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The slow and spiritual makeover of a satin sari into a pair of dhoti (yoga) pants About two years ago, a craving for a pair of cowl pants...

A slow and spiritual story of knowing, reducing, reusing and recycling this nostalgic drape My 85-year-old Atta (aunt; P. Venkata Ratnamm...

Yesterday, I took out a turquoise-cyan beauty. A 25-year-old Kanchipuram silk sari / saree. It is my Amma’s (mom’s). I admired it. I let ...

"Didi! Nah! Foto tulbe na! Altha uthe gyache!" (‘Sister, don’t click a picture. Altha has faded.’ in Bengali). She shied away from my pho...

Would you style it as a chic skirt? Read the extraordinary story of this ordinary underskirt and decide for yourself. More than a decade ...

When is world is going through a crisis -- #pandemic #lockdown #covid19 -- what is the least we, as consumers of fashion clothing, can do...

What does it mean in sari symbolism? "Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime."  -- Proverb A fish ...

Here is Revastra's April 15 2020 newsletter 'YOUR SARIS, Slow & Spiritual Stories'

NAMASKARAM # ६ षट / ṣaṭ / six / 6 We sometimes end up living far from our places of birth and nativity. So, we learn to adopt and adapt o...

NAMASKARAM # १ एकम् / ekam / one / 1 We know the cosmos, its bodies and forces help us function with rhythm, balance and fragility. We bow...

“Tathamma, naaku podugu juttu kavali!” (grandma, I want long hair) — Little Miss B. “Na chera batta tesukura!” (Get my sari fabric) — Th...

‘Preventive’ not ‘curative’ design Words Sathya Bhavana / Photographs Amrita Haldipur Namaskaram! In my previous story, one of the aspect...

This story was written for Singapore-based sustainable living platform www.secondguru.com founded by Lara and Anuja Namaskaram! After bei...

Phulkari Pink Silk 50 years old. Gurgaon’s Hemanta Ritu (pre-winter). "This sari was embroidered by my grandmother. I have no idea how lo...

Indigo Blue-White Cotton Five years old. Gurgaon’s Hemanta Ritu (pre-winter). "Oh! I love how this cotton indigo looks with its half-and-...

Green Mysore Silk. 20-year-old. Rituvu: Mumbai’s Sharad (autumn). "Saris are beautiful. But given my work, I wear them very little. But y...

Checked Chanderi Silk. 12-year-old. Rituvu: Gurgaon’s Vasant (Spring). "I do not wear saris at all! And I only have two (that are gifts, ...

15-year-old. Rituvu: Gurgaon’s Grishma Ritu (summer). "I like upcycling saris. But I don’t like cutting them unless they are faded or tor...

Just the phrase 'travelling textile art installation' (New Delhi, London, New York and other cities) was enough to inspire and create an ...

The Hindu, one of the largest Indian dailies, covered this Indian Slow Fashion Research Lab in a short and a sweet story by journalist Sa...