscus Flower
Red is the colour of passion. It denotes the feisty spirit of the goddess who is more powerful than all...
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Saree Soirée, Singing Butterflies And Flying Squirrels
It’s sacred to watch the morning dew on the flowers, the quivering leaves and the wet-grass under your feet. You...
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Faith Knows No Gender
The world is moving forward in tech, healthcare and an increasing sense of entitlement among people. Yet, in the margins...
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Desires and Dreams We Fold Into Our Benarasi
Have you ever caught the sunlight on rumpled up silk? When you carelessly keep a saree unfolded and silently watch...
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Benares Where The Looms Continue Irrespective Of Life And It’s Events
Here is India’s largest, at times ludicrous yet all the time thriving and living congregation of India’s Hindus. The city...
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Memories Of My Minaudière
Emancipation began during the 1900 AD when the Industrial Revolution took place. Shifting the attitude towards women and the dressing...
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Vermillion on my parting and on my saree border
The festive celebrations among Bengalis are complete with the alpona popularly known as Rangoli. Our homes are decorated with the...
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Love is an emotion and tears are salt. Salt & emotion is not he or she.
I always dreamt of open fields, open skies and open minds. Minds that are not hindered with the societal diktats...
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Sozni story on my saree
Kashmir is considered paradise on earth. It’s illuminating soft sun rays peeping from behind the hills is a reminder that...
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Smokey Eyes and A smouldering soul
As an adolescent, I used to watch the contraption that Ma used at home to make my Kajal. She held...
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The Twist of the Humble Towel or the Gamcha
Growing up years, when my friends visited my home and in the backyard, my mother’s red check gamcha would billow in...
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Rummaging For The Right Resortwear
Choosing a look that’s not casual yet chic is the perennial paradox that one faces when you have an invite...
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Vanity inside my Little Clutch
My little clutch like the must Have in a woman ’s wardrobe the LBD the little black dress we need...
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My Best Foot Forward
All my life, I heard the adage put your best foot forward. My best foot forward meant to me my...
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Drape Saree Dress
Older I grow and it’s a bigger pull to return to your roots seem the most secure spot after all...
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Chikankari has never gone out of fashion – The best kind of summer-wear
It is believed that Noor Jehan introduced chikankari in India. It’s a form of embroidery predominantly practiced in Lucknow. The...
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Kick the pleats of the sensuous Saree!!
The kaleidoscope of my mind has past images of my mother, grandmother, aunts and cousins who wore their sarees with...
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Another Day But Always My Way!
Reaching the wiser side of 40 is when you have shed so much of your inhibitions and you discover the...
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