Clothing

January 18, 2019

Unstructured Structure With Khushnuma

Yet, again and again, I am drawn into the colours that just beckons me. It’s a rack full of clothes...

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January 11, 2019

Sit Up With The Fluidity Of The Soumodeep Dutta Label…Bengal Muslin Magic

The great stories of the Indian Railways and the people you meet along that journey who became a distant memory...

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December 28, 2018

Thrifty Yet Beautifully Artsy-The Kantha Art

The Kantha is the passing of emotion and art, combining the love, fear, and hope of the homes in rural...

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December 13, 2018

Song Of Sanganer

Traveling to Jaipur with school friends for my birthday was a trip reminiscing the days of no money. Fights over...

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December 5, 2018

Between The Rustle Of Starched Cotton Lies A Song Of Atr’e

As I navigated into the lanes and bylanes. I found this quaint little store among the tree laden streets and...

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November 23, 2018

Flowers On My Frock

Winter breaks meant going from the chilly nip of the frosting window sills of Shillong to warmer Calcutta winters. Ma...

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October 16, 2018

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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October 5, 2018

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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September 10, 2018

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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September 5, 2018

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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August 17, 2018

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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August 13, 2018

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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July 26, 2018

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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July 18, 2018

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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July 18, 2018

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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