This pic is about four years old. It was Ugadi and just after my divorce. I was feeling lonely and missing family life. After a couple of hours of self-pity, I got up, said to myself “Stop this nonsense, woman. Get out of the house, walk to Jayanagar 4th block and make yourself happy shopping”.

Did just that. Walked into Deepam, picked this saree, forgot all my blues, came back home singing a happy song.

A week later it was Indus Day and I wore this saree with some chunky silver jewellery and had a ball flaunting it Self pity? Loneliness? What’s that??