a saree not so pretty, and a lady who came to mean courage
sarees, the word conjures an image of colours, bold and bright, swathes of rich fabric, motifs and intricate weave… but not all sarees are like that.
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Tag: grandmother
revolution
the tiny dark man in spotless white dhoti and panjabi – in bengal the kurta has been called that...
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in a pink nylon saree
it was my maternal uncle’s wedding. may 1966. i was six, my cousins between four and ten. we...
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of real and fake and chanderi sarees
he loved vintage cars. every morning, practically, he’d come to look at his collection,...
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on seeing facebook and remembering my grandmother
there was no facebook in my grandmother’s time. when she made batches of a hundred pantuas,...
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