When you grow up in a Bengali family, it is common to see your mom, aunts and grandmothers wear sarees. For Smriti Lamech, the women in her family inspired her to wear sarees from a young age. Smriti says that she started wearing sarees at functions and weddings as a teenager. Smriti wore her first […]

Have you ever wondered how the 9-yard saree came into being? Saree or sari is an unstitched piece of garment draped around a female body and has its origin in India. The reference to a sari dates back to the Indus Valley civilisation (2800–1800 BC). Though, some studies suggest that cotton and fabric cloth was also […]

  You don’t necessarily have to wait for a wedding or a party to wear tie-and-die sarees. The technique used for heavy and bright silk sarees, looks equally beautiful when worn to work in your comfortable cotton fabric. One of the most ancient known textile dying techniques, Bandhni or Bandhej sarees, similar to ours, were […]

Today, India has been reduced to a land of rapists and molesters, a place where women don’t feel safe and can’t step out of their homes at night. Some people have even gone ahead and declared the country one of the worst places in the world for women.   While I don’t have very strong […]