Laal Paar Saree is big a part of Bengali culture. It is worn during festivals and Pujas. It signifies the mark of a married woman. However more than that it brings out floods of memories, the sweet smell of home and the ravishing beauty of Bengali women.

Here’s what one feel about it:

“The sound of sweet ‘ogo suncho’
The taste of ‘darun eei ranna’
Bring out the Bengali in me
Tell me the ‘please kortey nei’
Give me the look ‘shobai ki bhabbey’
Bring out the dushtu-cheley in me
Dont give me just ‘ushno balu’
Just come as ‘ teer bhanga dheu’
Ask me ‘ke prothom kachey esheychi’
And .. at the banks of ‘oh nadi rey’
Hug me in ‘swopno modhur mohey’

In picture: Juhi Rai, Writer, Editor Chicken Soup for Indian Soul and an Entrepreneur.