Last evening, I overheard a little boy making elaborate plans with his grandfather for the summer holidays. The summers for us meant a no-rules, no-schedule, fun-filled month at our grandparents’ home. We all looked up to our grandfather for his self-discipline, large heartedness and of course, immense
The Dastkar events have a special place in my heart. The ‘Nature Bazar’, the venue of the events at Anderia Modh in New Delhi, is a delightful place, displaying the talent, creativity and passion of the designer-makers. So, despite of getting there towards the fag end,
Do you love draping a saree? I certainly do and living here in the UK, I never miss an opportunity to wear one, and especially, if the saree is a ‘hand-me-down‘, then for me, its ‘preciousness quotient‘ just trebles! This post is dedicated to those timeless, ageless beauties
First things first…A big thank you to all our lovely readers for the most overwhelming response for our post yesterday. The designers featured in yesterday’s post are so very grateful for all your love and now they look forward to seeing as many of you as possible
The Annual Dastkar Design Fair is here!! Have you been told about this a million times already? Just one more time, because we really don’t want you to miss out on this if you’re in Delhi. Where else would you get so much amazing stuff under
It’s the seasons for silks, and for some of us, silks meant simply kanjeevarams when we were growing up. Well, the definition has since changed though it is unchallenged when it comes to ranking in terms of elegance, class and style; a winner always! Recently, I was at
If you have grown up in India, then chances are that you must have had a brush with this massive thick, brightly coloured fabric from Nagaland. This was thanks to the multiple ‘Army families’ that were living in close vicinity to our home and of course,
‘Jhumka gira re, Bareilly ke bazaar mien…’ and repeat and repeat and repeat again until your family can take this no more…Hence, I decided to use this time and space to write about a timeless accessory, the ‘jhumka’ , interestingly described as exotic and large Indian
Happy Navratras and Shubho Mahalaya, everyone! It’s time to celebrate, be joyful and shop…For me, it’s that time of the year when I look forward to draping my new sarees and swirling around in my long skirts, ‘lehnga’ lookalikes. Sarees, we spoke about not so
A couple of years back, on one of my visits to Kolkata, I happened to walk past Elgin Road on a sunday evening and stopped to hear some extremely melodious music. I learnt from a friend that a social enterprise called Banglanatak dot com creates a cultural
